Roberto Masiero

Bio

Non-Executive Director of Regent and also the President of IDC EMEA. In charge of all operations of IDC in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Furthermore is responsible for driving the development of IDC Conference & Event Business Worldwide. Started his professional career in the IT world in 1973 in Xerox, and then moved to cover a number of different positions in Marketing and Sales in Burroughs and Olivetti Computer. From 1984 to 1986 worked as Assistant to the Managing Director in charge of Strategies for the Olivetti Group, Elserino Piol, assisting him in the development of a number of acquisitions of International Software and Services Companies. In 1986 joined the IDG Group and was asked to startup IDC Italy. Subsequently took over as Managing Director of some of the major subsidiaries of IDC in Europe ( IDC UK, IDC France and IDC Germany ). In June 1990, was appointed President of IDC Europe, and in 1999 he took responsiblity for the whole IDC EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa). Since 1990, has grown IDC Europe into the largest IT Market Research & Consulting company operating in the Region. Today IDC EMEA has 450 employees, with 27 Local Offices and 6 Regional Research Solution Centers. After achieving his Degree in Political Economy at the Bocconi University in Milan, attended the Advanced Financial Management Program at the INSEAD in Fontainebleau and at the Advanced Management Program ( AMP) at the Harvard Business School.