Graduated with a degree in Business Economics at Bocconi University. For Citibank N.A. she followed foreign investors on the Italian market and subsequently the WCG – world cooperation group. In 1994 she founded the Family Office of the Zambon family, which in 2000 was transformed into Multi Family Office, creating Secofind.
President of Zambon SpA, multinational pharmaceutical company, Vice President of Zach Chemistry and Zambon Company Adviser, the group holding.
She is a member of the Board of Directors of UniCredit, Ferrari S.p.A and IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia; Former member of the board of directors of Italcementi SpA, Italian Strategic Fund, Italian sovereign fund, Akros Finanziaria S.p.A. And Salvagnini SpA.
She is President of AIdAF – Italian Family Business Association -, and Board Member of FBN – Family Business Network.
Vice President and Member of the Executive Committee of Aspen Institute Italia and Bocconi Campaign Board, Elena Zambon is Knight of Labor and in 2010 she received the “Olivettiano Entrepreneur” Award and the “Marisa Belisario” Award.
In June 2017 Elena Zambon was appointed Vice President of Assolombarda with proxy for Research and Open Innovation, Life Sciences, EMA and Technopole.