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Shanghai, China

Shanghai, China

In Retex I've had the wonderful opportunity in working with some of Europe's most prestigious brands and helping them navigate the Chinese market, crucially analysing their activities and helping them find gaps in their P&L then implementing activities to improve their overall bottom line; from tech innovation to improvements in communication or optimisation in performance.Furthermore, it's been incredible to be at the forefront of creating and leading the 'Road2Europe' initiative, when we became the first European agency to set up activities dedicated to support Chinese brands going abroad.

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Shanghai, China

On the BOD for Virtus as Supervisor. A China-based talent management agency focusing on the personal, digital and commercial development of elite sports athletes. Day-to-day involved in an advisory function. Work on quarterly and annual planning and budgeting.

Shanghai, China

Proudly the first data solution for brands working in China:- Managed accounts for: Inditex (Zara specifically), Dr Martens, Mainson Kitsune, Tecnica and Birkenstock- Marketing and communications of services- Account management for e-commerce- Identifying and approaching partners that can benefit from EQI Data (Formerly G-Data)- Working with the development team to develop a client centric software experience(Formerly Genetsis G-commerce)

Shanghai, China

Worked on Moschino, Philipp Plein, Sergio Rossi, Santa Margherita for e-commerce and social media and on partnerships with government entities such as the Italian Trade Agency for strategic campaigns on the China market.During my tenure brands average a 20-50% increase in sales YOY with less than 10% increase in marketing, with focused long term KOL & celebrity partnerships, CTA in offline events and paid media optimisations, as well as opening new B2B channels.

Beijing,China

Managing group's brand e-commerce and social media channels in China.Worked on the following brands: Tecnica, Rollerblade, Nordica and Blizzard.Worked principally on:-Branding and communication.-Tmall, Jingdong, Tencent and Secoo.-Distribution deals for brick and mortar.-Verticalisation optimisation for China market.In my tenure we saw a significant increase of online revenue +50% first year & +30% YOY for next two years.Social media campaigns increased the engagement from avg .500 per post to over 50k peak engagement without ever expending over 15k rmb per campaign.

Beijing City, China

Coordination and execution of eCommerce store reboots and running in mainland China.

Milan Area, Italy

Equa Consulting is employed by major accounts such as Coca cola (CCE), Campbell Soups and Philip Morris in the function of as consultancy firm specialised in HR and consultation training.I worked principally on: bringing systems and presentations up to date as well as working on strengthening of corporate branding.

Beijing City, China

Working across a range of clients, I carried out various roles on a daily basis. My main responsibilities included creating and updating media lists, reaching out to KOLs, journalists and national media in order to obtain content placement, helping with the organisation of client events, carrying out various social media and research based tasks and overseeing press coverage for clients.

Varese Area, Italy

Intern in the Citizen Digital Security unit of the Joint Research Centre in Ispra. Tasked with programming a machine to tracking and identify which personal information is sent from personal smart devices to their parent company.

Economics And Finance

Activities and Societies: - LFC - LUISS FINANCE CLUB - Collalto Business Lab

European Baccalaureate