Monica De Virgiliis

Monica de Virgiliis graduated from the Polytechnic of Turin with a degree in electronic engineering. She started her career in 1993 at Magneti Marelli (Fiat Group) as a production engineer. In 1996, she joined the CEA in Italy, where she was in charge of developing partnerships with Italian companies. In 2001, she began a 15-year career at STMicroelectronics, a leading international semiconductor group based in Geneva, where she held various managerial positions, including General Manager of the wireless multimedia division, and ultimately Corporate Director of Strategy and Development. In 2015-2016, Monica de Virgiliis was Managing Director of the Industrial Microcontroller Division of Infineon, a German semiconductor group based in Munich. Throughout her career in the field of new technologies, Monica de Virgiliis has alternated between operational and strategic positions on a global scale and has played a key role in the transformation of business models in markets highly impacted by digitalization. In 2017, Monica de Virgiliis decided to apply her technological skills to energy transition. She was Director of Strategy at CEA (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives) in Paris from 2017 to 2019. In 2019, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, she founded Chapter Zero France, a non-profit association aiming to raise awareness of climate issues among non-executive directors, of which she is Chair.