This is the advice from Maria Pierdicchi, with a successful career in finance. She tells young women: "Don't think of work as an alternative to family"

Always seeking new challenges to seize moments of transformation, "even at the cost of feeling inadequate": this is how the CEO of Sirti Group has built her professional journey by leaping from one industry to another

The first Italian to be admitted to the City of London Solicitors’ Company, the exclusive London corporation founded in 1908, Cecilia focuses entirely on technical expertise and advises younger women: "Study hard, be highly competent and technically well-prepared, this is the way to overcome discrimination"

This is the advice of Cecilia Capello, head of the Health Team at Enfants du Monde, for those who want to work in the field of cooperation. "The greatest satisfaction," she says, "is to see how what you do affects the lives of hundreds of people"

From a big investment bank to sustainable development. A career marked by the growing awareness that doing business is not at odds with creating social value. But gender equality is still a long way off

A meeting with Procter & Gamble was crucial for Cristina Scocchia, now the CEO of illycaffè. Her words for the young: "There are many job titles that become trendy for a while, and then they fade away"