Francesco Rattalino is an academic and business leader with a strong background in strategy execution, family business, and sustainability. Currently, he serves as Senior Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs at ESCP Business School. He oversees the School’s degree programmes from the Bachelor in Management to the Executive MBA, as well as Career Services, academic programme marketing, and strategic initiatives related to AI and sustainability.

Previously, as Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Student Experience, he contributed to shaping a distinctive “Made in ESCP” student experience, combining academic rigour, community engagement, and a strong focus on digital and AI literacy.

Before that, as Dean of ESCP's Turin Campus, he led transformative initiatives to enhance the student journey, foster entrepreneurship, and build a vibrant academic community.

His published research focuses on strategy execution, sustainability, family business and internationalisation theory. Notably, his research explores the survival and internationalisation strategies employed by family firms over long periods of time.

Professor Rattalino completed his MSc cum laude and PhD in Business Administration at the University of Turin. Additionally, he is an alumnus of the Global Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning (GloColl) at Harvard Business School.

Before entering academia, he worked for multinational companies in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Italy. Professor Rattalino also actively pursued entrepreneurship, developing and investing in several start-ups.

Recognised among the top 100 managers by Forbes Italia, he is committed to shaping the future of business education.