Donato Masciandaro, (1961, Matera), has been Full Professor of Political Economy since 2001. Since 2005 he has held the chair of Economics of Financial Regulation at Bocconi University of Milan. Since 2018 he has been Director of the Baffi Centre in the same University, after having already been Director (2008-2014) and President (2015-2017). At the same University he was Director of the Department of Economics from 2008 to 2010 and from 2013 to 2017. Since 2011 he has been Member of the Management Board and Honorary Treasurer of the SUERF (European Money and Finance Forum). Since 2010 he has been Associated Editor of the Journal of Financial Stability.