Fabrizio Pagani is Head of the Office of Italy's ministry of finance, supporting the finance minister on key domestic and international economic and financial issues and heads a team serving as a ministry policy unit. In particular, he is spearheading and coordinating the work of the Italian government on public and private investment, finance for growth, privatisation, banks and other financial institutions. Since 2014, he has been a non-executive director of ENI and chairman of its advisory board and, under the previous Italian government, he served as a senior counsellor and G20 ‘Sherpa’ – personal representative - of the Italian prime minister, leading the task force on attracting foreign direct investment. Previously, he represented Italy at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and was a political counsellor to the OECD Secretary General. From 2006 to 2008, he was Chief of Staff for the Undersecretary of State at the Office of the Italian Prime Minister and a member of the board of SACE, Italy's export credit agency. Pagani has also held different positions within the Italian government, such as at the Ministry of European Policies and Ministry of Industry, Energy and Foreign Trade. Pigani has also served as a researcher and assistant professor at the University of Pisa and lecturer and visiting professor in several universities internationally. He holds a degree on international affairs from the Scuola S. Anna in Pisa and a master’s in International and European Law from the European University Institute. In 1997, he was awarded the NATO Research Fellowship. He has published books and articles on current affairs.