Biography
Enrica Acuto Jacobacci graduated in Economics and Business Management from the University of Torino and has attended the Executive Education in Marketing at the I.N.S.E.A.D. in Fontainebleau (France). She has worked for Danone Italia as Brand Marketing Manager for several years.
In 1999 Enrica founded Akura, a brand communications agency. In 2003 she merged Eclettica, one of the first Italian web agencies, into Akura. She is the President of the combined organisation.
Enrica is a shareholder of FINPAT, a holding company that controls several Italian and foreign companies, mainly involved in legal consultancy services and real estate, among them Jacobacci & Partners, the internationally recognized Italian market leader, which was recently awarded as the Best Pan-European IP firm in New York during the Legal Alliance Summit and Awards.
In 2004, Enrica joined the Board of Directors of Jacobacci & Partners and she is a member of the Executive Board; she is also President of the Board of Directors of Jacobacci Spain and France.
During her professional life Enrica has worked with both domestic and international clients, ranging from public institutions to large multinational corporations operating in a wide variety of fields: from luxury to mass marketed products, from formula one to financial services.
Enrica is also an accredited Postgraduate Professor in Marketing Brand Management and Digital Communication at the International School of Design (IED), the Economic Faculty, and the Politecnico of Torino.
She is on the board of directors of AIDDA and of CCI of The Unione Industriale Torino, the Employers’ Association of Turin belonging to Confindustria.