Enrico Petrocelli is Head of International Institutional Relations at Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), a position he has held since August 2020. He also serves as Secretary-General of the D20 Long-Term Investors Club, a role he has held since September 2021, and is a Board Member of the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI).
He has extensive experience in European affairs, international relations and institutional cooperation. Before joining CDP, he served as a Policy Advisor for the European Commission’s Foreign Policy Instruments (2019–2020) and as a Member of the Cabinet of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission (2014–2019). He previously held positions as Head of the Private Office of the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Advisor on foreign affairs, defence and security at the Italian Chamber of Deputies.
In 2024, under Italy’s G7 Presidency, he chaired the G7 Expert Group on the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) and the G7 Coordination Mechanism of Public Development Banks and Development Finance Institutions.
Petrocelli holds a degree in Political Science from Sapienza University of Rome and has pursued doctoral research in Politics at LUISS University, focusing on strategic competition, cooperative security and regional security architectures.