An experienced and professional team awaits you

Our team is made up of experienced professionals in different areas of the internationalization process and business consultancy. Through our market strategies, digital marketing, branding, communication, product and service launches, participation in expo’s and promotional events, legal and tax assistance, logistics and on-site representation, we are able to respond to all your business needs.
Our services are personalized and targeted to the individual needs of our customers.
Our dynamic team of experts:

Mariagrazia Biancospino

CEO

With over 18 years of experience, Mariagrazia offers internationalization services to Italian companies interested in expanding their business in Sub Saharan Africa. She identifies, promotes and develops business opportunities for both public and private companies.

Simone Zanetti

Digital Marketing Expert

Simone is an international consulting expert with a specialization in digital marketing.

With over 20 years of experience, today Simone offers innovative marketing services through his company Rainmakers.cafe, in partnership with L-investment.

Petter Johannesen

Board Advisor

Petter Johannesen, Ph.D. in International Marketing and various post graduate courses in Management, Psychology and Business Sciences. For 18 years he represented The Export Council of Norway in Italy until he became the Commercial Advisor of the Norwegian Embassy in Milan. He is Knight and Commander of the Italian Republic. He was professor of Norwegian literature at the State University of Milan. After completing his diplomatic career, he began working for Multinationals and State Companies including: Fiat Ferroviaria; • Agusta Helicopers. Girmi; • Statoil; • Olivetti; Kværner; • Fjellstrand; • Tomra • Hydro Aluminum; • Microdesign; Aker Solutions.
Petter is Vice President of ASSONORVEGIA and Honorary Consul of the Republic of Namibia in Italy.

Simone Santi

Board Advisor

For more than 25 years he has been dealing with economic relations with and for Africa and foreign investments, mainly in Mozambique where he also lives.

He is the founder and president of the Leonardo Group, President of the Mozambique-Italy Chamber of Commerce, President of Eurocam - Association of European Entrepreneurs in Mozambique.

Currently he is also President of the CTA's Department of Mineral Resources, Hydrocarbons and Energy, and delegate for relations with Italy for the business associations of Palop (Portuguese-speaking African countries) and CPLP (Portuguese-speaking countries).

As an entrepreneur, he has invested in various sectors, mainly in the energy, logistics, services, and tourism branch, and has supported more than 1600 projects, with large companies (General Electric - BH, Alstom, Saipem, Mc Dermot, API, BULGARI, etc...) and PME.

Extensive experience in Energy and financial agencies in particular with DFI CE-CPLP, World Bank, AfDB, European Bank.

Teo Ortolan

Junior Trade Analyst

Teo is about to obtain a Master’s degree in Global Development and Entrepreneurship and holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies. His area of expertise is export management, with a focus on international trade relations.

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