Eni appoints Marco Bardazzi as director of external communication

MILAN, Italy -- Eni is strengthening the communication of its global activities, focusing on the innovation opportunities offered by digital technology in order to make its relationships with stakeholders, the media and public opinion broader and even more transparent.

Marco Bardazzi’s appointment as executive V.P of external communication is in line with this perspective.

Bardazzi, 47, will start his new assignment on Feb. 16, leaving his position in the newspaper La Stampa, where he was central news and digital Editor. Currently, he is also an adjunct lecturer of 'Advanced techniques of journalistic writing' in a Master of Journalism course at the Catholic University of Milan.

In over five years spent in Turin, Bardazzi played a leading role in the development of La Stampa's digital information, an innovative project among the most advanced in Europe. Before Turin, Bardazzi spent nearly ten years in the U.S. working as a correspondent for the agency ANSA. In the U.S., he also followed three presidential campaigns, the attack of Sept. 11, 2001, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the digital revolution led by Silicon Valley and every aspect linked to the development of the economy and evolution of the country.