Gina Nieri was born in Lucca on 2 December 1953 and has two daughters.
She holds a Degree in Political Sciences from Pisa University, and a specialisation in Journalism and Mass Communication from Luiss University, Rome. She has worked in commercial television since 1977, firstly as General Secretary of FIEL, the first association of “free” broadcasters. She then joined FRT – the Federation of Radio and Television Operators – as Director, remaining until 1990, when she joined the FININVEST GROUP as Manager for Relations with Trade Associations. She is currently Director of the Institutional, Legal and Strategic Analysis Division in the MEDIASET Group. Since April 2015, she has been a Director and member of the Executive Committee of MEDIASET S.p.A. (now MFE-MEDIAFOREUROPE N.V.). In 2020, she was confirmed as Deputy Chairman of RTI. Since February 2020, she has been a member of the Board of Directors of MEDIASET S.p.A. (formerly MEDIASET ITALIA S.p.A.), the Italian holding company of the MFE-MEDIAFOREUROPE N.V. Group. In April 2020, she was confirmed as a member of the Board of Directors of PUBLITALIA'80 S.p.A. In June 2021, she was confirmed as a member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee of Mediaset SPA, which on 18 September of the same year, with the transfer of its headquarters to the Netherlands, became Mediaset N.V. and on 25 November 2021 took on its current name of MFE-MEDIAFOREUROPE N.V. From 2018 to 2023, she was a member of the Board of Directors of Mediaset España Comunicación, SA and, following the completion of the merger of the latter into MFE- MEDIAFOREUROPE N.V., since May 2023 she has been a member of the Board of Directors of Grupo Audiovisual Mediaset España Comunicación, SAU. She has been a member of the BORSA ITALIANA Consultation Committee. She is on the General Council of CONFINDUSTRIA and ASSOLOMBARDA. She is on the Chairman’s Committee of the Master’s in Marketing, Digital Communication and Sales Management of PUBLITALIA. Since 2019, she has been Vice President of CERRE, (Centre on Regulation in Europe). She is a member of the Board of Directors of Class CNBC S.p.A.. From 2000 to 2005, she was a member of the Board of Directors of ALBACOM S.p.A with a Mediaset share. She participates in work groups at the European Commission, on matters concerning protection of minors, also on the internet, pluralism of the media, management of the radio spectrum, copyright and regulation of the European digital services market. On 27 December 2012 she was awarded the title "Commendatore dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana" (Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic).