Danilo Arba
Milan, Italy / Lima, Peru
Danilo Arba is a global programme executive, author and strategic advisor who helps organisations strengthen governance, accelerate transformation and make better decisions in an AI-enabled world. Over a career spanning more than 25 years and five continents, he has led PMOs, transformation offices and project controls functions on major capital programmes, including giga-scale developments in Saudi Arabia.
He is the author of the best-selling book Thinking with Machines: Building AI-Enabled PMOs for the Age of Intelligent Project Leadership (DIEFFE Publishing, 2026). Danilo is a DBA candidate at Politecnico di Milano, where his research examines how decision rights should be allocated between people and machines. He also served as AACE International Region 9 Director and is currently a Global PMO Ambassador for AIPMO.
His work brings together executive leadership, decision intelligence and disciplined delivery, connecting strategy, governance and execution in complex organisations. He can be contacted through daniloarba.com.
Profile updated September 2026