The Age of Predators

Student leader in the Sixty-eight, national secretary of Proletarian Democracy, former European parliamentarian and national deputy, direct grower, olive grower and beekeeper.

Teaches International Economics at LUISS Guido Carli and Cattolica University Senior Fellow Harvard Kennedy School. Author of "Fatti non foste a viver come robot" (Utet), "Making the global economy work for everyone" (Palgrave Macmillan), "The Great Disconnect. Hopes and fears after the excess of globalization" (Bocconi Univ. Press).

Pietro Modiano (Milan, 1951) built his career in banking and finance after graduating cum laude from Bocconi. He held key roles, including Deputy CEO at Unicredit and Intesa Sanpaolo, CEO at San Paolo di Torino, and Chairman at Pioneer Investments, Banca IMI, and SEA. From 2009, he chaired Tassara and Nomisma. In 2018, he returned to banking as Chairman and ECB-appointed Commissioner of Banca Carige until its rescue in 2020.

Human rights activist, journalist, politician, and founder of Women Journalists Without Chains and the Tawakkol Karman Foundation. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for her non-violent struggle for democracy and women’s rights in Yemen. Known as “mother of the revolution” and “the iron woman”, she is a member of the Facebook Oversight Board. She holds a master’s in global security from UMass Lowell University.