Claudia Parzani

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Claudia Parzani has been a partner in Linklaters since 2007 and covered for the firm important managerial roles: she was Global Business Development and Marketing Partner and the Managing Partner for Western Europe and she was a member of the Global Executive Committee and Chair of the European Committee. Claudia has assisted and advised many of the most important Italian and international banks and corporates in the context of complex extraordinary transactions and currently her main focus is on strategic and corporate governance issues and ESG-linked topics.

Always passionate about inclusion and social matters, Claudia is a member of the advisory board of UNHCR Italy, sits in the Comitato Scientifico of Parks – Liberi e Uguali and is the Chair of the Strategic Council of Fondazione Italia per il Dono (a non-profit foundation). She was Chair of the board of Valore D and is the founder of “Breakfast@Linklaters” and the ambassador in Italy for the Inspiring Girls.

Since April 2022 she has been Chair of the Italian Stock Exchange after having been Deputy Chair and non-executive director. She is also Deputy Chair of Il Sole 24 Ore S.p.A. From April 2017 to April 2022, she was Chair of Allianz S.p.A.