I was born and raised in Italy, where I earned a Bachelor’s Degree in International and Diplomatic Sciences (Trieste University) and an MBA in SME Management and Administration (IULM University). Fascinated by Asia since a young age, I pursued a Master’s Degree in Asian Studies in Sweden (Lund University), following which I moved to the People’s Republic of China where I started my career in international development and cooperation. I lived about seven years in the Middle Kingdom and was based for shorter stints in Japan, Bhutan and Myanmar.

In the course of my professional and volunteering career, I have been managing and supporting projects across all of South, Southeast and East Asia. The only Asian countries I have not yet been able to set foot on, due to security reasons, are Afghanistan and Pakistan - hopefully this will change soon. ( And yes, I did make it to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea). Since 2018 I have been increasingly working with Central Asia, too.

While focusing on Asia, I have also been working with projects in the MENA Region, the Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Besides my native Italian, I am fluent in English and French with a good command of Chinese, German and Spanish.

I am currently based in Italy, in the vicinity of Venice, and travel regularly to project sites. 

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What are my areas of expertise?

Over the course of my almost 20 yers of professional experience, I have been working in multiple functional areas, the main ones including:
•    Marketing and communications
•    Project management
•    Stakeholder engagement
•    Gender mainstreaming
•    Evaluation

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What are my fields of expertise?

I have been working and volunteering in different countries and roles, at the nexus of two or more of the following thematic areas: 
•    Sustainability and Agenda2030
•    Environment, energy and climate
•    Women’s empowerment and entrepreneurship
•    Private sector development
•    Poverty alleviation

 

Whom have I worked with?

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Here is a sample of the NGOs and International Organisations I have been working with:
 

• ActionAid International

• Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production

• DevEx

• ENERGIA International Network on Gender & Sustainable Energy

• EU Chamber of Commerce in China

• Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

• Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

• Vital Voices

• WWF

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Whom have I volunteered with?

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The following are some of the organisations I have been or am volunteering with:

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• Croix Rouge Luxembourgeoise

• Global Women's Network for the Energy Transition

• Nove - Caring Humans

• Shikodo

• Stepping Stones

• Wedu - Investing in Women Leading the Change

• U.S.-ASEAN Women’s Leadership Academy for YSEALI

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