Antonio Zappulla OMRI
Antonio Zappulla is CEO at the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the corporate philanthropic arm of Thomson Reuters and a leading international development actor fostering free, fair, and informed societies through media and legal initiatives and data intelligence.
In 2022, Antonio was knighted as an Officer of the Italian Republic for “merit acquired in the fields of public service, and social, philanthropic and humanitarian activities” under the OMRI order, the highest-ranking honour of the Italian Republic. In 2018, he ranked first in the OUTstanding list of third sector LGBT executives published by the Financial Times. In 2017, he was named a European Young Leader by Friends of Europe.
Antonio sits on the Boards of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford and the International News Safety Institute.
Prior to his present role, Antonio was Executive Producer at Bloomberg Television in charge of news, factual programming for Europe, Middle East and Africa, developing several Award-winning TV series distributed globally.
Antonio holds a Degree in Journalism, a Master’s Degree in Middle East studies, and has continued his executive education at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
