Academic:

- Graduate 1987 (Forestry) University of Turin, Italy.
- Italian certificate in professional forestry.

Languages:

- Italian (mother tongue)
- Fluent in French
- Excellent written and spoken English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Employment: 1988 to date:

Chief Technical Advisor, key expert and technical cooperation project manager in natural resources, forestry, agriculture and local development programs.

- Regional specialization: West and Central Africa, Madagascar and Bolivia (NGOs), consulting firms and European Commission.

- Project manager of cooperation programs financed by EU/European Development Fund (EDF).

- Current: Project manager of Sao Tomé and Principe component of EU funded environmental programme in Central Africa (ECOFAC 4) (www.ecofac.org).

Main professional skills and key management approaches:

- Effective practical improvement in local technical capacity through sound cooperation with associates, strong commitment to work and establishing smooth relationships with partners.

- Constructive attitude and problem-solving orientated approach which is essential to create positive job environment and successful management of activities.

- Leading responsibility for technical assistance and project management with consulting companies.

- Cooperation with NGOs at the local level in developing effective participatory strategies, the cornerstone of successful management of community-based activities.

- Flexible professional attitude and excellent inter-personals skills: Team-player with practical experience in building multi-cultural teams.

- Forestry specialist: forest inventories, forest management plans, participatory community forestry, forest production, tree production, government forestry departments policy advisor .

- Extensive use of personal computers as a management tool and the use of standard Project Cycle Management (PCM) tools, the logical framework approach and M & E methods

- Use of GIS based spatial analysis methods for territorial planning and NRM.

- Experience in practice of EDF financial procedures and accountancy protocol including the use of standard financial software tools.

- Individual Expert of EU -Europe Aid Office and presently registered in the roster of temporary agents of European Commission, External Relations (RELEX) (Successful CAST 2007)