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Fabio MassimoCiaccheri Pirelli

Chief of Staff

Dolomiti Valtellina 2028 · Winter Youth Olympic Games

Supporting the planning and organisation of the Winter Youth Olympic Games, connecting governance, executive coordination and institutional relations.

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Fabio Massimo Ciaccheri Pirelli is Chief of Staff of the Dolomiti Valtellina 2028 Organising Committee for the Winter Youth Olympic Games.

Since August 2026, he has supported the President, Games Manager and Operations Manager in setting priorities and coordinating the Committee’s activities. His work connects its governing bodies, senior leadership, functional areas, constituent entities, the IOC and institutional stakeholders, with a focus on Games planning, milestones, risks and executive reporting.

From 2020 to August 2026, he worked at the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers across sport and youth policy. Earlier roles at AS Roma and Pallacanestro Virtus Roma, alongside work on the FEI World Championships 2022 and Cortina 2021, shaped his experience in public sports governance, operations and sports technology.

Location
Italy
Fields
Olympic Games · Sport governance · Major events
Perspective
Institutional · Strategic · Operational
Interests
Sports management · Technology · IT · Start-ups

Experience

Current role

Aug 2026 — Present

Chief of Staff

Dolomiti Valtellina 2028 Organising Committee · Milan, Italy

Executive coordination and institutional liaison for the fifth edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games.

  • Support to the President, Games Manager and Operations Manager on priorities, the executive agenda, the decision-making calendar and follow-up.
  • Coordination of briefings, dossiers, operational minutes, decision logs and action trackers; liaison among governing bodies, senior leadership and functional areas.
  • Preparation and follow-up of meetings with the IOC, constituent entities, CONI, sports federations and institutional stakeholders; liaison with operational sites and territorial clusters.
  • Support in monitoring the masterplan, Games Plan, budget, milestones, risks and deliverables, with executive reports, management dashboards and risk registers.
  • Cross-functional support across governance, human resources, finance, procurement, legal, communications, stakeholder engagement and legacy.

Public administration

Jan 2023 — Aug 2026

Expert in Sports and Youth Affairs

Cabinet of the Minister for Sport and Youth · Presidency of the Council of Ministers

Institutional and operational support to the Minister’s offices, connecting public policy with the delivery of strategic sport and youth initiatives.

  • Preparatory support to the Head and Deputy Head of Cabinet on requests addressed to the Minister’s offices.
  • Member of the Interministerial Coordination Committee for the Amerigo Vespucci World Tour 2023–2025.
  • Support for the establishment and organisation of Special Olympics Turin 2025 and preparatory work for Ryder Cup 2023, Taranto 2026 and Dolomiti Valtellina 2028.
  • Coordination of the Libyan Premier League Final Six held in Italy in the 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons.

Feb 2026 — Aug 2026

Expert in Youth Policies

Department for Youth Policies and Universal Civil Service · Presidency of the Council of Ministers

Specialist technical, administrative and managerial support for the National Youth Card and related institutional initiatives.

  • Operational delivery of projects from planning through completion, including logistics, budget, communications and hospitality.
  • Coordination of suppliers, participants, institutions and project stakeholders.

Sep 2020 — Dec 2022

Expert in Sports Affairs

Department for Sport · Presidency of the Council of Ministers

Support to institutional activity, project management and the oversight of national and international sporting events.

  • Contribution to Covid-19 guidelines, FAQs and sector guidance for grassroots sport, exercise and competitions.
  • Department representative at Cortina 2021, supporting communications and monitoring the anti-Covid protocol.
  • Member of the assessment committee for public funding of national and international sporting events.
  • Support to PNRR activities, institutional relations and the monitoring of funded initiatives.

Sport organizations & major events

May 2021 — Oct 2022

FEI World Championships 2022

Coordinator and Organizer

Coordination of the Eventing and Driving World Championships across volunteers, institutional relations, IT, crisis management and visas.

  • Responsibility for the Volunteer Project and institutional relations.
  • Cross-functional coordination across IT, crisis management and visa management.

Jan 2021 — Mar 2021

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships · Cortina 2021

Representative of the Department for Sport

Institutional representation during the Championships, with support and monitoring across communications and the anti-Covid protocol.

Jul 2015 — Jun 2019

AS Roma S.p.A.

Sports Executive · Organizational Coordinator

Sports Executive in the Youth Sector from July 2015 to June 2017; Organizational Coordinator from July 2017 to June 2019.

  • Coordination of management and technical staff at the football school.
  • AS Roma System Manager at the CONI Giulio Onesti Olympic Training Centre.
  • Support to sporting and administrative secretariat activities, university internships and selected activities of the Women’s First Team.

Sep 2010 — Aug 2015

Pallacanestro Virtus Roma S.S.R.L.

Sports Executive · Sports Technology

Sports Executive across the club’s youth and professional teams; Assistant to the General Manager and Head of Sports Technology from September 2014 to August 2015.

  • Registered Sports Executive for the Italian FIP Serie A Championship and the EuroCup European competition.
  • Led technology initiatives including the national KeeMotion pilot, multimedia systems and the official app.
  • Support across match operations, ticketing, marketing and sponsor relations.

Selected projects

Winter Youth Olympic Games

Dolomiti Valtellina 2028

Chief of Staff of the Organising Committee, supporting executive coordination, institutional relations and cross-functional Games planning.

International football

Libyan Premier League Final Six

Coordination in Italy of the concluding stages of the 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons.

International project

Amerigo Vespucci World Tour

Member of the Interministerial Coordination Committee for the 2023–2025 world tour and its institutional programme.

Youth policy

Carta Giovani Nazionale

Technical and operational support for Italy’s National Youth Card and its institutional initiatives.

Major events

Special Olympics Turin 2025

Support to the establishment and organization of the World Winter Games hosted in Italy.

Major events

Ryder Cup 2023 · Taranto 2026

Support to government coordination and preparatory work for the Ryder Cup and the XX Mediterranean Games.

Education

Sep 2013 — Mar 2016

LUISS Guido Carli University

Master’s Degree in Economics and Business Management

Published thesis on performance and management in European professional football clubs, comparing A.S. Roma S.p.A. and Real Madrid C.F.

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Apr 2021 — Jun 2021

Scuola dello Sport · Sport e Salute

Training Course in Sport and Public Administration

Sep 2010 — Nov 2013

LUISS Guido Carli University

Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Business Management

Published thesis on performance in professional basketball clubs, focused on Virtus Roma’s 2012/13 season.

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Sep 2005 — Jun 2010

Istituto Sacro Cuore Trinità dei Monti

European Linguistic High School Diploma · Legal-Economic programme

Honours

2026 · Awarded for 2024

Stella al Merito Sportivo

Comitato Olimpico Nazionale ItalianoCertificate no. 16957View CONI record

August 2025

Ministerial Certificate of Appreciation

Ministry of Sports · Government of National Unity, LibyaFor work supporting the Libyan Premier League Final Six in Milan

2017

Cavaliere dell’Etica nello Sport

MECS · ACSI · CONI · CIP

Selected publications

2022

Institutional publication

La tutela dei diritti dei minorenni nello sport

An institutional guide developed by the Department for Sport, the Italian Authority for Children and Adolescents and the Scuola dello Sport.

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2016

Published Master’s thesis

Performance and management of professional football clubs in Europe

A comparative analysis of A.S. Roma S.p.A. and Real Madrid C.F.

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2013

Published Bachelor’s thesis

Performance in professional basketball clubs

The case of Pallacanestro Virtus Roma in the 2012/13 season.

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Credentials

Certifications

EASA UAS Drone Pilot
Open categories A1/A3 and A2
Basic Life Support
BLSD and paediatric BLSD · 2017
Sports Manager qualification
Manager Sportivi Associati · Law 4/2013 · 2015
Business English C1.1
Trinity School at LUISS · 2014
English C1
British Council at LUISS · 2012
DELF B1
French Ministry of Education · 2007

Languages

Italian
Native
English
Fluent
French
Intermediate

Community & memberships

Since 2014

Reale Circolo Canottieri Tevere Remo

Member; support to the Treasurer on digital initiatives and member of the Young Members Commission.

2005 — 2007

Interact Club Roma

President within the Rotary International youth programme.

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