Holder of an Msc in Electronics Engineering from the University of the Studi di Perugia and an EMBA from LUISS Business School in Rome, Francesca Zaffarami began her career at ELES in 2003 as an Application Engineer and then joined the Improvement Project Portfolio team in as Manager in 2006 and became Controller and COO Assistant in 2008. Fransesca has held the position of Managing Director and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2016.