General:
Mario Monti (born 19 March 1943) received a degree in economics at
Bocconi University and pursued his studies at
Yale University. From 1978 to 1994, he contributed regularly to the Italian “Corriere della Sera”.
Monti served as
Rector of
Milan’s
Bocconi University from 1989 to 1994. In 1994, he was
appointed President. After serving as professor of Economics and Director of the Institute of Economics in Bocconi, he lectured at the Universities of
Trento and
Turin before returning to his alma mater. As a Member of the
European Commission from 1999-2004,
Monti was in charge of the Single Market, Financial Services and Tax Policy from 1995 until 1999. During the following legislature, he was the
European Commissioner in charge of Competition. With his recent report for the Commission on the Single Market,
Monti continues to contribute to the European project, and the cornerstone of the European integration, the Single Market.