"Let's Accelerate Change to Close the Gender Gap"
Giovanna Guercio is a mathematician and international business leader with over three decades of experience in ICT, having progressed from Systems Engineer to leading complex sales organisations across Italy, France, and Spain. A lifelong advocate for women’s empowerment, she has served at the highest levels of Soroptimist International of Europe, including as Union President of SI Italy, driving initiatives on gender equality, human rights, and education. Today, she is a sought-after speaker and active voice in multiple leadership networks, championing the role of women in shaping inclusive economies, communities, and technologies.
What is your motivation?
What motivates me is simple: helping women grow, building teams that work with passion, and contributing to a society where equality and opportunity are real, not just hoped for.
What is your vision for a better world?
Today, one of my strongest convictions is that artificial intelligence must become accessible to all. AI will shape every aspect of our lives, so we need women not only to use it, but to understand it, question it, and lead its development. Making AI literacy universal is, to me, an essential step toward a fairer future.
What does your country do well for women?
In my Union, Italy, I had the wonderful opportunity to carry out a wide project that brought trees back to 9 hectares of forest destroyed by a severe storm in the Trentino Dolomites. Now the Soroptimist forest is growing and is a place for Soroptimists to meet and celebrate.
