Lucio Stanca


Lucio Stanca is an Italian politician. He was Minister for Innovation and Technologies in the second and third Berlusconi cabinet, and later CEO of the Expo 2015 SpA.

Career

Lucio Stanca was Executive Chairman of IBM Europe, Middle East and Africa until his retirement in 2001. In the same year he was elected as Deputy of the Italian Parliament and became Minister of Innovation and Technology for the Italian government till 2006.
From 2008 to March 2013 he was a Senator of the Italian Parliament. He also was President and chief executive officer of Expo 2015 Spa from 2009 to 2010.
From 1994 to 2006 a director of Bocconi University in Milan.
He is also known for giving its name to the Stanca Act, the Italian law that promotes the accessibility of information technology