Aldo Tagliabue
Immunologist; at the Mario Negri Institute in Milan from 1974, and at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda from 1976. In 1981 he became Head of Immunology at the Sclavo Institute in Siena. In 1990 he set up and directed the Dompé research centre in L’Aquila. From 2002 to 2005 he was Director of the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) in Seoul, South Korea. This experience led to new initiatives such as the creation of the non-profit Novartis Vaccine Institute for Global Health in Siena and of the Achille Sclavo Association for the advancement of immunisation techniques. In parallel, in 1998 he founded the services company ALTA, which quickly became one of the leading European firms for the management of European Commission projects, particularly in the Life Sciences.