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

 ascanio graziosi
Based in:
London, U.K.: ++44 7943286549
Rome, Italy: ++39 3463000840

E-mail:ascaniograziosi@yahoo.co.uk

Full CV Upon Request

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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. 

Since 1982 he has been providing above mentioned development agencies with banking & micro finance advisory services.

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 programmes), Algeria.

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 & 2009), Algeria (2009).

SETTING UP / MANAGEMENT / EVALUATION GUARANTEE FUNDS :

Bosnia (2002), Caribbean (1999,West Indies), Tunisia (1994), Malawi (1994), Romania (1993), Albania (1992), Mali (1991), Russia Federation (2007), Algeria (2008), Morocco (2009).

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:

Advisor, Development Gateway Foundation, Washington, DC 
Member, SEEP NETWORK, Social Enterprise
Member, Impact-Act Network, Social Enterprise
Associate Member, Microfinance Association, UK
Member of Council-Advisor, Gerson Lehrman Group, N.Y. USA https://councils.glgroup.com/Profile/Summary.aspx#BiographyAnchor
FOUNDER & OWNER OF MICROFINANCE GROUP http://www.linkedin.com/groups/MICROFINANCE 
Member, Social Performance Task Force - http://sptf.info/profile/GraziosiAscanio
Food into Cities Network, FAO, Rome, Italy
Seniores Italia Partner per lo Sviluppo, Rome, Italy

ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE:

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

LEADERSHIP:

Team Leader & Mission Co-ordinator in: Russian Federation, Albania, Romania, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Swaziland, Somalia, Kosovo (2), Cameroon, Malawi, Tunisia, Morocco (2), Algeria, Guyana, Surinam and Carifofrum countries.

Country experience

Country

Business

Date

Position

Funding Agency

Africa

Ghana Guarantee Fund June - Oct 2011 Team Leader AFD
Morocco SME/SMI 08/09  Team Leader EU-MEDA
Morocco Microfinance 02-04/2008 Team Leader Italian GVT
Algeria SME/SMI 10/2008 Team Leader EU-MEDA

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.

SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE IN MICROCREDIT - MICROFINANCE - POVERTY REDUCTION
Overseas career with FAO as Agricultural Credit Specialist from 1983 and 1998 in the following Countries: CHAD, GUINEA CONAKRY, CAPE VERT, NIGER, MALAWI and ETHIOPIA. Besides above, he performed the following:

Long-term assignments in TL position with other Donors-Funded Projects
Resident Banking & Microfinance Advisor in:

SWAZILAND, FED, 1986-88. Bank Advisor & Board member; Management and administration of 5 Micro Credit   lines 2 EU, 1 FAO, 1 WHO 1 AfDB);
BURKINA FASO, ITALY GVT, 1984-96. Bank Advisor; Micro credit policy for farmers and cooperatives;
SOMALIA, FED 1998-90. Bank Advisor; Credit to small banana growers; 
MALAWI, FED 2005-06. Microfinance Advisor with Apex credit organization for on lending to NGO and farmers associations;

ST assignments with other Donors-Funded Projects:

ALBANIA, EU 1992, Set up Credit Unit & Food Aid - 1994, Team Leader, Feasibility study for SME financing
BOSNIA, UNDP 2001 NGO’s training for field staff. -  2002, World Vision Unit’s supervision, Revolving Fund,
CURACAO, EU 2003, Evaluation on financing small entrepreneurship
ETHIOPIA, FAO 1999,  Microcredit to farmers. - 1998, Draft a Paper for Donors
MALI 1991-92, EU, Microcredit to farmers and 1998, World Bank, Grant Facility,
MOROCCO ITALY GVT 2008, Evaluation of five micro credit organizations.
NIGER, FAO, 1990 and 1995, Credit & Food security,
KOSOVO, EU 2001, Evaluation of non-banking financial institution lending to agribusiness. – UN, 2002 Evaluation Programme on resettlement Refugees
GUINEA CONAKRY, ITALY GVT 1996, Microcredit project evaluation & Training for cooperatives managers
St. LUCIA, EU 1998-99 EU, Microcredit to small banana growers, Revolving Fund,
UZBEKISTAN, World Bank, 1995-96, Feasibility study for small entrepreneurs financing.

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

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"