Giorgio Magistrelli
Senior Project Manager and Senior evaluator
More than 35 years in Project, Communications and Corporate Management, with EC expert registration number EX2015D263084 and Orcid Number 0000-0002-5730-4107 with more than 1000 Projects evaluations, Outreach, Communications, Media and Events Management, Team leadership, multicultural management, European Affairs, manufacturing, government affairs and strategies, operations, advocacy, business development, corporate, legal and financial management in more than 50 countries in EMEA/APAC/Americas.
Key qualifications:
· Admitted lawyer (Europe, 1997), more than 7 years of in-house/off- council experience (EMEA/APAC).
· Holder of two Masters Degrees in International, Commercial and Financial Law and in Far Eastern Languages (Chinese and Hindi). Postgraduate courses in European Law (2013), Common Law (2013) Chinese Commercial Law (1996), Six-sigma (Black Belt Certification,2012),Finance(2013), Additive Manufacturing (2014).
· Native speaker of Italian, fluent in English, French, and Mandarin. Some Spanish, Portuguese and Russian
- 20 years of experience in monitoring and evaluating donor funded programs and familiarity with different models of the partnership governance structure and business models and more than 1000 Projects evaluations
- More than 15 years in Commercial Law, Trade policy and economic integration, commodity and agricultural goods exchange, SPS, legal evaluation, position paper and report drafting for governments, trade associations and corporations, trade related technical assistance to governments, institutions and corporations with direct involvement in WTO agreements evaluation, policy reform programmes and Policy Dialogue Support Facility.
- European Qualified Lawyer specialized in Commercial related contracts (FDIs, Trade) and Trade legal reviews.
- Former Trade Advisor of the Government of Malta with good knowledge of approximation to EU acquis on trade and trade related matters and responsible to prepare the related reporting for the Embassy in China
- Short Term expert of numerous projects under EC DEVCO in ACP, Africa and Asia with specific focus on Food and Nutrition Security/Sustainable Agriculture (FNS/SA), BAM, CAADP evaluation and support, agricultural commodities, social transfers, food security, rural livelihoods and nutrition, Agriculture Research, PPPs with CSOs/Corporates, TVET, capacity Development in agriculture and agribusiness in developing countries, access to Finance, green economy and Financial planning in Tanzania (missions for the EC in 2009 and 2011), Senegal and Kenya (2012), Cambodia and Samoa (2013), Bangladesh (2009) and China (various missions).
- Deep expertise on the FLEGT, REDD+,SWITCH TO GREEN, AMSP, the BAM, the FS and vulnerability reduction under the Food Facility instrument, the Global Climate Change Alliance programme, and the Communication on the Agenda for Change (2011).
- Deep knowledge of Agricultural commodities related issues, with in-depth analysis of FNS/SA EC policies, as :
- Advisor of Asian Development Bank for the CAREC Countries SPS related project
- Supporting developing countries in coping with the crisis—COM(2009)160
- EU Policy Framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges—COM(2010)127
- Agenda for Change—COM(2011)637 and Social Protection in European Union DevCo—COM(2012)446
- Long term experience in drafting and evaluating methodologies (H2020, FP7, COSME, FWCs), proposals budgets, reports (AETS, HTSPE, Pohl, IBF, NFS, Action Aid, GDSI, GOPA, Sofreco, Agriconsulting, EUCCC).
- Former Head of Trade and Export Finance APAC for Intesa Sanpaolo Bank with strong financial background, 8 years as a banker in emerging markets and responsibilities for 15 years in Trade Planning and investments, Trade and development policies reporting and analysis, countries trade evaluations for MDCs and LDCs.
- Senior expert for more than 10 projects under DEVCO/AIDCO/EUROPEAID and selected expert (Notetaker) for the ongoing project EuropeAid/129783/C/SER/multi with Landell Mills
- More than 15 years of experience in analyzing Emerging markets economies and MDGs/SDGs implementation.
- Extensive experience in the services and industrial sectors (Banking, Green Tech, Food & Nutrition Security, ICT, Manufacturing, PR& Communications), M&A, strategic planning, Supply Chain Management, evaluation processes and business development analysis.
- Manager of specific EC funded projects: Responsible for the management, implementation and P&L of the Asiainvest Forum in Chengdu (2006), the Eu-China Rohs Directive project and the IPR protection project.
- Long experience as chairman and moderator in EMEA/APAC
- Perfect understanding of strategic and global issues in issues in emerging and mature markets.
- Specific experience in policy support and policy dialogue related to SMEs and private sector development.
- Large network of representatives from business, academic community and politics in EMEA and APAC.
- More than 20 years in Communications, PR, Media and Marketing strategies, database management.
- Extensive experience in due diligence in the services and industrial sectors, M&A, strategic planning, SCM, evaluation processes and business development analysis.
- Expert in start-up projects and companies in emerging markets, office and organizational development.
- Expert in HR development and training, strong team building capability and experience in coordinating different departments and HRs with
- Long term experience in dealing with governments, NGOs and agencies.
Country/specific experiences:
People’s Republic of China 1994-1997/ 1999-2001/2004 – 2013/ 2016
Panama Journalist assignment 1998
Hong Kong S.A.R. 2002 – 2004
Brazil Journalist assignments 2004
Vietnam Missions and EC programs 2005-2006 and 2021-4
Thailand Missions for EC program in 2005 – Due Diligence 2009
Finland EC-China Summit 2006
Czech Republic Mission EUCCC 2005
France OECD Forum 2006
Philippines Missions for EC programs 2007
Myanmar Corporate Mission 2007
Bangladesh Missions for EC programs 2009, 2018/9 and 2019/20
Tanzania Missions for EC programs 2009/ 2011
Belgium Missions for EU programs 2004-2016
Italy Various assignments 1988-2012
Malta Various assignments 2007-2011
India Mission for EC program 2011
Russia Corporate Mission 2011
Senegal Mission for EC program 2012
Kenya Mission for EC program 2012
Laos Corporate Mission 2013/EU Program 2021
Cambodia Mission for EC program 2013
Samoa Mission for EC program 2013
Tonga Corporate Mission 2013
Germany Mission for EC program 2014, Corporate (2014-8)
Mongolia Mission for ADB 2014
Sri Lanka Mission for EC program 2016
Serbia and Montenegro Missions for EC program 2016
United States Corporate Missions 2016
Moldova Mission for Moldovan government 2017
Spain EC and Corporate Missions 2016-9/ 2022
Denmark Mission for EC program 2018-9
Switzerland Mission for EC program 2019
Haiti EC Program 2020
Nepal ADB Project 2021/2
Bhutan ADB Project 2022
Tunisia EC Program 2022
Bosnia and Herzegovina EC Programs 2022/3/4
Uzbekistan ADB Project 2023
Georgia and Armenia Corporate Missions 2024