Key qualifications: • Relevant academic background – Master degree in Economics and Finance (Ca' Foscari University of Venice);• Over 20 years of overall experience in SME development: business development, business planning, market analysis, fund raising, finance and administration, development of clusters and networks of SMEs;• Deep knowledge in in administration, finance and control, gained in the management of private and public companies: CFO at VEGA Scarl - Venice Gateway for Science and Technology (Italy), Managing director at Afrifab Ltd. (Uganda), General manager at iFishFarm (U) Ltd. (Uganda), Managing director at GDL Ltd. (Thailand), Business Development Head at ASPI (NGO – Ghana), Managing director at Consortium Venetian District for Restoration of Cultural Heritage (Italy), Senior controller at RFE Broadcast Srl (Italy), Strategic Planning Director at JEBS GROUP Ltd. (Uganda) etc.• Excellent knowledge and experience in economic and financial feasibility analysis: Elaboration of the Feasibility Study to set up a “Tomato and Fruit concentrate production Facility in Uganda”; Elaboration of the Feasibility Study to set up an “Agro Food Research Park in Ethiopia”; Feasibility study for setting up a “Plastic recycling facility in Uganda”; Feasibility study for setting up a floriculture industry in Uganda; Market survey for the creation of a “Nanofabrication facility inside VEGA – Venice Gateway for Science and Technologies”; Feasibility study of the project to reuse the "Villa Emo" complex; Economic-financial feasibility analysis as part of the “Integrated Production Facility of Sospirolo Project” aimed at recovering the disused area of the former Sospirolo chemical plant; Economic-financial feasibility analyses for the creation of a “Technological Scientific Park at the former hydroelectric power station of Malnisio - Municipality of Montereale Valcellina (Pordenone)” etc.• Proven experience in Aquaculture management: General Manager at iFishFarm Uganda Limited (aquaculture facility located in Kalangala - Lake Victoria, floating cages, Nile tilapia); Project Manager of a new aquaculture facility located in Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo; • Sound expertise in Mapping Grants & Loans Opportunities. In depth knowledge of Project Cycle Management, Project Analysis & Assessment of Eligibility in Light of Available Funding; Experience in consortium bidding and dissemination of Project Outcomes.
Listed skills include Business Planning, Management, Project Management, Finance, and 49 others.