Claudia Parzani

INCLUSIVE LEADER & STRATEGIC THINKER DRIVING CHANGE ACROSS BUSINESS, FINANCE, AND SOCIETY.

Chair of Borsa Italiana, the first woman to hold this position. Chair of Allianz S.P.A. (2017-22). Founder of “Breakfast@Linklaters”.

Claudia Parzani, speaker, conferencia, keynote, borsa italiana
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Capital Humano, Motivación y Liderazgo · Government and Politics · Innovation and Creativity · Science and Environment · Strategy and Corporate Culture

Claudia Parzani is internationally recognized for her innovative leadership, expertise in corporate governance, strategic vision, focus on talent development, and commitment to social matters. As Chair of Borsa Italiana (the Italian Stock Exchange) and Senior Advisor at both Linklaters and Brunswick, she brings innovative thinking and market-leading insight to the financial and advisory sectors.

Her influence extends across industries: she serves as Deputy Chair of the Italian Group of the Trilateral Commission, Chair of the Scientific Committee at Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, and non-executive director at Stellantis N.V. Her previous leadership roles include Deputy Chair of Il Sole 24 Ore S.p.A., Chair of Allianz S.p.A., and several directorships in both listed and private companies.

A passionate advocate for inclusion, Claudia Parzani actively promotes social progress through positions on the advisory board of UNHCR Italy, as well as in Parks – Liberi e Uguali and Fondazione Italia per il Dono. She is the founder of “Breakfast@Linklaters”, a pioneering network for female executives, and acts as Italy’s ambassador for the Inspiring Girls campaign.

 

For eight consecutive years, Claudia has been recognized in the global HERoes Women Role Model List for her dedication to diversity and talent development (as of 2024).

 

Claudia shares her vision through articles, talks, and highly regarded publications, including Meravigliose. Tour guidato all’interno di noi stesse (Il Sole 24 Ore, 2020) exploring gender and female talent; Si vince solo insieme (Garzanti, 2022) focused on the tools necessary to face future challenges in the world of work; and her latest book, La rivoluzione degli outsider (Rizzoli, 2024), on the talent of women and young people, the importance of including genders and all generations and changes in leadership models.

Known for her practical insight and inclusive outlook, Claudia Parzani equips global audiences with actionable, relevant tools for navigating today’s changing business, talent, and leadership landscapes.

Conferences

Leadership.

Corporate Governance.

Sustainability.

Innovation.

Talent Enhancement.

Next Generation.

Inclusion.

Networking.

Team Management.

Longevity.

Social Impact.

Books

La rivoluzione degli outsider: La nuova leadership che cambierà il mondo.

This book opens with an image: countless men, all standing in their elegant grey suits. Because, for as long as we can remember, those who make decisions and hold power have always been them—men alone at the helm, competent and efficient, strong, almost granite-like, infallible in the eyes of most, often reluctant to plan their succession or to acknowledge when it’s time to hand over the reins.

These are the men Claudia Parzani, Chair of Borsa Italiana, has observed for many years—first as a very young woman, trying to understand who she might want to become one day, and later, as she sat alongside them in the rooms where decisions are made. Today, however, this statuesque image of the leader is beginning to crumble. Perhaps because the world is changing faster than ever, the challenges ahead are numerous and complex, and leaders who continue to follow a model that never changes may be increasingly ineffective.

It is from here that Claudia Parzani begins, guiding us through a deep reflection on leadership and the world we live in—rich with personal anecdotes and stories of more and less well-known figures and cases—leafing through an imaginary album of memories and thoughts that make the reading engaging. She then poses the most important question: who today has the ability to lead us into the future?

The answer lies with the ultimate outsiders: women and young people. Those who, not knowing the rules, not belonging to any pre-established power group, and having nothing to lose because little is expected of them, are best positioned to break the rules of the past and dismantle the monolithic image of the leader we’ve always been used to. And through their example, they can inspire other outsiders to carve out their own space in the world, to pursue a career, unleashing a virtuous cycle that leads to “a company and a society where differences are no longer recorded and counted as if they were a minus, but rather as a value preceded by a plus sign—representing a gain, the acquisition of a missing element, the addition of a new trait that enriches, strengthens, and solidifies.”

La rivoluzione degli outsider: La nuova leadership che cambierà il mondo.

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