Osservatorio sull’Equità di Genere della Leadership in Sanità. Rapporto Annuale 2025

Authors

Marta Marsilio, Università degli Studi di Milano; Marina D’Artibale, Vice President, Capgemini Invent ; Anna Prenestini, Università degli Studi di Milano; Letizia Magnani , Università degli Studi di Milano; Alessia Poli, Università degli Studi di Milano
Keywords: Gender Equity, Leadership, Health & Life Sciences

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The Observatory's 2025 Annual Report aims to monitor and promote gender equality in leadership in the public and private healthcare sector in Italy, using a methodology that combines quantitative and qualitative analysis tools. The picture that emerges is still uneven: there are still significant disparities in top management positions in public healthcare companies and at the highest academic levels in medical disciplines. In contrast, the private sector, particularly the pharmaceutical sector, shows greater balance. The full utilization of female talent requires profound cultural change and inclusive governance models: only in this way can healthcare companies evolve towards equal leadership, capable of generating value for the community.

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Author Biographies

Marta Marsilio, Università degli Studi di Milano

Full Professor of Business Economics at the University of Milan and President of IRCCS – Carlo Besta Neurological Institute. She is an expert in healthcare management, performance management, value creation and co-creation, value-based healthcare, and impact assessment of digital innovation in healthcare companies. She is the author of numerous scientific publications in leading national and international scientific journals in her field. Her work has been presented at national and international academic conferences.

Marina D’Artibale, Vice President, Capgemini Invent

Vice President of Capgemini Invent and founding member of Leads – Women Leaders in Healthcare. She is an expert in business management and organizational and digital transformation programs in the Life Sciences and Healthcare sector. She has gained extensive experience in multinational companies in the sector, leading innovation, integration, and change management initiatives across the entire value chain. She has collaborated with business schools in the area of health management and is a speaker at national and international conferences. She holds governance positions as an independent director.

Anna Prenestini, Università degli Studi di Milano

Associate Professor of Business Economics at the Department of Economics, Management, and Quantitative Methods at the University of Milan. She is chair of the master's degree program in Management of Healthcare Companies and the Healthcare Sector (MASS) and vice president of the Italian Association of Health Economics (AIES). She is an expert in healthcare management, strategy, performance management, organizational development, change management, governance, and patient logistics. She is the author of numerous scientific publications in leading national and international journals in the field. Her work has been presented at national and international academic conferences.

Letizia Magnani , Università degli Studi di Milano

A researcher in healthcare management at the Department of Economics, Management, and Quantitative Methods at the University of Milan, her career combines technology and healthcare systems management. Educated at the Polytechnic University of Milan and the University of Milan, her research focuses on digital innovation, sustainability, and the co-creation of public value in healthcare.

Alessia Poli, Università degli Studi di Milano

She is a PhD student on the nationally recognized course in “Regulation, Management, and Law of Public Sector Organizations” at the University of Salento and a research associate at the University of Milan. Her research interests focus on healthcare management, the creation of public value, and, in particular, governance and female leadership.

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February 4, 2026
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