• Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint (advanced); Visio (competent); MSP (competent); Sharepoint (advanced)

Feb. ‘11 – Sept ‘11 PMO Analyst, UK Subsidiarisation Programme, Newedge Group SA, UK Branch, London
? Responsible for budget tracking and reporting; £6.2 million Programme with 8 work streams and over 100 resources 
? Responsible for Projects and Programme Status Reporting 
? Produced presentation packs for Programme Steering and Executive Committees
? Facilitated Programme weekly meetings; presented summary of achievements and actions from previous meeting, documented dependencies and recorded actions
? Maintained Programme roadmap and RAID log
? Set up and maintained a Sharepoint portal which enabled collaborative working across the Programme
? Supported Project Managers on an ad hoc basis with PowerPoint, Word and Excel deliverables
? Improved Programme reporting processes enhancing the quality of the reports and ensuring that the deadlines were respected
? Requested to take responsibility for Programme risk and issue management within two months of working as Senior PMOanalyst; responsible for driving mitigation actions for all identified risks across the Programme

Apr.‘10 – Jan. ‘11 Business Logistics Analyst, Newedge Group SA, UK Branch, London
? Built cost models to track spending on the top 10 vendors
? Responsible for identifying and contacting departments with the highest expenses and working with them to agree 3 month plans to reduce expenses
? Assisted with negotiating renewal of contracts, delivered a saving of 23% across three main suppliers for IT
? Conducted extensive market research to obtain new quotes and leveraged these for negotiating with existing suppliers
? Worked with the Head of Business Logistics to prepare and present the department budget for approval to the UK Board
? Managed and operated Contract Assistant (contracts database) and Concur (expense system) on a daily basis; prepared user-guides and hosted training sessions for both Contract Assistant and Concur
? Produced and updated inter-departmental billing procedures to improve transparency of spend across departments
? Updated and maintained the ‘policy and procedures guidance’ documents and intranet page for Newedge Group SA, UK Branch

Sep. 09 – Jan. 10 Global Sales Associate, Alpari UK, London
? Converted leads into sales by explaining the product (trading platforms) and highlighting unique selling points to prospective clients
? Presented new trading solutions to existing clients
? Engaged and on-boarded Italian Introducing Brokers and Money Managers to generate new business
? Advised clients on special promotions and worked with Marketing to analyse client feedback in order to develop new promotions
? Collaborated with trading desk to resolve existing customer issues and address clients’ queries and understand how customer service could be improved
? Prepared sales headlines for marketing emails
? Produced Italian translations of sales aid material, forms and emails 

Jan. 07 – Aug. 07 Intern, Italian Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya
? Attended meetings on behalf of the Ambassador when he was unavailable and reported back in terms of key points discussed
? Assessed the feasibility and return on investment for NGOs’ projects for Italy's Deputy Foreign Minister
? Collaborated with various Italian government offices and a Kenyan NGO to organise a conference about Somali women’s role within society for over 100 delegates
? Produced minutes for official meetings attended by UN, EU and government representatives 
? Prepared briefs on policy issues and summarised relevant daily press coverage on Somalia 

Jan. ‘02 – Sep. ‘06 Secretary, Studio Legale Mazza (Law Firm), Rome, Italy
? Assisted occasionally with administrative duties while studying at university: dealing with banks and clients, paying bills, organising travels, answering internal and external queries

EDUCATION

Sep. ‘07 – Sep. ‘08 King's College London, Masters in Conflict, Security and Development
? Acquired an advanced understanding of the complex linkages between issues of security and development in contemporary international relations

Sep. ‘01 – Nov. ‘06 LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, Laurea in Political Science
? Major subjects: Sociology, Political science, History, Law, Economics, and Statistics
? Attended the University of Oslo for one semester (Aug. ‘03 – Dec. ‘03) under the Erasmus Exchange Programme
? Final mark: 110/110 cum laude

Sep. ‘96 – Jul. ‘01 Liceo Classico Pitagora, Crotone, Italy, Diploma di Maturità Classica
? Subjects: Italian, Latin, Ancient Greek, Philosophy, History, Mathematics, Physics and
Astronomical Geography
? Final mark: 100/100