Francesca Gostinelli

Cum laude graduate in Environmental Engineering from the University of Florence in 1997 with semesters and exams at University College London (UK) y New York University (EEUU). She has also obtained a Master's Degree in Management and Economics for Energy and the Environment from the Scuola Superiore Enrico Mattei in Milan in 1999 and Executive Management courses at Harvard Business School, Insead and Bocconi. 

Professional Experience

• 2019 - 2023: Global Head of Enel Group Strategy, Economics and Scenario Planning, AFC, Enel, SpA
• 2016 – 2019: Global Head of Strategy for the Enel Group, AFC Holding, Enel SpA    
• 2016 (ener-abr): Director of Endesa Americas  
• 2015 – 2016: Director Endesa Chile 
• 2013 – 2015: Director of Enel Green Power SpA and other BoD
• 2014 – 2016: Global Head of Business Development, Generation Division, Enel SpA 
• 2014 (ener – nov): Head of Business Improvement and Operations, International Division, Enel SpA
• 2011 – 2014: Head of Business Development, International Division, Enel SpA
• 2007 – 2010: Head of International Regulation, Enel SpA
• 2002 – 2007: Head of Regulatory Affairs, and simultaneously since 2004 Head of CO2 and Sustainability, at ENDESA ITALIA.
• 1998 – 2002: Expert in energy management and "trader" at Enel Produzione SpA, Head of the Technical Office (EC SAVE Programme), Staff member and researcher on the production of CO2 emissions at Scuola Superiore Enrico Mattei, Milan and Assistant to the Head of International Projects on Renewable Energies at WIP Munich (DE).

Current position

• Member of the Board of Directors of Endesa, S.A.
• Head of Enel X Global Retail

Other activities

• 2025: Member Consumers International Change Network
• 2024 - present: Member of de Board of Directors of Enel Foundation
• 2022 - present: Peer reviewer IEA World Energy Outlook, Cirtical Minerals Review, World Energy Investments Report
• 2024 - 2027: Member Urban Mobility Council, Italy
• 2018 – 2022: Strategy Officer Community member and Electricity Community member of World Economic Forum
• 2023: Mentor in the LEAP programme of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development
  
• 2021-2022: Member Energy Solutions Steering Committee of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development
  
• 2020-2022: Mentor for INSEAD Alumni Italian Association
  
• 2019 – 2020: Member of TCFD Advisory Council on Climate Scenario Analysis
• 2002 – 2007: Member of the Confindustria Energy Commission, Member of the Advisory Board at the Florence School of Regulation and Member of the Committee of Participants in the Italian Carbon Fund of the World Bank
• INSEAD Alumni and German Marshall Fund (Fellow 2010)
• 2000-present: Author of several articles on Energy and Sustainability