Ilaria holds a joint Ph.D. in Management at the University of Catania and Columbia Business School, and a MsC with honors in Management Engineering from University of Naples Federico II.

She is Chief Strategy Officer at Trenitalia. She worked as Vice President of Strategic Planning and M&A – Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane.

Previously, she was Principal at The Boston Consulting Group and Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton.