About Mr. Stefano Marzano

Stefano Marzano is CEO and Chief Creative Director of Philips Design, the international in-house design group at Philips responsible for all design work within the company. One of Business Week's 'Best Leaders of 2005' for Innovation, Stefano Marzano is a regular speaker at international design, business and technology conferences. He has published widely on design topics, being the author or editor of a number of books describing the work of Philips Design and the humanistic philosophy on which it is based.

He is also on the Advisory Council of Design London and most recently he received an honorary degree, Design Doctorate Honoris Causa from La Sapienze, (Rome, Italy).

Stefano Marzano was born in Varese, Italy, in 1950, and graduated from the Milan Polytechnic Institute with a doctorate in Architecture. Stefano Marzano took up his present position at Philips Design in 1991.