Professional Experience:
Non-profit area (starting from the most recent).
(1) 2012 to date
VILSE NPO, Pesaro (Italy)
Non-profit org. currently running projects in Togo and Cameroon.
Role covered (part-time): vice-president and managing partner.
Drafting projects and monitoring of on-site implementation. Small projects on education, health and agricultural livelihood. Interventions consist of building/refurbishment of schools, libraries and medical centres including logistical support for daily operations and courses related to health and agriculture. Analysis of local context, consultation with community representatives, negotiation of solutions with community stakeholders. Sharing of findings to improve overall programme.
(2) 2002 to date
Role covered: Independent business consultant and/or mission partner for account of UNV (United Nations Volunteers), EU and INGOs.
Various short-term missions (20 to 75 days) aimed at supporting small agricultural groups/cooperatives (sometimes all-female) in their internal organization management and commercial matters in order to reach a sustainable balance sheet net profit. Teaching basic principles of bookkeeping, drafting a business plan, conducting seminars to group/cooperative members and general public focused on marketing and costs construction techniques.
Missions performed in:
•Latin America (Peru, Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina, Honduras)
•Africa (Guinea Bissau, Centrafrican Rep.)
•Asia (Armenia)
•Europe (Lithuania, in the frame of "Erasmus Noprofit Euskills" project); Germany and Spain (attending international food fairs in the frame of EU "AL Invest IV" programme and EU "EVSE - European Volunteer Senior Experts" project).
(3) 2010 to 2012
VISIS NPO, Camerino (Italy)
Non-profit org. running projects in Togo.
Role covered (part-time): Co-founder and president.
Supporting and monitoring the implementation of
projects in Togo related to empowerment of women with a focus on literacy and entrepreneurship. Creation of networks/alliances in Italy to establish regional subsidiaries.
Profit area (starting from the most recent).
(1) 1989 to 1997
Company: Gennaro Auricchio SpA, Cremona (Italy)
Role covered (full time): export manager.
Company busy in italian cheese manufacturing and distribution.
(2) 1987 to 1989
Company: Colussi Perugia SpA, Petrignano di Assisi (Italy)
Role covered (full time): export manager.
Company busy in manufacturing of bakery products.
(3) 1976 to 1986
Company: Ortofrutta srl. Cesena (Italy)
Role covered (full time): co-owner and manager (together with my father, company founder).
Company busy in fruit & vegetables packing and worldwide export.