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Luiss University
Pier Luigi Celli is director general of the Luiss Guido Carli University in Roma. In his business career he held a variety of senior roles in major Italian companies, including director of human resources at ENI from 1985 to 1993, director of personnel and organisation at ENEL from 1996 to 1998, director general of the RAI from 1998 to 2001 and director of corporate identity at UniCredit Bank from 2002 to 2005. He is co-author with Giuliana Del Bufalo of La bella addormentata e i suoi guardiani (2005), with Mario Grasso of L’impresa con l’anima. Come la Corporate Social Responsibility può contribuire a umanizzare le imprese (2005), with Claudio Sabelli Fioretti of Coraggio, don Abbondio (2009) and author of Nascita e morte di un’impresa in 42 lettere (2003), Impresa e classi dirigenti (2004) and author of Un anno nella vita. Racconti e memorie di un lungo addio all’impresa (2006), Le virtù deboli (2007), Narrare la leadership. Parole, storie, passioni (2007), Altri esercizi di pentimento (2008), Comandare è fottere. Manuale politicamente scorretto per aspiranti carrieristi di successo (2008) and Come si maneggia il mondo. Prove tecniche di chiarimento (2009). On 30 November 2009 his open letter to his son Mattia entitled Figlio mio, lascia questo paese (my son, leave this country) was published in the Italian daily La Repubblica, setting off a storm of debate in Italy.
