Ferdinando Giugliano is the ISPI Director. Before joining ISPI, he was Head of Public Affairs and Policy at UniCredit. Between 2021 and 2022, Ferdinando was spokesperson and speechwriter to Italy’s Prime Minister, Mario Draghi. He spent a decade as a financial journalist and commentator, writing on the European economy for the Financial Times, la Repubblica and Bloomberg. Ferdinando has been a consultant for the Bank of Italy and the Economist Intelligence Unit. He holds a M.Phil. and a D.Phil. in Economics from the University of Oxford and is a Trustee for the Center for Economic Policy Research.