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DR. ASCANIO GRAZIOSI
Senior Banking Consultant & Specialist in Microfinance,Evaluation and Governance

 ascanio graziosi
Residence: Wembley, London, U.K.
E-mail:GraziosiAscanio@aol.com
Tel./Fax: ++44 20 8570 4300 – Mobile: ++44(0) 7943286549
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Advisory Services in the areas Credit, Finance and Training
in the transitional Countries and emerging economies

CAREER RESUME:

Dr Graziosi has accumulated over 30 years of work experience in the financial services industry. He 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.

AREAS of EXPERTISE

PROJECT MANAGEMENT (identification, management, monitoring and evaluation of development projects);
MICRO FINANCE (elaboration of strategy, developing management criteria, transformation of NGO & MFIs into licensed intermediaries; linkage with formal sector, intervention in favour of poorest niches of population; gender issues);
BANKING ADVISORY SERVICES (institutional, organisational and policy issues; administration and management of lines of credit);
CREDIT GUARANTEE FUND (design, setting up, management, evaluation)
SME-SMI (promotion, management, financing, support, bank relations, marketing);
GRANT FACILITY (promotion & support of private enterprises; credit facility schemes, administration of food security aid);
TRAINING (training for Banks and MFI staff in delivery systems);
RESTRUCTURING/PRIVATISATION (small & medium sized enterprises).

OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE Since 1980

PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT / BANKING / MICRO CREDIT / SME / MICRO FINANCE:

Kosovo (Micro Finance & Project evaluation), Bosnia & Herzegovina (Micro Finance & Guarantee Fund)), Mali (Private sector development/SME promotion & Guarantee Fund), Caribbean (SME/farm & Guarantee Fund), Ethiopia (SME/farm), Uzbekistan (Private sector development/Micro credit), Niger (Private sector development/Micro credit), Tunisia (SME promotion/financing & Guarantee Fund), Albania (SME feasibility study), Malawi (Micro credit & Credit revolving fund), Romania (SME/farm & Guarantee Fund & Privatisation), Somalia (Banking,SME/farm), Swaziland (Banking, Micro credit), Burkina Faso (Banking, Micro credit), Cape Vert (Co-operatives & Feasibility study), Guinea Conakry (Co-operatives & Training), Azerbaijan (Project evaluation), Morocco (Design TA programme).

PROJECT’S APPRAISAL / EVALUATION / MONITORING:

Niger (1990, FAO), Mali (1991,UE), Malawi (1994,FAO), Niger (1995, UNDP), Guinea-Conakry (1996, Italian Co-operation), Mali (1999, World Bank), Caribbean (1998-99, UE), Kosovo (2001, UE-EAR), Cameroon (2002, EU-AFD), Belgium (2002, EU), Bosnia (2002, UNDP), Kosovo (2002 EU-EAR), Netherlands Antilles (2003, EU), Azerbaijan (2007), Morocco (2008).

SETTING UP / MONITOR CREDIT GUARANTEE FUNDS :

Bosnia (2002), Caribbean (1999,West Indies), Tunisia (1994), Malawi (1994), Romania (1993), Albania (1992), Mali (1991), Russia Federation (2007)..

TRAINING FOR BANKS & FINANCIAL PROVIDERS’ STAFF:

Azerbaijan (2000), Guinea Conakry (1996), Romania (1993), Albania (1992), Burkina Faso (1985), Nigeria (1979), Italy (1970-71 and 1980-83).

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESIONAL BODIES:

Food into City Network, FAO, Rome,
Member & Advisor, Development Gateway Foundation, Whashington, DC
Member of Council-Advisors, Gerson Lehrmans Group, N.Y. US

ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE:

EU External Evaluator, EC, Brussels
Professional knowledge of software
Publicist

LEADERSHIP:

Team Leader & Mission Co-ordinator in: Guiana, Surinam, Cariforum Countries, Cameroon, Kosovo, Albania, Romania, Tunisia, Somalia, Swaziland, Burkina Faso, Russia Federation, Morocco.

Country experience

Country

Business

Date

Position

Funding Agency

Africa

Morocco Microfinance 02-03/2008 Team Leader Italian GVT

Malawi

Micro finance

10/2005 - 11/2006

Microfinance Advisor

EU

Cameroon

Micro finance

02-04/2002

Team Leader

EU/AFD

Mali

Grant Facility

05-08/99

Grant Expert

World Bank Group

Ethiopia

Credit

02-98

Credit Expert

FAO

Ethiopia

Credit

02-10-/97

Credit Expert

UNDP/FAO

Guinea-Co.

Training

1-2/96

Training Expert

Italian GVT

Niger

SME

7-8/95

Credit Expert

UNDP/FAO

Malawi

Micro credit

10-11/94

Credit Expert

WHO/UNDP

Tunisia

SMI/SME

2-12/94

Team Leader

EU

Mali

SME

11/91- 02/92

Credit Expert

EU

Niger

Credit

11-12/90

Cereal bank

NDL/GVT/FAO

Somalia

Banking

08/88-08/90

Bank Advisor

EU

Swaziland

Banking

10/86-06/88

Bank Advisor

EU

Burkina

Banking

05/84- 04/86

Bank Advisor

Italian GVT

Cape Verde

Credit

6-8/86

Credit Specialist

Italian GVT/FAO

Guinea-Co.

Credit

7-8/85

Credit Expert

NDL/GVT/FAO

Chad

Credit

4/6/82

Credit Expert

Italian GVT/FAO

Nigeria

Training

05/78-10/79

Training Manager

Private Group

Angola

Finance

02/77

Financial Analyst

Private Group

Zaire

Finance

04/74-10/76

Branch Manager

Private Group

Somalia

Economist

09/64-12/66

Statistics Expert

Italian GVT

Eastern Europe

Serbia

Project Evaluation

09-10/2005

Team Leader

EU

Kosovo

Project Evaluation

10-11/2002

Banking Expert

EAR/EU

Bosnia-H.

Guarantee Fund

08/2002

Banking Expert

UNDP

Bosnia-H.

Project Evaluation

06/2002

Banking Expert

UNDP

Kosovo

Credit/SME

09-10/2001

Team Leader

EAR/EU

Albania

Credit/SME

04- 08/1994

Team leader

EU/PHARE

Rumania

Privatisation

11/92 - 07/93

Co-ordinator

EU/PHARE

Albania

Banking

04-10/1992

Financial Specialist

EU/PHARE
Russia Federation
Russia Risk Fund 03-07/2007 Team Leader DANIDA

Central Asia

Azerbaijan Project Evaluation 10/07 - 01/08 Project Evaluator EU-Aid

Azerbaijan

Training

04/00 - 01/01

Training

EU-Tacis

Uzbekistan

Credit

11/95 - 05/96

Financial Expert

World Bank Group

Caribbean (West Indies)

Cariforum:
Guyana
Suriname

Feasibility study

02-08/2005

Team Leader

EU

Netherlands Antilles,
Curacao

Project Evaluation

09-10/2003

Banking Expert/Evaluator

E.U.

West Indies
St. Lucia 

Agr. Credit

12/98 - 02/99

Credit Specialist

E.U.

Education:

Degree in Economics, Rome University, 1962

Certificate, European Relations,SIOI, 1970
Diploma, Marketing Research, Unioncamere, 1967
Diploma, Accountancy,Rome, 1957.

Professional knowledge of software

Membership of professional bodies:

Food into Cities Network, FAO, Rome, Italy
Seniores Italia Partner per lo Sviluppo, Rome, Italy

Award:

In 1966 he received a reference letter signed by the Prime Minister of Somalia.

Languages:

Italian (mother language), French, English, and Rumanian (basic).

Publications (main):

BOOKS

  • Bank Marketing, Angeli Editor, Milan,1th Edition in 1971.
  • Bank and Financial Marketing, Angeli Editor, Milan, 1975,1981,1983.
  • Marketing and Finance, Angeli Editor, Milan,1983,1985.
  • Many articles and studies in Italian and French magazines.
  • Somalia economy, today, 1967; in Il Risparmio, Giuffré Editor, Milan.
  • First article in 1965: "The banking system in Somalia" in Il Risparmio, Giuffré Editor,Milan.
  • Handbook (1981) on "Management rural credit projects"