Domenico Arcuri

Domenico Arcuri (born 10 July 1963) is an Italian manager. In March 2020, he was appointed by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Extraordinary Commissioner for the Implementation of Health Measures to Contain the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most influential role during the emergency.[1]

Domenico Arcuri
Extraordinary Commissioner for the Implementation of Health Measures to Contain the COVID-19 pandemic
Assumed office
18 March 2020
Prime MinisterGiuseppe Conte
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born (1963-07-10) 10 July 1963
Melito di Porto Salvo, Calabria
Political partyIndependent
Spouse(s)Myrta Merlino (div.)
Children1
Alma materLUISS Guido Carli
ProfessionManager

Biography

Domenico Arcuri was born in Melito di Porto Salvo, near Reggio Calabria, in 1963. After attending the "Nunziatella Military School" in Naples, in 1986 he graduated in Economics and Commerce at the LUISS Guido Carli of Rome, with a thesis entitled "Economic and social profitability of public investments in the South".[2]

Professional career

Following his graduation, Arcuri started working at Institute for Industrial Reconstruction (IRI), where he held management roles in various companies belonging to the group, becoming particularly skilled in telecommunications and radio and television sectors. In 1992, he joined Pars, a joint venture between Arthur Andersen and General Electric Company, which operated in the high-tech consulting sector, of which he became CEO after only two years.[3]

In 2004, Arcuri became CEO of "Deloitte Consulting", the Italian branch of Deloitte, active in the field of business consulting; while in 2007, he was appointed CEO of Invitalia, a state-owned company focused on the development of the production system, territorial cohesion and reindustrialisation of former industrial areas.[4]

COVID-19 pandemic

On 16 March 2020, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte appointed Arcuri as Extraordinary Commissioner for the Implementation and Coordination of the Measures to Contain and Combat the Epidemiological Emergency COVID-19.[5]

As Commissioner he also organized the vaccination campaign, which started on 27 December 2020.[6]

References
  1. Chi è Domenico Arcuri, il super commissario nominato da Conte, Corriere della Sera
  2. Chi è Domenico Arcuri, l’uomo che Conte ha messo alla guida della lotta con il virus, La Stampa
  3. Arcuri Domenico chi è | carriera | vita privata del Commissario straordinario, MeteoWeek
  4. Chi era Arcuri prima di diventare Arcuri, Il Post
  5. Gazzetta Ufficiale, www.gazzettaufficiale.it
  6. Cosa sappiamo del sistema informatico per la campagna dei vaccini anti-coronavirus, Wired
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