Mr Giovanni
MALAGO

High School Diploma with an emphasis on sciences. Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business, University of Siena

Managing Director and Partner of Group Sa.Mo.Car S.P.A. (family company in the sector of Luxury cars as Ferrari and Maserati today and Rolls Royce, Bentley and BMW in the past); President, Managing Director and Partner of Samofin S.P.A, associated company; Councilor of Air One S.P.A. Italian airline (2002-2008); Board Member of Banca di Roma and then Unicredit – Banca di Roma (2002-2010); Partner and Board Member of Tecnimont SPA (2006-2010); Partner and Board Member of Maire-Tecnimont SPA, world leader of petrochemical structures, listed on the Stock Exchange of Milan (2007-2010); Minority Shareholder of Banca Finnat (2008-); HSBC Advisor for Italy (2008-2018); Member of the Committee of Experts Made in Italy – Ministry of Economic Development (2009); Managing Director and Partner of GL Investimenti (2008-), associated company; Member of the Territory Board of Unicredit Bank (2010-2018); Member of the Executive Board Foundation, University of Verona (2021-); President Sa.Mo.Car S.p.a. Group (2023-)

Futsal, football, tennis, skiing, swimming, athletics, basketball, rowing

Futsal football player: three times Italian Champion with Roma RCB, four times winner of the Italian Cup (two of which with the Aniene Sports Club). Player of the Italian National Team in the World Futsal Championship in Brazil (1986)

President of the Organising Committee of the 50th anniversary of Ferrari (1997); President of the Organising Committee of the Tennis International Tournament of Italy (1998-1999); President (previously Managing Director) of Basketball club “Virtus Pallacanestro Roma” (2000-2001); Member of the NOC of Italy (CONI) Executive Board (2001-2003 and 2009-2013); President of the CONI (2013-); President CONI Servizi (2017-2018); Coordinator of the Committee “Sport for All” promoted by CONI and IOC in Rome (2004); President of the Organising Committee of Volleyball European Championship (2005); President of the Promoting than Organising Committee of FINA Swimming World Championship Rome (2009); President of the Organising Committee of Euro League Basketball (2006); Councilor for the Organising Committee of the 2010; Volleyball Championships; Member of ANOC Marketing & New Sources of Finance Commission (2015-); Commissioner of Football League Serie A (2018); President, Organising Committee for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games; Adviser, Ryder Cup Rome 2023

President of Circolo Canottieri Aniene, the most important sport club in Italy (1997-2017), then Honorary President (2017-); Member of the Regional Council FAI Lazio and “i 200 del FAI”, Italian Environmental fund (2002-); Promoting Partner and Councilor of the non-profit Association of Bambino Gesù Hospital (2002-); Board Member of Auditorium Parco della Musica di Roma (2003-2016); Honorary Partner of AIL, Italian Association against leukemia (2005-); Member of the Italian National Olympic Academy (2008-); Member of the Advisory Board of non-profit Agenda Sant’Egidio (2011-); Independent member of the Executive Board of Unicef Italy (2014-); Founding partner of Musia Association (2017)

Member of the Jury of David di Donatello Award (2008); Member of the Jury Guido Carli Foundation (2011-); Sports law professor, Law Faculty LUISS Guido Carli University (2017)

Gold Medal for Sports Merit and Gold Collar (as President of Aniene Club – 2002); “August e Marie Krog” medal (2014); Special award Laurentum “Values of Sport” (2014); Paul Tissandier Award, International Aeronautics Federation (2015); Great Official Order Merit of Italian Republic (2016); Knight Grand Cross Order of the Italian Republic (2022); Nino Vaccarella Award 2023; Canoviano d’Onore 2023 (Member of Honour of the Canova Club)

Member of the following commissions: Public Affairs and Social Development through Sport Commission (2016-2019), Olympic Programme (2019-), Coordination for the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad los Angeles 2028 (2019-)