New Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Gemelli Foundation, Daniele Franco Takes a Stake

The name of former minister Daniele Franco is gaining traction as the next president of the Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli in Rome. The entire new Board of Directors of the Fondazione Policlinico, which took office in mid-October 2020, should be appointed by the end of the month. Nothing has leaked out from Gemelli but Franco’s name – according to what Adnkronos Salute has learned – would seem to be the right profile. Franco is an economist, between January 2020 and February 2021 he held the role of Minister of Economy and Finance of the Draghi Government, but was previously Accountant General of the State and Director General of the Bank of Italy.

The Board of Directors of the private non-profit Foundation is appointed by the founding bodies of Gemelli, the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and the Giuseppe Toniolo Institute of Higher Studies, and is made up of 11 members. Today, the members are: Carlo Fratta Pasini (president); Sergio Alfieri; Alessandro Azzi; Renato Balduzzi; Antonio Gasbarrini; Monsignor Claudio Giuliodori; Giuseppe Guerrera; Cesare Mirabelli; Alfredo Pontecorvi; Mario Taccolini. The Board of Directors also included the rector of the Catholic University, Franco Anelli, who died prematurely on May 23.