VVA - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- JUNIOR QUANTITATIVE RESEARCHER
Job Titles:
- JUNIOR QUANTITATIVE RESEARCHER
Andrea graduated in Statistical and Economic Sciences at Bicocca University in Milan.
He began his career as a researcher in VVA in 2021, where he deepens and finds application of the concepts and notions learned during his studies.
He currently engaged in the role of Junior Quantitative Researcher and collaborates in the development of various research projects. His experience allowed him to acquire knowledge in various sectors such as insurance, pharmacist, customer experience, finance and shopping journey.
In his free time, he enjoys keeping fit and playing video games.
Job Titles:
- BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Antonio Bruni is a Business Development Officer at VVA Economics & Policy.
Among the various activities carried out (support on the management of business development-related activities, support on collection and analysis of data) He is in charge for assisting with the tendering process for EU projects.
Antonio holds a Bachelor's Degree in Communication Science achieved at the University of Bari (Italy) Before joining VVA in April 2021 he worked for several years as Import Officer for a Wholesale Company then he Joined the United Nations Global Service Centre in Brindisi, Italy as a Team Assistant where he provided administrative support to the organization of trainings, conferences and workshops for UN staff.
In his last work experience he worked for three years as a Project Officer for the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) in Rome, in the fields of International Protection.
In his free time, Antonio practices mindfulness meditation, he also enjoys cooking and travelling.
Armando Luciano is a Consultant at VVA Economics & Policy.
Armando has a thorough and proven knowledge of EU affairs and International Relations and expertise in a wide range of fields, including space policy, space law and the new space economy.
After a Master in Space Institutions and Policies, organised by the Italian Society for International Organisation (SIOI) along with the Italian Space Agency, Armando worked for a year in the Member States Relations & Partnerships Office of the ESA Strategy Department, where he had the opportunity to further develop analytical and research skills.
During his time at ESA, his duties involved a daily activity of space policy and space economy monitoring, the elaboration of analytical reports and documentation for the ESA Director General's meetings with the Member States delegations. He also gave his contribution for the updating of the ESA catalogue of activities supporting the United Nations Sustainable Developments Goals.
In October 2020, Armando was granted the participation in the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2020 with a video-lecture and a paper titled "Adaptive governance, Space resources and Moon Village". Moreover, the final thesis of his Master in Space Institutions and Policies focused on the legal and political aspects of the return to the Moon and the exploitation of space resources and was published on the website of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
He also holds a master's degree in International Relations (University of Calabria, Italy) and a master's degree in European Politics (University of Exeter, United Kingdom).
Armando is a native Italian speaker. He is fluent in English and has a basic knowledge of Spanish and French, which he is currently improving.
He is passionate about creative writing, storytelling, chess, rock music, singing and playing the guitar.
Axel Wion is a Principal Consultant for VVA Economics & Policy.
Since he joined the company, Axel has been involved in a quite diversified variety of projects and activities for clients such as the European Commission, the European Space Agency, other international organisations and private sector companies. Axel's involvements range from market assessments, cost-benefit analyses, modelling, support to business development, proposal writing, and information gathering through desk search, expert interviews and workshops organisation.
He has developed key expertise in the GNSS markets of Road and Security and has a keen interest in Earth Observation and new technologies.
Axel has the French nationality, French as mother tongue and is fluent in English. He graduated from the IAE Poitiers in France and holds a Double Degree Master in Competitive Intelligence and Strategic Communications, in partnership with ILERI, Paris.
Job Titles:
- Executive Assistant / VVA GROUP MILAN
Job Titles:
- Executive Assistant / VVA GROUP MILAN
Cinzia got her high school diploma as Business Consultant proficient in Foreign Languages.
Cinzia Riganti has been working in the New Business industry for more than 30 years.
Since she got her diploma in foreign languages at Milan-based high school Internazionale in 1974, she has always worked in the Sales Department of several companies operating in differentiated industries (Publishing, TV, Market Research Agencies, etc.).
Moving her early steps at Milan Trade Fair Organization, she collaborated with the "Rivista Illustrata del Museo Teatrale alla Scala", on behalf of whom she looked for sponsors willing to sustain a slice of vibrant "Milanese" life and organized Museum-hosted events.
Currently a senior and still bursting with energies, in January 2017 she joined VVA Market Research where she contributed her PR and External Relations experience.
She is a fan of reading and travelling.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- PARTNER
- Head of the Milan Chapter of the Luiss Ex Alumni Association
- Partner and Managing Director of the VVA Group Debt & Grant Business
Claudio is Partner and Managing Director of the VVA Group Debt & Grant Business line, since March 2020 when he, together with his long-standing Team, joined VVA forming the VVA Debt & Grant.
He started his career at BNL and then joined KPMG's Business Consulting as Senior Manager.
In 2004 he began his professional experience in Grant Advisory in E. Capital Partners; in 2008 he joined the Mittel Group where, he started to specialize in Debt Advisory, providing clients with a complete and tailor-made advisory service, gaining a deep experience in management and development of structured subsidized finance projects with the main financial and governmental institutions. During this ten-year tenure he has been also a member of the Board of Directors.
In 2014 he decided to undertake an entrepreneurial activity becoming Partner of Consilia Business Management, setting up a work team of Debt & Grant activities dedicated to finding forms of incentives, grant and alternative funding to help companies in their growth plans.
Calvani has a degree in Economics and Commerce from the University of Bari, a Master of Business Administration MBA from LUISS Guido Carli University, is a Chartered Accountant and Auditor.
In free time Claudio is Head of the Milan Chapter of the Luiss Ex Alumni Association and deputy captain of the Luiss Football Team.
Cristina graduated in Social and Labour Psychology at Padua University. She has been a Chartered Psychologist since 2003.
After working in vocational guidance and psychological support, she began working in the world of web-based qualitative research.
In 2002 she joined VVA Market Research where she currently works as Innovation Manager. More in detail, she is into innovation and idea generation where she has developed new approaches and methodologies. She has garnered experience in multiple industries such as FMCG, pharma, services, finance, fashion, utilities.
Fond of travelling and movies, she is particularly into the relation between movies and emotions. She takes interest in the world of communication and new media.
Daniel Stoyanov is a Technical Expert at VVA Economics & Policy.
Daniel has a thorough and proven knowledge of EU policies and expertise in a wide range of policy areas like criminal justice, rule of law, social protection and social inclusion of vulnerable groups and EU enlargement/Instrument for pre-accession assistance (IPA). As international legal expert, he provided technical assistance to Governmental organizations and National Parliaments in Europe, South Caucasus, Central and South Asia.
Before joining VVA, Daniel he gained relevant professional experience in programme and project management as a Team Leader of 15 projects financed by European Union, Open Society Foundations, USAID and Foreign Commonwealth Office. In this regard, he is very well acquainted with the relevant rules and procedures for applying, managing and reporting the grant agreements to different international donors. Furthermore, he worked as external evaluator for European Commission (DG Justice and Consumers), Human Rights Program of EEA and Norway grants in Bulgaria, Program Social Innovation of Sofia Municipality.
Daniel is a Master of Law, certified mediator and an individual member of Confederation of European Probation. His native language is Bulgarian; he speaks fluent English and Russian.
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant / VVA Expert Opinion
- Senior Consultant in VVA Expert Opinion
Eleonora Selva is Senior Consultant in VVA Expert Opinion since 2011, involved in primarily relate to transfer pricing issues in multinational enterprises.
In particular, she has been engaged in the review of existing transfer policies, in the definition and implementation of new transfer pricing policies, and in the production of memoranda in support of current transfer pricing policies.
Eleonora has accrued significant experience in a number of different industries, such as the pharmaceutical, consumer goods, tobacco products, lighting and fashion. She is also involved in teaching activities for the LLM in International Taxation at the University of Leiden (Netherlands).
Eleonora holds a MSc. in Economics and Management of Innovation and Technology from Università Commerciale L. Bocconi of Milan.
Eleonora's hobbies include practicing ashtanga yoga, skiing, trekking, watching movies and TV series.
Job Titles:
- Business Development Officer
Federica Tuveri is a Deputy Office Manager at VVA Economics & Policy.
She studied at University of Political Science in Italy and she obtained an advanced master's degree in Human Rights at Catholic University of Leuven.
Federica previously worked as a Front Desk Receptionist for many Hotels, as Executive Assistant for Afore Consulting and Lead Receptionist at the British Embassy and the UK Representation to the European Union.
In her previous roles she carried out budgeting, invoicing, administration. She was responsible for phone lines, e-mails, reservations, arrivals and departures, requests and complaints, office supplies, budgets and invoices, travel arrangements, meetings and events, agendas, database of contacts and all administrative matters relating to office.
The previous experiences in multicultural and multilingual working environments have equipped her with a multitude of communication skills. Federica has a thorough and proven knowledge of office operations with organisational skills combined with a knowledge of EU institutions, Policies and Social Sciences provided by her studies of Political Science.
Federica speaks Italian, English, French and Spanish.
Francesca is Executive Researcher at VVA Market Research since 2019.
After spending 6 months at an international NGO up in the cold Bulgarian mountains, after spending additional 6 months as an online trading trainee, in 2013 she began working in Market Research, as Quantitative Researcher.
Her background has earnt her multiple skills which she currently applies to data analysis and reporting .
Francesca graduated in Economics, Politics and International Institutions at Pavia University, the town where she was born and raised.
Job Titles:
- PARTNER
- Partner & Managing Director / VVA Expert Opinion
Giandomenico is in VVA from 1999.
Currently he is Associate Partner and in charge for the business unit VVA Expert Opinion.
Job Titles:
- IT Manager / VVA GROUP MILAN
Job Titles:
- ACCOUNT RESEARCHER MANAGER
Ivan Bosch Chen is a Senior Consultant at VVA Economics and Policy.
Ivan has a thorough and proven knowledge of EU policies and expertise in a wide range of policy areas including internal market, industrial policy, economic and financial affairs, regional policy, and employment and social policy. Ivan has been involved in several evaluations, impact assessments and other studies for clients including DG REGIO, DG GROW, DG ECFIN, CoR, and EEA/Norway grants, as well as several national governments. His expertise lies in qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis for policy evaluation.
In his previous role, Ivan was a consultant at CSES where he led several studies for the EP's CONT committee including one on "The Impact of Organised Crime on the EU's Financial Interests" and one on "Possible Solutions to Missing Trader Intra-Community Fraud". Before this, Ivan was a trainee at the European Economic and Social Committee where he worked at the Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion section (ECO). He was also previously an intern at the communications department of the International Trade Centre.
Ivan has a BA in Political Science and Economics from McGill University and a MA in International Political Economy from King's College London. Ivan is a native English speaker, is fluent in Spanish, and has a working level of French and Catalan.
Jelena Vitić is a Senior Consultant at VVA Economics & Policy.
Throughout her professional experience, she gained expertise in a range of policy areas including innovation, consumer policy and the single market. Her speciality lies in policy research and quantitative methods of analysis (such as regression analysis, quasi-experimental methods, and cost-benefit analysis). Before joining VVA, Jelena gained 4 years of experience carrying out evaluations and impact assessments for initiatives and projects under the Horizon 2020 programme. Jelena has a Master's degree in behavioural economics from Maastricht University and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Zagreb. She speaks Croatian and English fluently and has good knowledge of German. She is currently learning French.
In her spare time, Jelena enjoys cinema, yoga and travelling.
Job Titles:
- Consultant / VVA Expert Opinion
Job Titles:
- Consultant / VVA Expert Opinion
Job Titles:
- Senior Business Development and Operations Manager
Job Titles:
- JUNIOR QUANTITATIVE RESEARCHER
Job Titles:
- PARTNER
- Partner & Managing Director / VVA Expert Opinion