Valeria Sandei

CEO, Almawave

Valeria Sandei currently also holds the position of President and CEO of Almawave do Brasil, as well as President of Almawave USA, The Data Appeal Company, SisTer - Sistemi Territoriali, and Mabrian Technologies.

She is Counselor of OBDA Systems and Vice President of the Board of Directors of the "Fondazione Musica per Roma", as well as of ELIS Fellow.

She is also a member of  B7 Advisory Board del B7 and Astrid Observatory on Artificial Intelligence. She has coauthored 3 US Patents, is part of the MBA AI & Business Strategy Scientific Board at the RCS Academy Business School.  She is a TEDx speaker, was listed in the Top 100 Forbes Italian Women in 2021, and in the Top 100 Conversational AI Women in 2023.

Born in Venice in 1976, graduated in “Economics of Financial Markets" at L. Bocconi University in Milan, she began her professional career at JP Morgan, and later moved to Accenture Strategy Area of the Financial Services Practice.

In 2004, she joined Almaviva Group, where she held several positions, among which Almaviva Group Strategic Marketing Chief Officer for Almaviva Group, from 2013 through 2022.