Danilo Raponi

University of Delvare (Static)

Danilo is the Group Head of Innovation at Generali, where he is in charge of driving and scaling innovation throughout the Group. He is the Managing Director of Generali’s global Innovation Fund and is responsible for Generali Ventures. Danilo joined Generali from Munich Re and has extensive experience in both Life and Non-Life (Re)Insurance, having held a number of roles in Swiss Re and Hannover Re, in addition to advisory positions in several Fintech start-ups. He has taught at the University of Zurich and at the University of Frankfurt, and has also worked as a consultant in the innovation/insurtech space, as Insurtech Lead for Ernst & Young in Germany. Danilo has entrepreneurial experience and is an angel investor in a number of tech startups. Danilo holds a MSc summa cum laude from LUISS University in Rome, an MBA from the Bocconi School of Management, and a PhD from the University of Cambridge.