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Lorenzo Baciucco

Italian Lawyer, Ph.D., Master’s degree in International Trade, founder Partner of “Ituy Law Firm” (World Trade Center Torre II – Of. 710 Montevideo-Uruguay; www.ituy.com.uy), where he is mainly dedicated to providing legal services to companies in internationalization processes of their business in area LATAM.

Main activities: negotiation and drafting of international contracts; legal advice and assistance in the management of customs, logistics and transport operations; legal assistance in procedures aimed at obtaining EU public funds within the framework of international cooperation programs implemented in Latin America (EuropeAid; AL Invest; Horizon); legal assistance in the field of international public procurement in Latin America of works, supplies and services financed by the main International Organizations (E.U. Commission, United Nations, World Bank, BID, CAF, CDB); legal representation in Italian Courts and Courts of Arbitration.

He conducts research and lectures in Civil Law and Agri-food Law at the Department of Economics, University of Perugia.

He is a member of ICC Italia, ANGI, SISdiC, AIDA (Association International du Droit des Assurances).

Maria Chibansa

Representative of the Zambian diaspora in Europe. Double Master’s Degree in International Relations and Development Cooperation. Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations and diploma of Cultural Mediator.

Currently she facilitates the creation of joint ventures with European and African companies in the SADC  (South Africa Development Community). Moreover, she is a teacher and examiner of the English language.

With a strong vocation for voluntary work, she leads training and self-affirmation projects as well as assisting women’s groups in Zambia. Furthermore, she is the President of the Zambian NGO Saint Nicholas Community Care Centre and the voluntary association ADDI Italia ODV (Africa Diaspora Development Institution).

Giovanni Zazzerini

Secretary General of INSME. He holds a Ph.D. in Marketing, Master’s Degree in Technology and Innovation Management, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics.

The Association International Network for Small and Medium sized Enterprises gathers international stakeholders and other key economic players involved in the development and implementation of policies and programs in support of SMEs and entrepreneurship.

He offers services as expert for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs -technical assistance, training, and capacity building activities- for Development Cooperation projects in China, Vietnam and in Tunisia. Furthermore, he is advisor for the European Commission on research projects about exploitation of research results, commercialization of innovation, and business plan development. He is adjunct professor at LUISS Guido Carli University and Visiting Professor at St. John’s University. Moreover, he had extensive experience, more than 15 years, as consultant in developing projects on innovation, entrepreneurship, and internationalization of SMEs.

He recently published are “Disruptive Innovation and the Evolution of Competitive Relationships” and “Innovation and Entrepreneurial Skills”, Innovation Economics, Engineering and Management Handbook, Edited by Dimitri Uzunidis, Fedoua Kasmi and Laurent Adatto, Wiley, 2021. As well as, “Developing Entrepreneurial Competencies in Vietnam: Evidence from the Bac Ninh Province”, with Maria Giovanna Devetag and Doan Hung, Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, Sage 2020

Lord Miguel Ángel Milano

Lawyer and entrepreneur. Co-owner of a big company on the security sector and hotel 5 stars in Rosario, Argentina. With extensive experience as ex university lecturer, responsible for the project Ambassadors of Umbria in Middle and South America until 2016. Referent of Umbria Export in Argentina until 2017.

He had received various awards such as Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia in 2006; one of the ten laudable people of Argentina Awards in 1988; one of the thirty laudable people of the World Junior Camber International Awards; and Rotary Foundation Scholarship recipient.

MAURIZIO GUSTINICCHI

Innovation manager qualified by ACS ITALIA. Degree in Ecomonics and Business. 2 years Master in Small and Middle Economics Business.

President of the board of a Metalworking company, Business Consultant since 1998 for more than 100 small and middle businesses.

I deal with the analysis and improvement of small and medium-sized enterprises, through management control, continuous improvement in production (lean), innovation in products and processes, technological breakthroughs, digitalisation, business organisation, personally managing development projects with high impact on client organizations.

Andrea Pieracci

Founder and owner of ESG-RATING Corporate Finance Network / member  of DILIGENTIA ETS Association for Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development

I selected rating models and activated professional partnerships for sustainable business planning in SMEs and reporting assistance according to the Environment (E) parameters; social rights, (S) and Ethics of Governance (G) in line with the financial standards of the model of the new EU-C.S.R.D directive and Reg 2020/852 (Taxonomy)

Temporary Management as CFO of PMI for the  verification of business development plans for the finding of new sources of credit in the Agro-industry sector and for the activation of subsidized finance measures PNRR (National Recovery and Resilience Plan) in the plastics recycling sector, IT services, Cultural and creative industries TOCC call

Lecturer in banking and corporate training courses for CUOA Finance , Growing Resources, ABI Formazione (Rome) BCC ACADEMY.  Management consulting in the field of Strategic Planning and Management Control SMEs