Monica Pesce
Monica Pesce is Managing Director of VVA Brussels, the Economics & Policy unit of VVA Group. She has 18+ years international experience working for private companies and public institutions across a number of different sectors, helping them better define their positioning and marketing strategy, develop business and strategic plans, evaluate policy impact and R&D programmes, her expertise being in Space, Spectrum and Innovation. Her Unit’s portfolio includes consulting projects with the GSA, the European Space Agency and the European Commission Directorate Growth and Connect and clients from the private sector such as regulatory bodies, multinationals and associations.
She is business reviewer of H2020 projects for the Research Executive Agency (REA) and mentors start ups in future emerging technologies within the FET2RIN project.
She is Board Member – as Representative of Associate Members – of EBN, a network of around 160 quality-certified EU|BICs (business and innovation centres) and 100 other organisations that support the development and growth of innovative entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs.
She is a graduate in economics of Università degli Studi di Genova and has been the President of the Board of the Professional Women’s Network of Milan for 8 years
