Alessio Sancetta

Alessio was born in Rome and moved to the UK to pursue postgraduate studies. He was awarded a PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge and currently holds a Chair of Economics at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has served as a university lecturer at the University of Cambridge and spent a number of years working in the financial industry, both in the UK and internationally. Alessio believes in education as a driver of sustainable development and in healthcare as a fundamental human right.