ALBERTO FELICE DE TONI is Professor Emeritus of Economic and Management Engineering at the University of Udine where he teaches "Management of Complex Systems". He is also Scientific Director of CUOA Business School and a member of Academia Europæa.

He was Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Magnificent Rector, General Secretary of the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI), President of the CRUI Foundation, President of the Italian Association of Management Engineering, President of the organizing committee of the Higher School of the Centre for Defense Higher Study and President of the Independent Evaluation Body of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità.