Maastricht University

As the chairman of Pomilio Blumm, he leads the strategic direction of the firm. With a solid academic background across the most prestigious universities of the world (MIT, Harvard, INSEAD), he is the Project Leader and the Communication Strategist of the most important campaigns run for national and international public clients including ICE, WHO, EU Commission, European Parliament and others. In 2022, as the head of Pomilio Blumm, he oversaw the designing and realising of the first-of-its-kind nation branding campaign promoting the "Made in Italy" trademark worldwide.

As Art Director and Strategic Designer at Pomilio Blumm, he is in charge of visual communications. With his creative input, he contributed to the innovative nation branding campaign realised by Pomilio Blumm in 2022 promoting the "Made in Italy" trademark. The main clients he worked for are ICE, European Parliament, and European Commission. His work experience prior to Pomilio Blumm includes the Art Director role for the Global Digital Marketing Team at Tiffany & Co. in New York City. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Communication Design from Pratt Institute, NYC.

Experienced copywriter and creative strategist, she has been managing the production of complex editorial projects for Pomilio Blumm EU clients, including traditional and digital products. In 2022, as a creative director and the head of content, she was responsible for developing the architecture and the content for "Made in Italy", a nation branding campaign. Some of the main institutional clients she worked for are ICE, MAECI, European Commission, eu-LISA, EIGE and Eurostat. She holds a Master's Degree in Copywriting from Siena University, Italy.

Endowed with strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and a customer-focused mindset, Paolo Vallonchini coordinates Pomilio Blumm's tender department. He has 10 years of professional experience and is responsible for managing tender processes from start to finish. His role involves identifying, analysing and responding to relevant EU tenders, coordinating with other departments and suppliers to gather the required inputs and developing and implementing proposals and quality management systems that align with the Contracting Authorities' objectives. He holds a Master's Degree in International Relations and a second-level Master in Diplomacy and International Politics at the Alma Mater Studiorum in Bologna.

Is the coordinator of the Strategy and Analysis unit at Pomilio Blumm. A semiotician and a journalist, she holds a PhD in Semiotics from Bologna University and a master's degree in Communication Sciences from Sapienza University. Before joining Pomilio Blumm, she was a lecturer at courses, seminars and conferences on the topics of the semiotics of literature and of text in general. She has published several articles and books including "Semiotica del testo letterario" (Carocci 2013), "Vintage" (2015).

Is Analyst and Strategist at Pomilio Blumm. She holds a PhD in Semiotics (2017) and a Master's degree in Semiotics (2012) from Bologna University. Her thesis focused on general semiotics and semiotics of spaces. She took part in the IRSES Marie Curie project "MEMOSUR - A lesson for Europe. Memory, trauma and reconciliation in Chile and Argentina", working on the reuse of ex torture detention centres as places of memory. Her previous research was dedicated to a fascist memorial for the First World War in Italy.

Is the coordinator of the data analysis unit of Pomilio Blumm, with a background in Political Science and Economics. His team develops research design & implementation for impact evaluations of communication activities, including survey design and analysis, and big data management. He has conducted research for the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and collaborated with KPMG UK.

Is a PhD in General and Clinical Psychology and now, after 10 years in the Academy as a researcher, she works as a freelance analyst, strategist, consultant and external expert. She teaches Cognitive Neuroscience in the USAC program hosted at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. She has a multidisciplinary background and a transdisciplinary approach to research and data management. Her current main research interests are data feminism and data-driven public policies.

Press Officer and Media Relation expert in Pomilio Blumm, where he deals with the communication of international public institutions. He has been a journalist, awarded movie director/ screenwriter/author, radio/TV host and station manager. He has been in charge of the radio lab of the University of Teramo, where he also was an assistant to the chairs of History of Media, Radio Communication, and Science Communication. He was European Parliament Press Office Intern.

Is the President of the Press Club Brussels Europe. A reporter with solid international experience, she reported for many important media, such as BBC News, Athens News, The Bulletin, Yahoo, and Maktoub News. She is the founding Artistic Director of the Writers Festival of Belgium and she has been the Vice President of the Association of European Journalists; she was a candidate in the 2019 European elections and Press Officer at the EU Delegation to Australia. She also currently consults on media affairs.

Is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the European Union to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. From 2016 to 2020, he served as the Ambassador of the European Union to the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Prior to this, he served at the European Commission (from 1986 to 1989), at the Division for the Pacific and at the Division for South East Asia and ASEAN, and at the EU External Action Service (EEAS) in Brussels, Belgium.

Is the Brussels correspondent of the Spanish TV Telemadrid and a news assistant and reporter at the Brussels Bureau of the Washington Post. She has reported on EU affairs since 2014 for a number of Spanish and international media including El Mundo, Antena 3, Cadena SER, Euractiv, BBC, Euronews and Al-Jazeera. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from the University Complutense of Madrid, and a Master in International Relations, Peace, Security and Conflicts from the University Free of Brussels.

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