Board of Directors
Our board oversees the Foundation’s strategic direction. It, approves activity guidelines , oversees fund granting, establishes the criteria for promoting and developing initiatives, and ensures financial sustainability and transparency.
Stefano Aversa
Chairman
Veronica Berti
Vice-Chair
Laura Biancalani
CEO - Chief Executive Officer
Amos Bocelli
Board Member
Alberto Bocelli
Board Member
Giovanni Lega
Board Member
Maurizia Iachino
Board Member
Boards of Auditors
Controlling body whose task is to verify general accountancy, regular book-keeping and matching balance with accountancy. Its members are enrolled in the Auditors’ register:
Deborah Sassorossi
President
Stefano Monti
Guido Del Bue
Advisory Board
Prof. Mohammed Yunus
Prof. Laura Giarrè
Prof. Eliana La Ferrara
Ing. Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel
Elena Pirondini
Flavio Siniscalchi
Fiorella Passoni
ABF Ambassador
The Country Ambassadors are people who have been chosen for their reputation or recognized talent and expertise in the social world, the arts, culture, and science. They are men and women who have a deep desire to help our Foundation and who give part of their time to promote fund raising or help in identifying and supporting projects in line with the aims of our Foundation.
Maria Manetti Shrem
Sabrina Ferry
Beyhan Bagis
Elena Brunelli
Maria Iride Crippa
Paola Rovellini
ABF Advocate
ABF Advocates are Italian and international celebrities – artists, writers, athletes, and other public figures – who support the Foundation’s mission and make their platform and talents available to ABF in order to support its work and spread its results and goals. ABF Advocates are engaged on a free basis and do not receive any renumeration for their work. Their participation is motivated by our shared values, intentions and the desire to contribute to the creation of projects to empower people and communities.
Serena Autieri
Giovanni Caccamo
Salvatore Esposito
Catrinel Marlon
Andrea Paris
Davide Carboni
Lorenzo Baglioni
From a functional point of view, the operational structure is divided into 5 main areas, over which the total of 25 employees, in addition to the General Manager, are distributed:
- Projects Area (9 resources): includes the resources working on projects implemented by the Foundation in Italy and abroad;
- Secretariat and general affairs area (4 resources): includes the resources dedicated to secretarial and general services, thus supporting both the structure and the operators on projects;
- Administration and Control Area (4 resources): includes resources working in administration, tax and management control, as well as those dealing with human resources and IT systems;
- Communication Area (4 resources): includes resources dedicated to online and offline institutional communication, and the press office;
- Fundraising Area (3 resources): includes resources dedicated to dialogue with donors, as well as to the collection of donations and the organisation of fundraising events and campaigns.