Dr Ascanio Graziosi is independent banking consultant 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 the field of 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.
He contributed articles and studies on microfinance issues and project evaluation. He is Advisor with Development Gateway Foundation, Washington, DC
Member of Council-Advisor, Gerson Lehrmans Group, N.Y. USA