Livio Romano works at CDP, coordinating sectoral analyses and projects at both national and European level on strategic value chains. He is an expert in industrial development and innovation, to which he has dedicated numerous scientific articles, books and institutional reports. Since 2020, he has been Adjunct Professor of Industrial Economics at LUISS University. Before joining CDP, he worked for nine years at the Confindustria Research Center, where he also served as Head of Industry Analysis. He holds a PhD in Economics from the EUI in Fiesole.