(Milan, Italy, 1928) graduated in Business and Economics from Bocconi University and perfected his studies at Cornell University, subsequently specialising in Economic Sciences at the London School of Economics. Board member and Councilor at Milan Town Council from 1956 to 1967, he was the first President of the Lombardy Region from 1970 to 1974. Member of Parliament from 1976 to 1982, he was also President of the Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture in Milan (1982-1997) as well as President of the Union of Italian Chambers of Commerce (1983-1992). From 1993 to 1999 he was President of the Association of Chambers of Commerce Abroad (CCIE). Currently, he is the President of Globus et Locus, an association of institutions whose objective is to analyse global and local relations. He is also President of the Giannino Bassetti Foundation, the purpose of which is the study of ‘responsibility in innovation’. 

PhD, is Professor of History of Political Theory at the University of Milan, the Executive Editor of “Glocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation” and the Scientific Coordinator of the association “Globus et Locus” (Italy). He is the Chair of the Didactic Council of the BA and MA degree program in Communication Studies and a Member of the Doctoral School in Historical Studies at the University of Milan. He is member of the Editorial Board of the journals “Il pensiero politico”, “Scienza & Politica“, “Storia e Politica“ and “Storia della storiografia – History of historiography”. Professor Cadeddu is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a Life Member and Associate (Senior Member) of the college Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, and an Antonian and Liaison Officer for Italy of St Antony’s College, University of Oxford.