Role
Head of the Customer Protection and Financial Education Department of the Bank of Italy.
Bio
Magda Bianco graduated in Economics and Business from the University of Bergamo and continued her education with a Master's and a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics. She joined the Research Department of the Bank of Italy in 1989 and held positions of increasing responsibility, eventually becoming a General Manager and, in June 2020, leading the Customer Protection and Financial Education Department. Throughout her career, she has also been a visiting fellow at Harvard and an economic advisor to the Minister of Justice.
Her research and professional activity focuses on consumer protection, financial education, banking and corporate governance, the functioning of civil justice, and the role of financial institutions and intermediaries. She has coordinated major research projects on industrial economics, regulation, and the role of women in the Italian economy.
Coordinator of important international committees and networks (including G20/GPFI and OECD/NFE) and economic policy advisor to the President of the Republic, she has been awarded the honor of Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.