Stefan Pan was born in Bolzano in 1959.

He graduated in Political Economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business - Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien.

He is chairman of the board of Pan Surgelati Srl.

From 2008 to 2010 he was a Member of the Scientific Committee of UMIT (Health and life sciences University, Hall i.T. Austria).

From 2011 to 2017 he was President of Confindustria Alto Adige.

He has been a member of the CTM (Centre for Technology and Management - Confindustria Alto Adige) Board of Directors since 2011.

From 2012 to 2019 he was Regional President of Confindustria Trentino/Alto Adige.

From 2014 to 2023, he is Member of the Board of the Bolzano Chamber of Commerce, while from 2015 to 2022 he is Member of the Board of Villa Vigoni (German-Italian Centre for European Dialogue) and from 2019 to 2020 Member of the Scientific Committee of SRM Intesa.

In 2016 he became Vice President of Confindustria and President of the Council of Regional Representations, until 2020. From 2020 to the present he is Delegate of the President of Confindustria for Europe.

Since 2022 he has been Vice President of Business Europe.