Lorenzo Fioramonti

Lorenzo Fioramonti is Academic Director of NATIVA Campus and Vice President of Ingenium Education Group. He is also the Founding Director of the Institute for Sustainability at the University of Surrey and CEO of the Wellbeing Economy Corporation.

Academic and public leadership

Lorenzo has over two decades of academic experience and has also served as a national policymaker, including as a Member of Parliament and Minister of Education, University and Research in Italy. As Minister, he made Italy the first country in the world to teach sustainability education as a mandatory subject in all schools.

Wellbeing economy and sustainability

His work focuses on sustainable wellbeing, governance innovation and purpose-driven business. Lorenzo is also a member of the Club of Rome, an international organisation dedicated to rethinking development through a wellbeing lens.

Author and international contributor

His books include Wellbeing Economy: Success in a World Without Growth and The World After GDP: Economics, Politics and International Relations in the Post-Growth Era, which have been featured by publications including Bloomberg and the Financial Times.
His opinion pieces have appeared in The New York Times, Financial Times, The Guardian, Foreign Policy and Harvard Business Review, among other international publications.

Public speaking and the Wellbeing Economy

Lorenzo is the protagonist of Purpose: a Wellbeing Economy Film and a sought-after public speaker on sustainable wellbeing, governance innovation and purpose-driven business.