Maximo Ibarra

Managing Director, Engineering

Born in Colombia in 1968, he graduated in Italy and began his career at TIM in 1994.Over the next ten years, he held a series of senior positions in Omnitel Vodafone, DHL, Benetton Group  and FIAT Auto. Parallel to his professional career, he continued his studies in Paris, London and Silicon Valley. By 2004, he was Marketing Director of Wind, becoming its Chief Executive Officer and General Manager in 2012. In 2016, he became CEO of Wind TRE. He next served as CEO of KPN, in the Netherlands, and then of Sky Italia, remaining in this role until June 2021. In 2021, he chaired the B20 Task Force, one of the most influential engagement groups set up by the G20. On 1 October 2021 he became the new CEO of Engineering. Since 2005, he has been a lecturer in Marketing and Digital Marketing at the Guido Carli Luiss University & Business School in Rome. Maximo. In 2024, he was a member of the B7 Task Force, the prominent Engagement Group established within the G7 and led by Confindustria.