Auro Palomba

Mr Palomba has begun his career as a financial journalist for ‘il Giornale’, founded by Indro Montanelli. 15 years later he changed his job to become the head of communication for financial institutions. In 1999, alongside Maurizio Costanzo and Alessandro Benetton, he established Maurizio Costanzo Comunicazione. In 2001 he parted from the company and founded Community, a leading reputation management company for more than 20 years. Engaged in the forefront of the most complex extraordinary operations in our country, he has helped build, manage and defend the reputation of important Italian business families and large international financial and industrial groups. Today, he is CEO of Community Società Benefit, a member of the Advisory board of Save The Children Italy, a lecturer in communications and serves on the Advisory Board of Experts of the Chair of the House Finance Committee. In 2023 he was the only Italian professional in the top ten of the "Top PR Consultants" ranking for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) area compiled by MergerLinks, in 2019 he won the award for best strategic communicator in the Le Fonti Awards. In 2017, he won the award for Professional of the Year in the "Financial PR" category within the Financecommunity Awards. He was also president of APA Milan, the association of Milan's small shareholders, from 2019 to 2023.