As a member of the global executive committee of Linklaters, Claudia is the global champion for gender, the sponsor of the Female Leadership Programme and promotes internal initiatives supporting the enhancement of women’s talent. Currently she is structuring an innovative mentoring programme connecting Linklaters senior people with female top clients and has championed a number of successful initiatives within Linklaters’ network such as Breakfast@linklaters, breakfast forums for the female business community. Externally, Claudia is the ambassador of Inspiring Girls, an international programme launched in Italy by the association Valore D (the first association of large Italian companies supporting women’s leadership) and was President from 2013 to 2016. She has also contributed to the development of In The Boardroom and of The CEO School for women on executive boards. She is often invited to speak in conferences, roundtables, seminars and courses on financial matters and diversity issues, and has been interviewed by national and international media on such topics. Claudia was included in the Forbes classification of most powerful women in Italy and in the last three years she was ranked as “Star Individual” by Chambers. Claudia is also Chair of Allianz Italia and Deputy Chair of the Italian Stock Exchange.