Academician and author, Prof. Profumo was President of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Minister of Education, University and Research during the Monti Government (2011 - 2013) and Rector of the Politecnico di Torino (2005-2011).Francesco Profumo is on the board of various companies, institutions and foundations, including the Italian Institute of Technology, the Agnelli Foundation, the Bruno Kessler Foundation - FBK, ACRI, Italgas, and is the President of the Compagnia di Sanpaolo Foundation. In the past he has been on the board, among others, of Fidia S.p.a., Il Sole 24 Ore, Unicredit Private Banking, Recchi, Pirelli, Telecom and Ennova.Full Professor of Electrical Machines and Drives at the Politecnico di Torino, Prof. Profumo is the author of more than 250 contributions including articles and publications in international journals and is a member of various scientific associations: IEEE, JIEE, IEE and EPE.Since 2022 he has been appointed as Rector of OPIT - Open Institute of Technology, a Higher Education Institution fully accredited within the European Qualification Framework (EQF).