Gian Maria Gros-Pietro

Gian Maria Gros-Pietro (born 4 February 1942) is an Italian businessman. He has been chair of the board of directors of Intesa Sanpaolo since 27 April 2016, and member of the board of directors at Luiss Guido Carli University of Rome.

Early life Gros-Pietro was born in Turin. He graduated in economics and business at the University of Turin in 1964. He taught business economics and industrial economics and politics until 2004.

Business career Between 1974 and 1995, he directed Ceris (Institute for Economics Research on Firms and Growth, the main economic body of the National Research Council – CNR), while in 2004 he was appointed chairman of the Economic and Business department at LUISS University in Rome and held that appointment for seven years.

From 1997 to 1999 he was chairman of the Institute for Industrial Reconstruction (IRI), leading the privatization of its subsidiaries.