Speakers

Adolfo Laurenti has joined Visa in April 2018 as the Principal European Economist on the Business and Economic Insights team. In this role, Adolfo works closely with Visa Consulting and Analytics, tracking economic conditions in the region and offering timely insights about the evolution of payments and the consumer economy in Europe.

An Italian native and naturalized US citizen, Adolfo spent most of his professional career in the United States. Prior to joining Visa, Adolfo was the Chief International Economist at Mesirow Financial in Chicago, where he analyzed macroeconomic developments and provided economic and financial forecasts, as well as investment recommendations. Additionally, Adolfo held research and consulting roles in the U.S. and Europe. He is a past co-chairman of the International Symposium at the National Association for Business Economists, and a regular guest lecturer at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy in Germany.

Adolfo holds a Ph.D. A.B.D. and M.A. in Economics from George Mason University. He is passionate about military history, baseball, and opera. Since 2021 he is a trustee at Opera Rara, a non-for-profit organization whose mission is to restore, record, perform and promote the lost operatic heritage of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He lives in London with his partner Juliet, an opera singer, and his 14-y.o. son Amedeo.