Lisa Di Feliciantonio

Head of Public Policy and EU Affairs, Fastweb SpA

Lisa is Head of Public Policy and EU Affairs at Fastweb, the first alternative telecom operator in Italy to roll out FTTH and FTTC in the major Italian cities and the market leader in terms of ultrabroadband connectivity.

In her current position she designs and executes Fastweb’s advocacy strategy at national and EU level, identifiesg policy change opportunities, develops campaigns over core issues and liaises with stakeholders having potentially common interests on key business/policy subjects such as the value of competition to maintain an open internet and strong incentives to innovation.

Before joining Fastweb, Lisa has worked for the Italian Regulatory Authority for Communications (AGCOM) as counsellor to one of the Commissioners and, later, as executive officer in the Regulatory Department, where she was in charge for the implementation of the regulatory framework for electronic networks in the television sector. In her role, Lisa has directly taken part to the drafting of existing regulation for licensing, content regulation, obligation of broadcasters and the transition to digital television.

Before then, she was in charge for strategic planning and network development at Orbit, the first digital satellite network for Middle East and North Africa. She writes for specialized economic publications and ha published two books, “I media della convergenza”, Perugia 1998 and “Switchover”, Milan 2004.