The Ambassador
ALBERTO DI LUCA
Born in Milan, Italy, on August 17, 1952.
Italian citizen.
Fluent in English and French.
Knight of Magistral Grace of Sovereign Order of Malta
Gran Cross pro Merito Melitensi
EDUCATION:
Bachelor’s degree with honors in Political Science with a political-social focus (1979).
Postgraduate courses at SDA Bocconi in Milan, Westinghouse in Paris, and Xerox in Princeton and London School of Economics in London were completed.
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:
1972 – 1998: includes experience working in multinational IT companies in Marketing and Sales. Luxury watchmaking as General Manager and Managing Director and C.E.O.
2006 – March 2012: he served as Vice President of A.T.M. Servizi S.p.A (Azienda Trasporti Milanesi), and lead commercial operations with a full mandate for sales and marketing. 850 Mio/€ 120 direct and 2200 indirect reports.
2010 – 2014: Member in the Boards of Directors of:
– SDA (Italian “Poste” Service Group)
– R.S.E. (G.S.E. group).
2012 – today: Member of the Board of Directors of Covenant Partners (Executive Search & Management consulting).
POLITICAL PROFILE:
1994-2006: Member of the Chamber of Deputies (Rome);
1994-1996: elected to the Chamber of Deputies in Milan. He is assigned, within the Forza Italia parliamentary group, the role of Treasurer.
1996-2001: is re-elected and confirmed Treasurer and member of the Executive at the Chamber. Member of the Transport and Telecommunications Commission;
– Member of the Italy – Monaco Principality Interparliamentary Friendship Group.
2001-2006: in the third Legislature, he was elected Chairman of the Committee bicameral Schengen – Europol Committee assuming the powers of a body of control over the activity of the Government in the field of immigration;
– As part of the activity of the Bicameral Committee, he leads 11 official missions to Governments and Parliaments of E.U. countries and candidate countries for entry;
– He also serves as the President of the Italy-Bulgaria Interparliamentary Friendship Group.
DIPLOMATIC PROFILE:
2010 – November 30, 2023: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the Republic of Serbia.
April 2024 – today: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the Principality of Monaco
2014 – today: Permanent Representative of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the P.A.M. (Parliamentary Assembly of Mediterranean).
HONOURS:
– In 1986 the President of the Italian Republic Francesco Cossiga awarded him, at the Quirinale, the Gold Medal for Athletic Valor (*).
– In 1998 awarded Commendatore with Plaque of the Constantinian Order of St. George.
– In 2004 he was awarded the Cross of Commander of the Order pro Merito Melitensi of the Sovereign Order of Malta.
– In 2004 he was personally awarded the “Golden Laurel” by the Minister of the Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria Solomon Passy.
– In 2006, he was personally awarded the “Golden Laurel” for “Diplomatic Merit” by Taiwan’s Foreign Minister James Huang.
– In 2013 His Holiness Patriarch Irinej, bestowed him with the high honor of “Holy Emperor Constantine.”.
– In July 2017 he was awarded the Grand Cross pro Merito Melitense of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.