Giuseppe Vita is a businessperson who has been at the head of 9 different companies and currently holds the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board for Axel Springer SE.

He is also on the board of Associazione Bancaria Italiana and Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale and Member-General Council at Aspen Institute Italia, Member of Bologna Business School, Member of European Financial Services Round Table and Member of The Trilateral Commission.

Dr. Vita previously held the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board at HUGO BOSS AG, Chairman at DEUTZ AG, Chairman of UniCredit SpA, Member-Supervisory Board at Continental AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Chairman at Allianz SpA, Chairman for RAS Holding SpA, Chairman at Banca Leonardo SpA, Chief Executive Officer of Schering SpA, Director-Supervisory Board at Vattenfall Europe AG and Member of The Council for the United States & Italy.

Giuseppe Vita received a doctorate from Sapienza University of Rome.