Valeria Sandei

Valeria Sandei is CEO of Almawave, a subsidiary of the Almaviva Group, listed on Euronext Growth Milan (AIW.MI), active in the field of Data & Artificial Intelligence.
She is President of the subsidiaries The Data Appeal Company, SisTer, Almawave do Brasil, Almawave USA, Mabrian Technologies and board member of OBDA Systems (formerly a spin-off of La Sapienza University of Rome). She also serves as Vice President at the Fondazione Musica per Roma.
She is a member of the B7 Advisory Board, is on the scientific committee of the RCS Academy Business School's MBA AI & Business Strategy, co-author of 3 US Patents, TEDx speaker, among Forbes List of Italy’s 100 Most Powerful Women in 2021 and among the 100 Women in Conversational AI 2023.
In 2023, she received “Mela d’Oro 2023” award for Management of the Bellisario Foundation, with the support of the Presidency of the Italian Republic, and the patronage of various Ministries and an Honorary Committee, the “Excellence Key Award”, and the “Ceoxlife Award 2023” for "Innovation". She was also awarded the “Business Excellence Award for Innovation 2023”sponsored by the Italian Stock Exchange, and the “Como lake Award 2023” in the “Artificial Intelligence and Metaverse” category and, in 2022, the  AssoNEXT “Best ESG Identity” Award.
Graduated with honors in Economics & Financial Markets at Bocconi University, she started her professional career at JP Morgan, then at Accenture, in the Strategy Practice.
She has been with the Almaviva Group since 2004, where she has held various positions, including the Group's Strategic Marketing Officer. Since 2007 she has been CEO of Almawave that she started and led to the listing on the Milan Stock Exchange in March 2021.
The Almawave Group now comprises seven companies, over 400 highly specialized professionals, six R&D laboratories, developing proprietary technology and products, and over 400 national and international customers.