Luigi Pio Scordamaglia, CEO of Filiera Italia and Head of the International Affairs at the Italian farmers’ organization Coldiretti, was elected President of Eat Europe in 2022. His commitment for sustainable and resilient food systems has deep roots in his veterinary studies at the University of Perugia (Italy), including a PhD on “Development, hygiene, wholesomeness and quality of animal products”. His recent election as Vice President of the European Federation for Animal Health and Sanitary Security (FESASS) confirms his long-lasting commitment in the livestock sector, also on the production side as former President of ASSOCARNI (Italian Meat Industry Association) and member of the Executive Board at INALCA S.p.A., a leader company in Europe in the meat sector and food service distribution. Throughout his longstanding career he has committed to developing a strong and fair relationship in the food, fiber and fuel value chain, focusing on the key role of primary producers. In this context he is a member of the Executive Board of “Consorzi Agrari d’Italia s.p.a”, the biggest Italian Agri-Consortium and he participates in the Rabobank European Food & Agrobusiness Advisory Board. He is also the CEO of Agri-Energy, a joint venture between ENI and Bonifiche Ferraresi, and in the past he served as President of Federalimentare, the Italian food industry association, and as member of the Board of ICE, the Italian Trade Agency. Driving change through a science-based and data-driven approach has been at the center of Scordamaglia’s approach. This is confirmed by his appointments as member of the Nutrition Committee of the Italian Ministry of Health; the Scientific Committee of the Observatory on Crime in Agriculture and Agri-food systems; the Scientific Committee of the Think Tank “Divulga”.

Paolo Di Stefano is an executive professional with an extensive European and International background in sustainable agriculture and food policies. Since October 2024, he is Executive Director at Eat Europe, a young and innovative pan-European multistakeholder organisation that aims at stimulating thinking and tabling concrete solutions and proposals to EU decision-makers, in order to drive a sustainable and resilient food systems’ transformation, through an innovative and solid alliance between all actors: farmers, industry, retailers, academia and consumers. Prior to that, for 7 years Paolo led the Brussels Office of Coldiretti, the largest farmers association in Italy and one of the most influential actors in the agri-food sector, at European and International level, liaising with EU based companies, associations, and non-governmental organisations as well as with agri-food players in the framework of the World Farmers Organisation (WFO), in which he held the role of Chair of the Value Chain Working group for 5 years. He has been working on EU Public Affairs in Brussels since 2002, with an important experience in the European Commission as Legal Officer dealing with Competition file.