Professor Bagnai was appointed on 4 August 2026

Professor Alberto Bagnai has today taken office as a member of the Board of the Italian Competition Authority. Mr. Bagnai, Professor of Economic Policy at the “Gabriele d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara and a former Member of Parliament, was appointed on 4 August 2026 by the President of the Senate of the Republic, Ignazio La Russa, and the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Lorenzo Fontana.

The Board of the Authority is therefore composed of the President, Saverio Valentino, and the two Commissioners, Professor Elisabetta Iossa and Professor Alberto Bagnai.

Rome, 22 September 2026