Arnaldo Abruzzini has been the CEO of EUROCHAMBRES, the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry, since 1999. He is a senior lobbyist in Brussels and represents the voice of over 20 million companies through members in 43 countries and a network of 1.700 regional and local Chambers.
He is also an active entrepreneur, having founded several companies. He still owns shares in telecommunications (Interactive Media), energy (InRes) and business consulting (Consir) firms.
Mr Abruzzini has worked as Managing Director of several companies active in telecommunications (EPTA), marketing and communications (MediaCamere) and business advice (CoFiCom) in Italy and USA.
He has also served in the financial sector, notably in investment banking (MedioBanca) and insurance companies (Bavaria).
He started his carrier as an auditor in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1979 (Arthur Andersen)
Born in Rome (Italy) on 5 August 1957, he is a graduate in Economy with a major in Finance from the University of Rome. He is fluent in English, French and Spanish other than his mother tongue.