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Luca Desiata

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Luca Desiata
Born (1971-12-10) 10 December 1971 (age 52)
Isernia, Italy
OccupationCEO of SOGIN (2016-2019)
Known forFounder of Hebdomada Aenigmatum, Latin crosswords

Luca Desiata (born December 10, 1971) is an Italian manager, Latinist and art curator. He was the CEO of SOGIN between 2016 and 2019.[1][2][3] He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the magazine of Latin crosswords Hebdomada Aenigmatum[4][5][6][7][8] and of the magazine of crosswords in Ancient Greek Onomata Kechiasmena.[9] He is the curator of the Corporate Art Awards.

Classical Languages

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He founded Hebdomada Aenigmatum[10][11] in June 2014 under the pseudonym of Lucas Cupidus and Onomata Kechiasmena in May 2015 with the name of Λουκᾶς Δεσιάτα.

He organized numerous events for students and professionals, in order to foster the use of Latin and ancient Greek in modern society: the first Certamen Aenigmatum Latinorum (Latin Enigmatic Olympiad[12][13]) at the X Festival Européen Latin-Grec at the École normale supérieure de Lyon; the seminar "Business Latin - Latin expressions for the modern manager" for the association of Enel executives;[14] several presentations about "Latin in the Internet age", of which two in 2017 at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.[15][16]

On December 5, 2016 in Rome, he signed a memorandum of understanding with the Italian Ministry of Education to promote the use of Latin and Greek crosswords as a tool to facilitate learning ancient languages.[17]

Corporate Art

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Under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Culture, in 2016 he organized the first edition of the "Corporate Art Awards", with the aim to recognize the best art projects of the Corporate World.[18][19][20]

In the 2017 edition, the scope of the Corporate Art Awards was extended to include the Institutional world, too. Therefore the program was renamed “Mecenati of the XXI century”.[21][22][23] The 2017 Awards Ceremony was hosted by the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinal Palace.[24]

In 2015 Desiata curated the Corporate Art exhibit at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome .[25][26][27]

He was a professor of Corporate art at LUISS Business School between 2014 and 2016. In 2014 he founded pptArt, the first art-crowdsourcing platform.[28][29]

Management

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In July 2016 he was nominated Chief Executive Officer of SOGIN,[30] the Italian state owned company responsible for the decommissioning of the Italian nuclear plants. In September 2017, he submitted the Italian nuclear decommissioning program to an independent peer review of the International Atomic Energy Agency.[31][32][33]

From 1995 to 2002 he worked for Procter & Gamble, Accenture and Bain. From 2002 to 2006, he joined the World Bank in Belgrade as an advisor to the Privatization Agency of the Republic of Serbia. From 2006 to 2016 he held different roles in Enel. He holds an engineering degree at the University of Pisa, a diploma at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa and an MBA at Insead Business School.

He was awarded the Italian national honour of Knight of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity in 2006.[34]

Forbes included him in the Italian list of the 2019 winning managers.[35] In May 2018 he ranked 24th in TopManager’s reputation ranking of Italian top managers.[36]

Other activities

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He is the author of "Scacchi e strategie aziendali" (Chess and Corporate Strategy) with Anatoly Karpov, 12th chess world champion, and Rocco Sabelli, former Ceo of Alitalia .

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Sogin: nominato nuovo cda, Marco Enrico Ricotti presidente, Luca Desiata ad", Corriere della Sera, Rome, 20 July 2016
  2. ^ "Il lungo addio al nucleare: Sogin in ritardo sui tempi, costretta a ripartire da zero", La Repubblica, Rome, 10 October 2016
  3. ^ "Il caso Sogin, 8 miliardi a spese degli italiani per smaltire le scorie nucleari", La Repubblica, Rome, 29 July 2020
  4. ^ Squires, Nick (12 November 2014), "Can you crack the world's first Latin crossword", The Telegraph, London
  5. ^ Kington, Tom (13 November 2014), "Crossword in Latin is clue the language is alive", The Times, London
  6. ^ "Cruciverbum", The Times, London, 13 November 2014
  7. ^ "Hebdomada Aenigmatum: First Latin puzzle book launched", BBC, London, 14 November 2014
  8. ^ Murzio, Antonio (22 June 2016), "L'ingegnere che si diverte con le parole latine", La Stampa
  9. ^ "Enigmistica: nasce prima rivista in greco antico", La Repubblica, Rome, 4 May 2015
  10. ^ Squires, Nick (12 November 2014), "Can you crack the world's first Latin crossword", The Telegraph, London
  11. ^ Kington, Tom (13 November 2014), "Crossword in Latin is clue the language is alive", The Times, London
  12. ^ "Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon - Conférences, lectures et visite virtuelle de la Rome antique". Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  13. ^ "PRIMAE OLYMPIADES AENIGMATUM LATINORUM". Ephemeris.
  14. ^ "DE LINGUA LATINA MERCATORIA". Ephemeris.
  15. ^ "Digital Latin: "Il latino nell'era di Internet"". 12 May 2015.
  16. ^ Scuola normale Superiore di Pisa - Events (in Italian)
  17. ^ Memorandum of Understanding with the Italian Ministry of Education (in Italian)
  18. ^ "Assegnati i Corporate Art Awards 2016: "Italia torna capitale del mecenatismo"". LaPresse. 23 November 2016.
  19. ^ Петракова, Анастасия (26 November 2016). "Премию Corporate Art Award вручили фонду Потанина". The Art Newspaper. Moscow.
  20. ^ Pirrelli, Marilena (26 November 2016). "A Deutsche Bank il Corporate Art Awards". Il Sole 24 Ore.
  21. ^ "Museo Numismático del Ecuador fue nominado para los premios "Institutional Art Awards"". El Tiempo. 6 September 2017.
  22. ^ "Al gruppo Intesa Sanpaolo il premio speciale per i mecenati". Corriere della Sera. 22 November 2017.
  23. ^ "Più mecenati tra le imprese: a Ferragamo e Generali il premio Art bonus". Il Sole 24 ORE. 22 November 2017.
  24. ^ "Il Presidente Mattarella ha ricevuto i partecipanti al Convegno "Mecenati del XXI secolo"". 22 November 2017.
  25. ^ "Companies display their art in GNAM museum exhibit". Agenzia Giornalistica Italiana. Rome. 26 June 2015.
  26. ^ Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo (ed.). "Corporate Art. L'azienda come oggetto d'arte".
  27. ^ "Alla Gnam "Corporate Art", la mostra tra business e creatività". La Repubblica. Rome. 5 May 2015.
  28. ^ Maci, Luciana (2 May 2014). "È italiana la prima startup di crowdsourcing per l'arte". EconomyUp. Rome.
  29. ^ "Luca Desiata e pptArt, quando l'arte incontra il crowdsourcing". affaritaliani.it. 31 July 2015.
  30. ^ "Sogin: nominato nuovo cda", Corriere della Sera, Rome, 20 July 2016
  31. ^ IAEA Mission Says Italy Committed to Decommissioning and Waste Management Safety, Sees Areas for Enhancement, IAEA, 13 July 2017
  32. ^ "IAEA praises Italy's decommissioning efforts", World Nuclear News, 14 July 2017
  33. ^ "L'ONU promuove Sogin sul nucleare". Il Giornale. 20 September 2017.
  34. ^ "Desiata Ing. Luca: Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia (già Stella della solidarietà italiana)". Presidenza della Repubblica.
  35. ^ "I 100 manager vincenti nel 2019", Forbes, Rome, 6 September 2019
  36. ^ Topmanager:Reputation ranking of the top 100 Italian managers, Rome, May 2018{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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