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 Permanent Representative of Italy to the Atlantic Council (NATO) with the rank and title of Ambassador from 2022.
He was Ambassador as the Italian Representative to the E.U. Political and Security Committee; Spokesperson and Head of the Press and Institutional Communication Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation; Diplomatic Advisor to the Minister of the Interior and Justice; and Ambassador as Deputy Permanent Representative to the European Union in Brussels and President of Coreper I during Italy's six-month presidency in 2014.
 After attending the Naval Academy he qualified as a submariner in 1984, later becoming a Commander.
In the course of his career, he held various positions focused on the U212A Submarine Programme and was assigned to the Defence Staff as Deputy Chief of the Strategic Planning Office. On 25 June 2022, he has been appointed Italian Military Representative to NATO and EU Military Committees.
 Responsible for public and private sector projects and programmes in the fields of defence, security and space.
Extensive experience in direct and indirect budget management and team coordination for R&D project implementation and solution development.
 After more than 30 years of experience in the Chinese and Asian markets with some leading Italian international companies, he has been the SVP responsible for Fincantieri activities in Brussels at the EU and NATO since January 2020.
He was President of Fincantieri (Shanghai) Trading Co., Regional Manager for Leonardo Finmeccanica, and elected President of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in China.
 Since June 2024, he has been Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at Leonardo.
From October 2023 to June 2024, he served as Leonardo's Chief Innovation Officer.
From 2017 to 2023, he was founder and CEO of Movendo Technology, the world's first Italian robotics company in the neurological, orthopaedic and geriatric rehabilitation field.
From 2007 to 2017, he helped establish and launch the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) as Director General. In this activity, he was also involved in the start-up of the IIT Technology Transfer in which he launched the first industrial Rehab technologies Lab, a recognised Italian excellence in biomedical robotics worldwide, aimed at developing robotic prostheses, exoskeletons and other innovative technologies from which the spin-off Movendo Technology was created.
From 2002 to 2007, he was Senior Advisor to the State Accountant General and the Director General of the Treasury in the area of innovation and digitisation of public finance management and planning processes.
From 1996 to 2002, he worked as a business consultant at KMPG and Deloitte Consulting in the areas of strategy, organisation, planning and control for leading multinationals in the energy, mobility, telco and UN agency sectors.
He holds a degree in Economics from 'La Sapienza' University in Rome and a GC Diploma from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. Conclusions
 Mr.Andrea Orizio was born in Brescia (Italy) on the 25th of January, 1967.
After graduating in Law from the University of Milan in 1991, he attended post-graduate specialization courses/Masters at ISPI (Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale) in Milan, SIOI (Società Italiana per l’Organizzazione Internazionale) in Rome, ENA (Ecole Nationale d’Administration) Paris, and joined the Italian Diplomatic Service in 1992.
From 1992 to 1993 he was Deputy Head of the Africa Desk (Economic Affairs) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after which he served at the Office of the Defence Minister’s Diplomatic Counsellor from 1993 to 1994, followed by the Unit for Armaments Authorization and Control in 1994-1995.
From 1995 to 2000 Head of the Economic Section (Deputy Head of Mission in 1996-1997) at the Italian Embassy in Prague, and from 2000 to 2002 Deputy Head of Mission and Counsellor at the Italian Embassy in Zagreb, where he was also NATO-Croatia Contact Point Officer.
From 2002 to 2004 Deputy Head and from 2004 to 2005 Head of the Western Balkans Department (DG Europe) at the Foreign Affairs’ Ministry in Rome.
From 2005 to 2008 First Counsellor at the Italian Permanent Delegation to NATO, in Brussels, in charge of issues relating to the Mediterranean Dialogue, the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative, Middle East, NATO’s Partnerships and Western Balkans, NATO-Ukraine, NATO-Georgia, NATO’s enlargement (Albania and Croatia accession), Operation Active Endeavour, and NATO-EU matters. NATO Political Committee’s Member.
From 2008 to 2013, Minister Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission at the Italian Embassy in Cairo. At the rising of the “Egyptian Revolution”, on the 25th January 2011, he was Chargé d’Affaires a.i. and managed a 130 staff Embassy in emergency conditions. Head of the Anti-Terrorism and Global Threats Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Political Affairs), in Rome, from 2013 to 2014.
From 2014 to 2016, Balkans and Adriatic Director (DG European Union) at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, as well as National Coordinator of the Central European Initiative, EU Macroregional Strategies EUSAIR and EUSALP, Western Balkans’ Process.
From 2016 to 2020, Ambassador/Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia (150 multinational staff and 10 million euros yearly budget), appointed at the end of an international selection.
Back to the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in 2020, he was Head of Central and Northern Europe Division (DG Europe), and Deputy Director for European Countries. In 2021-2023, he was Deputy Director for European Countries (DG Europe and Trade Policy) and Coordinator for EFTA Countries and UK at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. In 2022-2023, he was also “Special Ambassador” and Europe Coordinator for Rome EXPO 2030 candidacy.
Since March 2023, he is Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Italy to the EU Political and Security Committee.
Languages: Italian mother tongue, fluent English and French, some knowledge of Czech, Serbian, Croatian and Arabic.
Married, one son and one daughter. “Cavaliere Ufficiale” of the “Ordine al Merito della Repubblica”, Member of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law. |
