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 the Scientific Director of CUOA Business School and a member of the Academia Europæa.

He has served as Rector, President of the CRUI Foundation (Conference of Italian University Rectors), President of AiIG (Italian Association of Management Engineering), President of the Organizing Committee of the Higher School of the Centre for Defense Higher Study , and a member of the Strategic Steering Committee of the European University Institute.