Paolo Falcioni

Paolo Falcioni has been APPLiA's Director General since January 2014. In this position, he focused on improving the Association's visibility and effectiveness within Europe and internationally. To that extent, he has been one of the founders of the International Roundtable of Household Appliance Manufacturers Associations (IRHMA) bringing together representatives from the home appliance industry across continents, to discuss global challenges including sustainability and innovation.

He is one of the Steering Committee members of the Coalition for Energy Savings, a multi-stakeholder group aimed at improving energy efficiency across Europe. He is also one of the Board members of Smart Energy Europe - smartEn, fostering demand-side management to help consumers reap the benefits of the new Energy market and co-chair of the ESAE - European Society of Association's Executives community on governance and diversity, equity and inclusion.

In 2016, he was nominated member of the REFIT platform as a representative of the stakeholder group. Paolo graduated in electronic engineering from University of Ancona, in Italy. He started working in the telecommunication sector and, after that, he worked within the household appliance industry sector where he held positions with growing responsibilities.