Elisabetta Pistis

Elisabetta Pistis was born on 10 November 1978. After graduating in Law, she completed a masters degree in the organization and functioning of public authorities at the ‘La Sapienza’ University of Rome. Since 2004, she has been a member of the Bar Association and, since 2006, a court of cassation lawyer. She has written articles for specialist journals on the subjects of administrative law, tenders, regulatory issues.

She has been working as a lawyer in the sector of administrative and regulatory law since 2004.
She was a partner at the Guarino legal practice, founded by Prof. Giuseppe Guarino, from 2010 to 2019.
Since 2019, she has been a partner at the Orsingher Ortu legal practice, with offices in Milan and Rome, where she is responsible for the administrative and regulatory law department. 

• 2017-2022: Board member, ATM SpA, Milan; chairwoman, staff economic-financial support committee.
• 2020-2022: Auditor, acting as chairwoman, Acea Molise, an Acea Group company.
• 2019-2022: Auditor, Berg SpA, an Acea Group company.
• 2019-2022: Auditor, Ombrone SpA, an Acea Group company.
• 2020 (ongoing): Auditor, IMCD Italia SpA (part of the multinational IMCD Group, based in the Netherlands), active in the economic distribution sector.
• 2020-2021: Auditor, Neuvendis SpA.
• 2020-2022: Substitute auditor in Technologies for water services SpA, an Acea Group company.
• 2010-2022: Substitute auditor, Acea Innovation Srl.
• 2019-2022: Substitute auditor, Umbria Energy SpA.
• 2020-2021: Substitute auditor, Ingegnerie Toscane Srl.

• She is a member of the scientific committee of the Fondazione Utilitatis research, assistance and innovation centre set up by the Utilitalia federation of water, waste management and energy utilities.
• Over the years, she has collaborated with university chairs of Professors Beniamino Caravita di Toritto, Sabino Cassese, Pietro Ciarlo, Gianmario Demuro and Francesco Pigliaru.
• She is a member of the Board Ahead community for good corporate governance.
• She is a member of SOLOM (Lombardy Association of Administrative Law Lawyers) and of the Camera Amministrativa Romana (Rome Association of Administrative Law Lawyers).
• She is a member of NEDcommunity (the Italian association of non-executive and independent directors).

She graduated with distinction in 2001, presenting a thesis on the relationship between administrative acts and EU regulations.
In 2002, she successfully completed studies at the school of specialization for legal professions at the University of Cagliari and, in 2003 completed a masters degree in the organization and functioning of public administration at the ‘La Sapienza’ University of Rome. In 2003, she won a scholarship to study the relationship between administrative acts and global administrative law under Sabino Cassese, Chair of Administrative Law at the ‘La Sapienza’ University of Rome. In 2018, she took part in the training course on corporate governance and reporting of meetings of corporate bodies held at the Borsa Italiana (London Stock Exchange Group) on 18 January 2018. In 2022, she took the Board Academy specialist course for board members, held at the Luiss Business School, in collaboration with Assogestioni, with particular reference to listed companies.