Interview

December 19, 2018

What 16 years working at Amazon taught the orchestrator of Italy's digital transformation

A tech executive explains how to make Italy's government as citizen-centric as Amazon is consumer-centric.


John Thornhill

6 min read

Diego Piacentini, Italy's former digital commissioner. Image: flickr Annika Haas

It is hard to think of two organisations more dissimilar than Amazon and the Italian government. But Diego Piacentini has worked for both in very senior roles.

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John Thornhill

John Thornhill is Sifted’s founder and innovation editor of the Financial Times. He tweets from @johnthornhillft

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