After 24 years in the private sector, Ms. Piazza has achieved sound experience in Marketing, Corporate Communication, and Public Affairs with good strategic vision, negotiation, and problem-solving skills, acquired in different roles within large companies. She has also developed an international profile and network over the years as her company’s representative. In 2015 she joined the public sector, strongly convinced of the added value derived from sharing different experiences between profit/non-profit, public, and private sectors.
A Syracuse-born, Turin-adopted citizen, Ms. Piazza is passionate about International relations and traveling. After graduating in Political Sciences, she got a Master’s in Management, then a specialization in Intl. Marketing at INSEAD (Fontainebleau) is a discipline she has practiced for half of her career and she currently teaches 3 different Masters at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis. In the second half of her career, Ms. Piazza was the head of Institutional & Governmental relations, both at the national and European level, serving as the company’s spokesperson for all the topics related to her responsibilities: Data protection, E-commerce, Tlc, Internet, Advertisement, Environment, Digital Agenda. Actively involved in a range of professional Associations, among which FERPI, the leading Italian Association of Communication and PR professionals.
Curious about foreign languages and cultures, she loves writing about her journeys. She believes in the value of keeping an open dialogue between different worlds and the positive effects deriving from art and cultural contaminations.