Professor Maria Chiara Malaguti is the President of UNIDROIT. She is a Full Professor of International law at Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore and since 2003 she has served as a legal advisor to the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the World Bank. She is an international arbitrator in particular for foreign direct investments, and supports the General Attorney's Office of Italy in all procedures opened against Italy until now. She has been legal assistant and chief of cabinet at the European Court of Justice and senior legal counsel at the European Central Bank.