Matteo Renzi is a Senator of the Italian Republic and leader of Italia Viva. He served as Prime Minister of Italy from 2014 to 2016, during which time he pursued an extensive reform agenda and oversaw the organization of Expo Milano 2015. During his premiership, Italy held the Presidency of the Council of the European Union and participated in three G7 summits and three G20 summits. He previously served as Mayor of Florence from 2009 to 2014. Since 2018, he has been a Senator of the Italian Republic and a member of the Senate Committee on European Union Policies. 

He is a Senior Advisor to the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and has been a professor on Stanford University’s programme in Florence since 2018. The author of numerous books on politics and current affairs, he regularly takes part in international conferences and debates on geopolitics, global affairs and economic development. He also serves on several international advisory boards, including those of FII, AlUla and NEOM in Saudi Arabia, with a particular focus on geopolitics, defence, artificial intelligence, healthcare, innovation and the promotion of Made in Italy.