Marco Felisati, is Deputy Director, International Affairs and Trade Policy, Confindustria, Italy.

Marco has dealt with international relations, trade, and trade-related matters for over 25 years. He is Deputy Director for International Affairs and Trade Policy at the Confederation of Italian Industry – Confindustria, acting as B7 and B20 Sherpa and representing Confindustria to the Global Business Coalition – GBC.

He is a Member of the International Relation Committee of the European Union of Employers’ Organisations – Business Europe; National Lead Coordinator and Vice Chairman of the Trade and Investment Committee at Business at the OECD; member of the Executive Committee and of the Presidency Council of The International Chamber of Commerce in Italy – ICC Italy.

Marco served as a member of the European Economic and Social Committee and of the EESC Consultative Committee for Industrial Mutations, as National Detached Export at the European Commission – DG External Relations, and manager at the Confindustria delegation in Brussels.

He graduated in Political Sciences from Bologna University, was a visiting MA Student in Banking & Finance at Bangor University, North Wales, UK. He was a post-graduate in Banking Disciplines at the University of Siena; a post-graduate in European Affairs at ISTUD, Rome; post-graduate in International Carriers at SIOI, Rome. Marco is married with two daughters.