New York, November 3, 2o25- This month, the guest speaker for the GEI Lunch was Fabrizio Freda, longstanding CEO of Estée Lauder Companies and board member of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management firm. The event marked the conclusion of his distinguished 18-year tenure at
New York, October 15, 2025- Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, former central banker, author, and Chairman of Société Générale, was guest speaker at the GEI Luncheon in New York. In a wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Bini Smaghi addressed the major economic and political challenges of our time, from
New York, September 22, 2025- On the eve of one of the most consequential United Nations General Assemblies in recent years, the GEI Lunch welcomed as a guest speaker Geordie Greig, Editor-in-Chief of The Independent and former Editor of the Daily Mail, in a conversation
Marco Peronaci, the new Ambassador of Italy to the United States, was received today at the White House by the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, to whom he presented his Letters of Credence. “The warm welcome extended to me by President Trump,
New York, June 25, 2025- Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, a prominent businessman and author, was the guest speaker at the GEI luncheon on June 25. The conversation offered a timely opportunity to examine one of the most delicate economic controversies of recent
New York, May 21- Today we closed our 50th anniversary celebrations with a farewell tribute to Madam Ambassador Mariangela Zappia. She will soon leave Washington at the end of her extraordinarily successful tenure as Ambassador of Italy to the United States and at the conclusion
New York, May 20, 2025- As part of our 50th anniversary events celebrations, which began exactly a year ago, we co-organized with the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations an extraordinary panel discussion on the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the United
New York, April 30, 2025- The guest speaker for this GEI Event was Italo Bocchino, prominent Italian political commentator, former member of Parliament, and Director of Il Secolo d’Italia. (See Invitation attached). His provocative new book, “Perché l’Italia è di Destra. Contro le bugie della
New York, 26 marzo 2025- Secondo evento per continuare a celebrare, questa volta in partnership con la New York University, i 50 anni del GEI. Il nostro evento inaugurale è stato il 6 maggio scorso, con la colazione e il GEI Award in onore del