In the evolving landscape of global leadership and sustainable business, Francesca D’Angelo has emerged as one of Italy’s most admired and influential keynote speakers for 2025–26. Known for her rare ability to unite strategic rigor with human insight, she commands stages not through theatrics, but through depth, clarity, and credibility earned over decades. Francesca’s keynotes resonate with leaders facing complexity, uncertainty, and transformation, offering not simplified answers but powerful frameworks to think, decide, and lead differently. Her voice reflects the realities of boardrooms, executive teams, and institutions navigating a future where sustainability, performance, and culture can no longer be treated as separate conversations.

Francesca’s authority as a speaker is rooted in an exceptional professional journey that spans more than twenty-six years in international banking and over two decades in corporate sustainability and people & culture leadership at UniCredit Group. This experience gives her a rare vantage point: she understands financial discipline, governance, and risk management as deeply as she understands organizational dynamics and leadership behavior. On stage, she translates this experience into compelling narratives that challenge leaders to rethink value creation beyond short-term metrics. Her speeches consistently bridge the gap between strategy and execution, making complex systems understandable without diluting their substance.

As Founder and Strategic Advisor at SostenibilitA Consulting, Francesca brings her keynote themes to life through real-world transformation work with organizations, executive teams, and boards. Her talks draw directly from this practice, making them grounded, relevant, and immediately applicable. Central to her message is the belief that lasting transformation requires alignment between strategy, governance, organizational design, and leadership culture. Audiences value her ability to articulate why many transformation efforts fail—and how clarity, courage, and coherent decision-making can change that trajectory.

A defining element of Francesca’s speaking approach is her proprietary thinking, including Impact Clarity™ and the RISE® Method. In her keynotes, she uses these concepts to help leaders distinguish what truly creates long-term value from what merely consumes resources and attention. Rather than inspiring momentary enthusiasm, her sessions equip audiences with a new lens for prioritization and action. She challenges leaders to confront strategic trade-offs honestly, to integrate sustainability into core business logic, and to translate vision into operating models that work in practice.

Beyond the stage, Francesca is a respected professor of Sustainability Management, an executive coach accredited at PCC level by the International Coaching Federation, an author, and a mentor to impactful start-ups. These roles enrich her presence as a keynote speaker, allowing her to speak with equal authority to CEOs, entrepreneurs, emerging leaders, and institutional audiences. Her book, Essere leader per la sostenibilità, further reinforces her thought leadership, exploring what it truly means to lead in an era where ethical responsibility, performance, and long-term resilience are inseparable.

What ultimately distinguishes Francesca D’Angelo among Italy’s most admired keynote speakers is her ability to leave audiences not only inspired, but fundamentally clearer. Her speeches invite leaders to slow down their thinking, sharpen their choices, and embrace complexity without fear. At a time when organizations are searching for meaning, direction, and sustainable success, Francesca’s voice offers something rare and essential: insight with integrity, vision grounded in experience, and a call to build transformations that truly last.

Francesca D’Angelo is Founder and Strategic Advisor at SostenibilitA Consulting, Professor of Sustainability Management, Executive Coach, Author, and internationally recognized keynote speaker.

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