Rodolfo De Benedetti (Turin, 1961) has been Chairman of CIR since 2013.
Within the CIR Group, he is also a Board member of Sogefi.
He graduated in Political Economy (1982) and Law (1985) at the University of Geneva.
He began his career in the financial sector at Lombard Odier in Geneva (1985–86) and Shearson Lehman Brothers in New York (1987–88), specializing in merchant banking.
He joined CIR in 1988, becoming Chief Executive Officer in 1993, a position he held until 2013.
Other positions held:
Board member of Decalia S.A., an international investment management company founded in 2014;
Board member of AON Italia, Planven Investments S.A., and Varia Swiss Realtech Properties;
Member of the European Round Table for Industry (ERT);
Chairman of the Europe Advisory Board of Harvard Business School.
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