International profile, Paola earned a degree in Languages, a Master of Arts in Conferencing Interpreting, a Master Program in Economics at the University of Genoa and an MBA at the University of Chicago Booth. She lives between Lugano, Milan and Torino and speaks fluently Italian, English and French. Her professional experience starts in Shipping as Marine Insurance Brokers in Genoa and London where she starts-up the War Risks Market Desk, with different levels of responsibility. From 1992 Paola has different experiences in Strategy and Business Development functions of service companies, one being Right Management Consultants. Here she dedicates to change management & organizational effectiveness consulting and works on different turn-around and restructuring projects. In 2001 she participates to XDS Inc, an American start-up company who creates the first cloud computing architecture. Here Paola was responsible for the first service development, for the team and the organization growth. She is a Senior Management Recruiter since 2006, with a focus on Financial Services and Professional & Business Services industries. She was a partner in Transearch and in Signium International, where she also focused on Board Positions. Since 2012 she started the Digital Practice and created a Research on the evolution and value creation of Big Data and its impact in future Banking and Insurance Organizations. Paola has been following the evolution of women as manager, entrepreneur and investor. She is an Advisor for corporations on diversity topics and of start-ups on growth topics. In 2019 she joins Chaberton Partners as Senior Client Partner in charge of Financial Service and Professional and Business services Practice.