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Paola, after 10 years in Brussels, recently returned to Italy where she is currently a Fundraising/Business Development Consultant in the field of arts, culture and urban regeneration projects: she is supporting Accapiù, a communication agency specialised in territorial and creative marketing and activation campaigns in the identification of new business opportunities in Milan and Fondazione Giulini, with the coordination of a community project in a marginalised area of Sardinia. She previously covered for over 5 years the position of Head of Development at Bruegel where she was responsible of the development and implementation of Bruegel’s fundraising strategy and identified and nurtured profitable partnership with a wide range of stakeholders (Corporations, EU officials, Foundations, government officials, civic and private organisations etc).
She is also co-founder and Vice-President of The Brussels Binder, the online database of women policy experts aimed at improving gender diversity in policy debates and media.
Before joining Bruegel, she was Secretary General of the European Association of Sugar Traders (ASSUC) and Trade Policy Adviser for the associations representing international trade in flowers (Union Fleurs) and EU imports of processed agriculture and fishery products (Frucom).
Paola holds two master's degrees, in Local Economic Development from the London School of Economics and in Management from Bocconi University and a Bachelor Degree in Economics and Management for Arts, Culture and Communication.
