Carlo Papa is Director of Enel Foundation. He started his professional career in IBM Ireland and UK, and in 1997 was hired at Enel Distribuzione, the Italian Distribution System Operator, after joined the Corporate Strategic Planning Department.

Carlo founded and co-managed the Corporate Venture Fund - the largest in Europe by committed funds - and led the business development practice in Russia and Ukraine, coordinated the Planning, Organization & Development HR Team in the Market Division, the Chairman Office, and more recently served as Chief Innovation Officer of Enel Green Power.

Carlo is actively involved in think-tank activities with the Aspen Institute and the German Marshall Fund of United States, and since 2015 serves on the board of ARISE, the UNISDR Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies.

Born in Palermo, Carlo holds an MSc in Economics, a PhD in Management Engineering and the TRIUM MBA jointly issued by NYU Stern, London School of Economics and HEC.