Born in Italy in 1963 and graduating in Business Economics at the Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi (Milan), Ezio Balarini joined Autogrill Group in 1989 and worked in various Autogrill subsidiaries in Italy and abroad, including as Head of Marketing for France and Benelux and General Manager for The Netherlands.

Now Chief Marketing Officer at Autogrill Group, he is in charge of marketing and concepts development of the Group brand portfolio for both in-house and franchised brands, and of relationships with brands and main commercial partners. He also heads the concept and marketing knowledge across the Group companies.