Federica Irene Falomi is Head of Programme of the UN Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries. Throughout her life, little by little, she felt a push to pursue the role of international civil servant in support of developing countries’ needs

Chiara Bonarrigo is Label Relations and Partnership Lead for Italy at the music video platform Vevo. She has been interested in working in the music industry since she was a student, but in Italy the industry has a predominance of men in management roles

“Women take a broader view, moving across multiple levels,” says Laura Lanteri, talking about her career as a professional executive and then founder of a marketing and communication agency in New York. “Women in younger generations seem to me more determined in setting their goals”

The new Rector of LIUC looks back on her career as a woman in academia, where job protection for women is less advanced with respect to female employees working in companies and administrations, and puts young people – and young women especially – at the heart of her mandate

President of the LarioHotels Group, Bianca Passera has built her career through international experiences in various sectors and the creation of a business in Italy. She also worked for a charitable organization, “something which improved me as a person and as a manager”. To young women she says: “Have patience and humility: you can’t know everything right away and there is a lot to learn”

Ambra Martone has specialized in the perfume supply chain, eventually landing a position in the family business – ICR Industrie Cosmetiche Riunite. “There are people who find pink quotas a compulsory or undemocratic solution, but we are so far from gender parity that they still seem absolutely necessary to me.”