Massimo Gaiani

Head of European and Internationa Affairs, Italian School of National Administration

Massimo Gaiani is a former Italian diplomat who attained the rank of Ambassador in 2020 and retired from the diplomatic service in 2023. He is currently Head of the Department for International and European Affairs at the Scuola Nazionale dell’Amministrazione (SNA) and, since September 2023, Executive Director of the OECD Centre for Public Governance, hosted at the SNA campus in Caserta. He also teaches at Link Campus University. During his diplomatic career, he served as Ambassador of Italy to Türkiye and Albania, as well as Director General for Global Affairs and for Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Earlier, he held diplomatic postings in Montreal, Brussels and Washington, D.C.