Roberto Santorelli was born in 1981 in Nola, in the province of Naples. He graduated in Economics and Commerce from LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome. From 2015 to 2017, he participated in the Training Program by ELITE of the London Stock Exchange Group. This initiative allowed him to improve the growth and development of Kuminiano Fruit, certificating it as an ELITE company. His professional career started in 2005 as Responsible for Administration, Finance and Control of Santorelli Italy. He moved to Bulgaria in 2009, when he was nominated Responsible for Administration, Finance, and Control of Kuminiano Fruit, a Santorelli Group company located in Katunitsa (Plovdiv). Since 2012, he has been the CEO of Santorelli Group. He has served as the President of Confindustria Bulgaria from May 2021 to December 2025, a Member of the General Council of Confindustria Est Europe in Rome, a Member of the Management Board of the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria, and since March 2023, a Member of the Management Board of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria. Since February 2024, he is also a Member of The Management Board of the University of Food Technology in Plovdiv. He has been awarded the Order of the Star of Italy by the President of the Italian Republic and the Order pro Merito Melitensi by the Sovereign Order of Malta.