Patrizia Grieco was born in Milan, she graduated in Law at the Università Statale and began her career in 1977at Italtel in the Legal and General Affairs department of which she became head in 1994.

 

Following the Siemens Telecomunicazioni-Italtel merger in 1997, she also became head of the HR, Purchasing and PR departments. In 1999, after the two companies split, she became Director General of Italtel with a mandate to reorganise and reposition the company. In 2002 she was appointed CEO of Italtel.

 

From September 2003 to January 2006 she was CEO of Siemens Informatica, the Italian holding company of Siemens Business Services, and was also appointed Executive Council member of the latter.

 

In February 2006 she became Partner in Value Partners and CEO of Gruppo Value Team that operates in IT consultancy and IT services in Italy and abroad employing some 2,700 professionals. Value Team is today the third player in the Italian IT sector.

 

Patrizia Grieco was a Member of the Triennale di Milano Board as well as a Member of the European Advisory Board of Guidant, the US market leader in medical appliances.