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Francesca Cima brings more than 15 years of experience working with and within institutions, specializing in legislative and regulatory affairs, stakeholder engagement, policy communications and reputation building. Francesca currently serves as Director and Head of Public Affairs, Italy based in APCO’s Rome office, where she advises clients in diverse industries such as pharma, home appliances, construction, food & consumer goods and finance. Passionate about diversity and inclusion, Francesca is also a member of the APCO Impact European team.
Before joining APCO, Francesca worked at the Italian Chamber of Deputies, for the Ministry of Health – during the Italian Presidency of the European Union – and for the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe, in Lisbon, Portugal. She also served for two mandates on the board of ItaliaCamp, an Italian NGO that promotes social innovation in partnership with private companies.
While working at the Italian Parliament, Francesca had the chance to deal with both legislative affairs and political communications, focusing on very different topics such as telecommunications, privacy, transport, gender equality and international relations, while also working for such renowned politicians as Silvio Berlusconi. At the Ministry she took care of several activities in the health domain during the Italian Presidency of the EU. When working for the Council of Europe (CoE), she focused mainly on the MENA region, also taking care of a tripartite agreement signed by the CoE, the EU and the Kingdom of Morocco, covering many different domains of cooperation from youth and sports to women’s affairs and pharma regulation.
A graduate in political science from the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa, Francesca holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations, a Master of Arts in Afro-Asian Studies and a Master of Arts in Inter-Mediterranean Mediation. Having lived, studied and worked in several different countries she is fluent in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese and has a basic knowledge of Arabic.