Enrico Letta is a former Prime Minister of Italy and one of Europe's leading voices on European integration. Since 2016 he has served as President of the Jacques Delors Institute, the Paris-based think tank founded in 1996 by former European Commission President Jacques Delors, succeeding António Vitorino in the role. In November 2024 he additionally became Dean of the IE School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs at IE University in Madrid, having previously led the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po.

In September 2023 the European institutions mandated Mr Letta to prepare a high-level report on the future of the single market. Presented to the European Council in April 2024 under the title 'Much more than a market', it set out proposals to deepen integration in finance, energy and electronic communications. Among its recommendations were a proposed 'fifth freedom' to advance research and innovation and the creation of a savings and investments union to strengthen European competitiveness.

Mr Letta led the Italian government as President of the Council of Ministers from April 2013 to February 2014. Earlier he held a succession of ministerial offices, serving as Minister for Community Policies (1998–1999) and Minister for Industry, Commerce and Crafts (1999–2001), and later as Secretary to the Council of Ministers under Prime Minister Romano Prodi (2006–2008). He sat for many years in the Chamber of Deputies and, between 2004 and 2006, in the European Parliament, and led the Democratic Party as its national secretary from 2021 to 2023.

Alongside public office, Mr Letta has built a substantial academic career. He holds a doctorate in European Union law from the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa and, from 2015 to 2021, was Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) at Sciences Po. He has served as President of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs and chairs the Diplomatic Forum of the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA).