Saverio Valentino is the President of the Italian Competition Authority. An experienced attorney, he served as a member of the Board of the Authority from 2023 to 2026. Prior to his appointment, he built his career specialising in Italian and EU competition law and represented clients before the courts of the European Union, Italian civil and administrative courts, the European Commission, the Italian Competition Authority and a number of competition authorities worldwide. Graduating cum laude with a J.D. from the University of Rome “La Sapienza” in 1995, he went on to earn an LL.M. from the College of Europe in Bruges in 1996 and another from the University of Chicago Law School in 2000.