Roberto Righetti
Direttore, Art-Er

Roberto Righetti graduated Magna cum Laude in Industrial Economics at the University of Modena in 1988. After many years as a consultant in the fields of Economic Development and Environmental Economics, in 1994 he was employed by ERVET, the regional development agency of Emilia-Romagna. From 1994 to 2008 he worked as an economist and project manager on different fields of analysis (i.e. regional development, human capital, industrial sectors, regional policies). From February 2008 to the beginning of 2019 he served as Chief Operating Officer in Ervet Spa. 

In May 2019 he has been appointed director of ART-ER, the Emilia-Romagna Joint Stock Consortium Company, born from the merger of ASTER and ERVET, with the purpose of fostering the region’s sustainable growth by developing innovation and knowledge, attractiveness and internationalisation of the territory.