Luigi Pio Scordamaglia, CEO of Filiera Italia and Head of the International Affairs at the Italian farmers’ organization Coldiretti, was elected President of Eat Europe in 2022. His commitment for sustainable and resilient food systems has deep roots in his veterinary studies at the University of Perugia (Italy), including a PhD on “Development, hygiene, wholesomeness and quality of animal products”. His recent election as Vice President of the European Federation for Animal Health and Sanitary Security (FESASS) confirms his long-lasting commitment in the livestock sector, also on the production side as former President of ASSOCARNI (Italian Meat Industry Association) and member of the Executive Board at INALCA S.p.A., a leader company in Europe in the meat sector and food service distribution. Throughout his longstanding career he has committed to developing a strong and fair relationship in the food, fiber and fuel value chain, focusing on the key role of primary producers. In this context he is a member of the Executive Board of “Consorzi Agrari d’Italia s.p.a”, the biggest Italian Agri-Consortium and he participates in the Rabobank European Food & Agrobusiness Advisory Board. He is also the CEO of Agri-Energy, a joint venture between ENI and Bonifiche Ferraresi, and in the past he served as President of Federalimentare, the Italian food industry association, and as member of the Board of ICE, the Italian Trade Agency. Driving change through a science-based and data-driven approach has been at the center of Scordamaglia’s approach. This is confirmed by his appointments as member of the Nutrition Committee of the Italian Ministry of Health; the Scientific Committee of the Observatory on Crime in Agriculture and Agri-food systems; the Scientific Committee of the Think Tank “Divulga”.

Arianna Giuliodori is an executive professional with an extensive international background in agriculture and food systems’ transformation. Since January 2024, she is Executive Director at Eat Europe, a new pan-European multistakeholder organisation that aims at stimulating thinking and tabling concrete solutions and proposals to EU decision-makers, in order to drive a sustainable and resilient food systems’ transformation, through an innovative and solid alliance between all actors: farmers, industry, retailers, academia and consumers. Prior to that, she led the World Farmers’ Organisation as Secretary General from 2017 to 2023, advocating for a farmer driven approach to the challenges humankind is facing, from climate change to food security, passing through biodiversity and nutrition. Under her guidance WFO has achieved remarkable results in terms of solid governance, policy development and key partnerships. Convinced that learning is a never-ending journey, and that sharing knowledge is the only way to generate innovative solutions, she got an executive MBA at Sorbonne University and a Master’s degree in communication of the international organisations at CELSA university in Paris, combined with studies in Economics and Rural Development at Siena University, Management of EU projects at LUISS University in Rome and Communication Sciences at Macerata University in Italy. More than a professional path, Farmers, Food and Agriculture have been a real passion for Arianna since her early working days: she spent ten years serving at the Italian farmers’ organisation Coldiretti, first in Rome and then in Brussels, acting as Economic Officer, Secretary General of Young Farmers, Head of the President’s Technical Secretariat and Senior Policy Advisor at the European Representation. Four years of experience in American multinational research and consulting company in Paris, promoting a customer centric approach to the digital transformation, complete her profile, giving her a strong pragmatic and business-oriented approach.