Mr. Saverio Valentino, who was appointed as Chairman of the Italian Competition Authority by the President of the Senate, Ignazio La Russa, and the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Lorenzo Fontana, took office yesterday as Chairman of the Authority. “I am deeply grateful to the Presidents of the two Houses of Parliament for entrusting me with this role. For me, this represents the culmination of a professional career entirely devoted to competition law,” commented the newly appointed Chairman.

Mr. Valentino, a lawyer born in Rome in 1971, has served as a Commissioner of the Italian Competition Authority since 13 June 2023. Admitted to the Rome Bar since 1999 – and qualified to practise before the Court of Cassation since 2013 – as well as to the New York Bar since 2001, he has mainly specialised in Italian and EU competition law. He has acted before the courts of the European Union, Italian administrative and civil courts, the European Commission, the Italian Competition Authority and other competition Authorities in several countries around the world.

After graduating with honours in Law from Sapienza University of Rome in 1995, Mr. Valentino obtained a Master’s in EU law (LL.M.) from the College of Europe in Bruges in 1996 and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Chicago Law School in 2000. He also worked with the European Commission’s Directorate-General I, within the unit responsible for multilateral trade policies and issues relating to the World Trade Organization and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Rome, 17 July 2026