Enrico Letta served as Prime Minister of Italy from 2013 to 2014. He is currently Dean of the School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs at IE University in Madrid and President of the Jacques Delors Institute. In September 2023, EU institutions tasked him with drafting a report on the future of the Single Market. Since 2023, he has also served as President of the GESDA Diplomacy Forum in Geneva.

From March 2021 to February 2023, he was National Secretary of the Democratic Party. Previously, from 2015 to 2021, he served as Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po in Paris. In 2019, he was elected President of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) for a two-year term.

Earlier in his career, Letta served as Minister for European Affairs (1998–1999), Minister of Industry, Trade and Crafts (2000), Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade (2000–2001), and Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in the Romano Prodi government (2006–2008).