Educated in Italy and at the Universities of London (LSE), Paris and Oxford (Nuffield). Form 1966 to 1977 at the OECD’s Department of Economics. In 1973-74 Japan Foundation Fellow at the Economic Planning Agency in Tokyo. From 1977 to 2007 Fellow and Tutor in Economics at Magdalen. At various times Visiting Professor at a number of Continental Universities (mainly in Italy), member of the Academic Council of the Ifo Institute in Munich, consultant to the World Bank and to the Bank of Italy. Since 2007 Emeritus Fellow and Director of Oxford Economics.

Cultural diversity

For over 30 years, Pellegrino Riccardi has excited and delighted audiences all over the world with a style of public speaking that brings together the ability to present complex ideas in a simple and accessible way, which is then wrapped up in a seamless fusion of masterful storytelling and observational humour.

Pellegrino’s talks appeal on both an intellectual and emotional level, tapping into the hearts and minds of his audiences and taking them on a visceral and emotional journey.

“I don’t just want my audiences to understand my message; I want them to feel it too,” says Pellegrino.

What all of Pellegrino´s talks have in common is the human aspect.

Think global, act local

Oscar Farinetti, is the founder of Eataly, the largest Italian marketplace in the world, comprising a variety of restaurants, food and beverage counters, bakery, retail items, and a cooking school. Oscar's aim is to make high-quality Italian foods available to everyone, at fair prices and in an environment where people can shop, taste and learn. 

Oscar Farinetti has extensive experience of the retail landscape. In 1967 Oscar’s father founded a small supermarket called UniEuro. A few years later Oscar became actively involved in the business and in 1978 he was appointed board member and then CEO and Chairman until 2003. In that year he decided to sell UniEuro to Dixon Retail for £ 230 million in order to focus on the new enterprise Eataly. Through an extraordinary journey, starting in Turin, Eataly has opened 19 stores in Italy alone, in addition to those present on an international scale in countries like Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Germany and the United States. 

Nick has focused on the Packaging, Plastic & Paper related industries for twenty years and his experience includes disposals, acquisitions, and leveraged buyouts. He has advised on several billion dollars of transactions. Prior to Moorgate Capital he spent 4 years with Europa Partners and 8 years with PwC Corporate Finance where he was Sector Leader for the PPP industry. Nick is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Stationers & Newspaper Makers and a member of the Institute of Packaging. Nick is a member of the Editorial Board of Plastics in Packaging.

Matthew learned how NOT to manage a factory as a graduate engineering apprentice at Raleigh bicycles. He’s been studying manufacturing best practices ever since. 

As a senior and general manager in various rapidly changing manufacturing businesses he learned to implement new technology, benefit from Lean principles, and “watch the numbers and talk (mostly listen) to the people”.  In 2003 Matthew become a founder Lean specialist with Vision in Print. 

Overcoming many companies’ challenges collecting and analysing production data-led Matthew to co-found Active Data Metrics Ltd in 2016 and develop the ActKPI system.
 

Marketing Unicorn

Markus Wörner is the Marketing Unicorn, head of PR at einhorn in Germany. Markus joined the team after solving the super hard einhorn crossword puzzle. Boosted by this huge success he is now dedicated to spreading love and unicorns online.

Larry Logan enjoys more than 30 years’ success in marketing and creativity, repeatedly developing brands that become industry leaders. He is currently the Chief Evangelist at Digimarc Corporation, the inventor of the imperceptible Digimarc Barcode identifier for all types of media. In that role, Mr. Logan is leading the company’s efforts to create a new standard for the automatic identification of plastics, through a form of technology described generically as digital watermarking. By giving each plastic object its own unique identity that can be discovered by scanning equipment in a recycling facility, industry will seek to achieve increased quality and quantity of yields of recyclates to meet the sustainability targets of manufacturers, dual system and facility operators, and government agencies. Among his industry awards and recognition, The World Brand Congress has named Mr. Logan among the 100 Most Influential Global Marketing Leaders. In his previous career in Hollywood, he is the recipient of over 75 Gold and Platinum records in entertainment industry marketing campaigns.

Jules Lejeune was appointed as FINAT's Managing Director in 1998. He was closely involved in the launch of the FINAT Radar in 2014. Each year he presents the annual review of trends and developments in the self-adhesive label materials demand in Europe.

Professor of Business Management and Rector of the LIUC-Cattaneo University.

Technical Manager at Plastics Recyclers Europe.

President of EUROLABEL srl and president of GIPEA (Gruppo Italiano Produttori Etichette Autoadesive), the Italian label association.