Overview

Paolo Scaroni became CEO of the integrated oil company Eni in May 2005.

He was awarded a degree in economics from Milan’s Bocconi University in 1969 and an MBA from Columbia Business School in 1973. For a year following business school, he was an associate at McKinsey & Company. From 1973 to 1985, he held a series of positions with Saint Gobain, culminating with his appointment as President of the Saint Gobain flat glass division.

In 1985, Paolo Scaroni became CEO of Techint, during which time he was also Vice President of Falck and executive Vice President of SIV, a joint venture between Techint and Pilkington plc. He joined Pilkington in 1996 and was CEO until May 2002. From May 2002 to May 2005 he was CEO of Enel, Italy’s leading electricity utility.

Paolo Scaroni is Deputy Chairman of LSEG plc (London Stock Exchange Group) and a member of the Board of Assicurazioni Generali, of Veolia Environnement (Paris), of the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School (New York) and of the Board of Fondazione Teatro alla Scala. He was Chairman of Alliance Unichem plc. (UK) from 2005 to July 2006.