More than 28 years’ experience in accomplished communications, public affairs and international relations, over 17 years’ experience in managing and coordinating e-government and e-procurement projects. Qualified with a Degree in Foreign Languages with skills in engaging and assisting assigned internal partners with targeted communications for both internal and external audiences. Qualified procurement expert at OECD, Development Banks, EBRD and EU Commission, with senior experience in managing and coordinating e-procurement and e-government projects, in setting up international peer to peer networks for best practice exchange and benchmarking, in raising awareness on the Italian public eprocurement and centralized system, in observing and analysing European and international public procurement systems.Initiative and independence when performing multiple tasks, leveraging strong critical thinking, creativity and problem-solving skills. Proactive in developing and executing effective communication strategies. Able to perform international benchmarking with foreign partners/competitors to stimulate partnerships, exchange practices or set up strategic networks (peer-to-peer networks). Speaker at national and international conferences on egovernment and eprocurementCoordination of best practice exchange programmes with public and eprocurement experts from foreign Public Procurement agencies (Austria, Finland, South Corea, Canada, Chile…). From 2008 to 2021: head of International Cooperation Projects in Consip.Present position: Recovery and resilience plan: Italian and international perspectives.Specialties: centralized public procurement, CPB, public procurement marketing and communication, international cooperation projects, international relationship management, communication strategies, public speaking, public procurement marketing, government liaison, branding and identity promotion.Lived and studied in London (UK) and Brussels (Belgium).

until 2003:account management relationship with top public clients, until 2006: handling of high level and strategic communication activities, drawing of the yearly communication plan, company brand identification and promotion, speaker at national and international conferences on egovernment and eprocurement (promoting the procurement and eprocurement activity carried out by Consip and increasing awareness on the new Italian public procurement scenario), handling of the international relations (randomly)

handling of bilateral and multilateral joint research projects

experience in language teaching (Italian and English) to senior and top managers