Presently, Monica de Virgiliis holds the position of Independent Chairman for SNAM SpA.

She is also on the board of ASM International NV.

In the past she was Vice President of ST-Ericsson SA, Group VP-Systems & Business Development Division at Advanced System Technology Group, Vice President-Industrial Microcontrollers at Infine, Production Engineer at Marelli Europe SpA, Principal at ST-NXP Wireless, Chief Operations Officer-Mobility Solutions at Octo Telematics SpA and Manager-Business Development at STMicroelectronics Srl.

She received an undergraduate degree from Politecnico di Torino.