Ferdinando Nelli Feroci
A diplomat from 1972 to 2013, Ferdinando Nelli Feroci has been Permanent Representative of Italy to the European Union in Brussels (2008-13), Chief of Staff (2006-08) and Director General for European Integration (2004-06) at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He also served as Diplomatic Counsellor of the Vice President of the Italian Council of Ministers (1998).
Previously, he served in New York at the United Nations, in Algiers, Paris and Beijing. He has been a member of the European Commission from June to November 2014.
He has been Visiting Fellow at the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University (1985-86), Visiting Professor at the Istituto Universitario Orientale of Naples (1989), and professor at the LUISS School of Government (2012-2013).
He has been President of the Istituto Affari Internazionali (2013-2024), Chairman of Simest (2014-2015) and member of the Board of Directors of Atlantia (2019-2021). He is currently Chairman of the Fondazione Centro Studi sul Federalismo and Senior Non-resident Fellow at IAI. He is the author of many articles and essays on international relations, European affairs and political affairs.
