Milanese, born in 1969, Oscar Di Montigny is an entrepreneur and angel investor, one of the leading global experts in mega-trends. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of I-DEAGATE, the first Humanovability Hub that supports companies in producing positive impact on the community and the planet. He is also the President and Founder of GRATEFUL FOUNDATION, a third-sector organization that promotes the dissemination of the value of gratitude.
Oscar di Montigny is also an internationally renowned speaker and advocate on major topics such as Innovation, Sustainability, Marketing and Communication, Corporate Education, and Positive Impact, speaking at corporate events, large companies, and organizations. He collaborates with the Italian and international academic world, from primary and secondary schools to prestigious universities, conducting research activities, keynote speeches, and seminars.
As an angel investor, mentor, and coach, he contributes to the development and support of projects and startups aiming to generate positive impact on the economy, society, and the environment. He is the creator of the “Spherical Economy®” principle and a systemic model for business development called “Humanovability®”.
Simultaneously, after a decade in the tourism sector, he began his career in one of the nation’s largest banking groups, Banca Mediolanum. As a professional, he placed education at the forefront from the outset, both through the Mediolanum Corporate University (MCU), an educational institute serving the Mediolanum community that he founded and directed since 2008, and through Centodieci.it, the cultural platform of Banca Mediolanum that he conceived and launched in 2013.
As an executive of the Group, after holding the position of Marketing and Communication Director for nearly 10 years, he served for six years as Director of Innovation, Sustainability, and Value Strategy, in addition to being the CEO of Mediolanum Comunicazione and President of Flowe, a Group company since its inception and certified as a B-Corporation.
Throughout nearly 35 years of activity, he has consistently placed education at the center of his project as a fundamental element for personal and collective growth and development. He also collaborates with the Swiss startup Hypercube SA, specializing in technology applied to sustainability, whose blockchain-based solution enables precise, secure, and transparent tracking of the virtuous recovery and reuse of scarce resources with high environmental impact, with water being the primary among them.
Moreover, he has published the bestseller “The Time of New Heroes” with Mondadori, which soon became a radio format for Radio Italia, and the popular essay “Gratitude. The Necessary Revolution,” and with Rizzoli “6 x 2 – Six Short Lessons from Two Marketing Masters.”