Dr Ascanio Graziosi is Independent Banking Consultant & Microfinance Specialist providing project based advisory services to various clients worldwide. He has a banking background (seven years with a leading Italian bank in Milan) and Executive Director with a consulting company in Rome. He has expertise in banking advisory services, micro finance, SME-SMI, project management, grant facility guarantee fund/trust fund, training field staff, project evaluation, impact assessment, governance, credit lines administration, and restructuring/privatization.
Dr. Graziosi has vast exposure to banking industry in micro finance across Europe and in twenty-five Countries. He had collaborated with various Funding Agencies including EU-Development, EU-Tacis, EU-Phare, FAO, UNDP, World Bank Group, Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Italian Co-operation and Danish Cooperation.
Experience in administration and management of micro finance projects in Somalia, Malawi, Swaziland, Burkina Faso and Morocco.
He contributed articles and studies on microfinance issues and project evaluation.
Advisor with Development Gateway Foundation, Washington, DC
Member of Council-Advisor, Gerson Lehrmans Group, N.Y. USA