Alessandra Bruni

Alessandra Bruni

CHAIR

Alessandra Bruni has been Chair of the Board of Directors of ENAV since 28 April 2023.

Graduated summa cum laude in Law from La Sapienza University in Rome, she joined the General State Attorney's Office in 1990. From 2003 to 2015, she was the legal advisor of the “Teatro dell'Opera di Roma” foundation. In 2003, she was appointed legal advisor to SACE S.p.a., a company that carries out insurance and guarantee activities for the risks to which national economic operators are exposed in their activities with foreign countries and for the internationalisation of the Italian economy, with a particular focus on production sectors that are crucial for the country economic system and investments in countries that are strategic for Italy. In 2009, she became a member of the Interministerial Commission for Mineral Resources and Hydrocarbons (CIRM), now under the auspices of MITE, with technical advisory tasks - also with reference to the preliminary examination of the applicability of the environmental impact assessment - in relation to the exploration and extraction of mineral resources, the safety of mining activities, and the determination and payment of rates for the product extracted. She is an expert in the management of confiscated mafia assets and environmental crimes, particularly with regard to the phenomenon of subsidence caused by human activities. From 2003 to 2013, she held several teaching positions at “La Sapienza” University of Rome for the Legal Professions Specialisation School on administrative law subjects; at Guglielmo Marconi University she was a professor of civil procedural law. From 2017 to 2019, she was a professor at “La Sapienza” University of Rome for the second-level master's degree in administrative law, including for the sports law module. She has published numerous articles and scholarly volumes on public and administrative law and she is also the author of the monograph “The defence of the State in proceedings”. She has participated as speaker at numerous conferences and academic events. Since 2017, she has been the legal advisor of Simest S.p.a., a company of the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Group that supports the growth of SMEs by promoting their internationalisation. In 2020, she was included in the group of state lawyers recommended to serve as Chair of supervisory committees in the extraordinary administration procedures of large insolvent companies at MISE, now MIMIT. In 2021, she was appointed legal advisor to ICE-ITA - Agency for the promotion abroad and internalisation of Italian companies. In her role at the Attorney General’s Office, she worked on criminal trials of primary importance for institutions, including the Calipari trial, the D'Antona murder and “Mafia Capitale”. Starting in 2017, she was involved in the area of damages resulting from asbestos exposure in defence of the General Staff before the criminal courts, obtaining favourable judicial rulings that led to the affirmation of principles endorsed by the supreme court case law. She has been Chair of Technical Advisory Boards under Article 6 of Decree Law No. 76 of 16 July 2020.