Internationally experienced consultant with specialization in the mechanical, food, fashion and retail sectors. He has hundreds of successful projects on over 40 countries for Italian SMEs to his credit.

Inoltre è formatore per ICE, CIS e e altri enti di formazione a forte vocazione internazionale. Ha vissuto in Inghilterra, Irlanda, Francia e India per molti anni. Milano Finanza lo ha inserito tra i 100 personaggi più influenti per fare business in India.

He holds a degree in Management Engineering from the University of Bologna, a Diploma in Business Administration from Berkeley University, California (USA) and was a Research Fellow in Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Nottingham.

Since 2002, he has been Managing Director of Bonfiglioli Consulting, and founder of the Lean Factory School®: he is an expert on Lean Thinking and Lean World Class® topics (applications in the area of design, production, project management) particularly in the automotive, industrial goods, electronics and pharmaceutical sectors.

Edits thematic publications and international Benchmarking studies on Operational Excellence. Languages spoken: Italian (native speaker), English

Laureato in Ingegneria dell’Ambiente e delle Risorse all’Università di Bologna, è stato progettista di impianti di trasporto pneumatico per un’azienda metalmeccanica.

Nel 2000 inizia la sua carriera come esperto della filosofia Lean Thinking e Lean World Class® in Bonfiglioli Consulting, per i settori automotive, beni industriali, farmaceutico, food&beverage e fashion. Oggi è socio di Bonfiglioli Consulting con il ruolo di Senior Partner & Principal Digitalization.

Con la nascita del gruppo Bonfiglioli Consulting | Octagona è diventato Consigliere di Octagona.

Master's degree in International Business & Marketing and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Vishnu has more than 22 years of professional experience, having worked in the purchasing division for an Indian automotive company and as a local manager for a Japanese company; he also worked for the Australian Trade Commission and later as a freelance consultant offering market entry services in the Indian market for an Australian and a U.S. company.

He started working for Octagona India Pvt. Ltd. starting in February 2014.

Languages spoken: Hindi (native) and English (native).

He has been working with Octagona as a Senior Associate Consultant since 2018.

Laurea in lingue e letterature straniere all’Università di Parma.

Entra a far parte del team Octagona dalla sua fondazione dove coordina i team di lavoro in merito ai progetti di internazionalizzazione. È inoltre responsabile amministrativa e finanziaria dell’organizzazione.

In passato è stata collaboratrice Marketing e consulente per la selezione/formazione del personale in importanti Studi italiani.

Languages spoken: Italian (native speaker), English, French.

Matteo ha un’esperienza di 15 anni nell'accompagnamento di medie e piccole imprese italiane all'estero, acquisita sia in ambito pubblico che privato. È stato anche Senior Project Manager ed Event Specialist per progetti di promozione internazionale, oltre che Docente in molti seminari sul tema dell’internazionalizzazione.

Graduate in Business Administration from Ca' Foscari Venice with a specialization in Business Organization.

Ha una trentennale esperienza internazionale in diversi settori quali il tessile abbigliamento, meccanico e ICT. È esperto sia di realtà aziendali familiari che di contesti multinazionali dove ha ricoperto posizioni di direzione generale, commerciale, supply chain e controllo di gestione.

He has lectured at CUOA in Vicenza.

Graduated in International Management from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in 2019. During her university studies, she had the opportunity to participate in the Erasmus “Double Degree” program. Specifically, she studied at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences and worked as an intern at an aviation company.

Subsequently, she worked as a licensing and royalty administrator at a publishing house and as a business analyst at an IT consulting firm. The latter experience allowed her to manage digitization projects (drafting business requirements, coordinating both IT and Business, and monitoring the testing phase) in the commercial environment at a major player in the insurance industry.

In addition, she was involved in an internal program aimed at creating greater collaboration with other European subsidiaries. She contributed by coordinating the Italian team in different activities and joining the European resource management.

Since July 2022 he has been working as a project manager at Octagona.

Languages spoken: Italian (native), English, German and French.

Laurea in Economia e commercio, Facoltà di Commercio Internazionale, conseguita all’Università di Bratislava (Slovacchia).

Entra a far parte del team Octagona ad Ottobre 2015 come Business Analyst per svolgere attività di supporto commerciale estero per diversi progetti d’internazionalizzazione d’impresa, in qualità di Temporary Export Manager.

In precedenza ha acquisito esperienze lavorative presso diverse società a livello internazionale, tra cui Austrian Airlines in Slovacchia, facendo parte del team commerciale. Ha inoltre lavorato in Francia svolgendo attività di supporto commerciale per il Consolato Onorario del Nicaragua a Lione ed ha effettuato attività formative e consulenziali per società francesi.

In Italia ha lavorato per diverse aziende svolgendo attività di supporto commerciale per servizi di import-export, come Responsabile per i Paesi dell’ Est Europa.

Languages spoken: Slovak (mother tongue), Italian, Czech, English, French, German and Russian.

Diploma in Ragioneria presso l’Istituto Superiore Antonio Meucci di Carpi.

Since 2007 she has been working in Octagona as an administrative officer.

Languages spoken: Italian (Mother tongue), English

Laura in Economics & Management all’università di Venezia. EMBA alla Quantic University a Washington DC.

Responsabile Web e consulente di marketing digitale, segue diversi progetti per importanti realtà italiane ed internazionali. Proprietario di due agenzie specializzate nel digital marketing in Italia e in Svizzera, entra nel team Octagona dal 2019 come figura di affiancamento strategico per l’attività di Digital Export.

Languages spoken: Italian, English, Spanish, and French.

Bachelor's degree in International Relations, Master's degree for International Functions, Master's degree in Business Administration (Ex. MBA) in marketing and strategic management.

Approximately 18 years of professional experience started in the foreign tender office of an engineering company in Palermo. Later worked in a consulting firm in Florence as a consultant for internationalization of SMEs and worked with a consortium of companies in the fashion industry in Arezzo as Financial Officer managing technical reporting and accounting activities for a European project.

For eight years employed at the Commercial Section of the Embassy of Pakistan in Rome where she supervised and managed activities regarding export promotion and investment in various in strategic sectors. Later she worked as Senior Internationalization Consultant and Temporary Export Manager (TEM) at the international division of a consulting firm in the province of Reggio Emilia.

He is a certified D-TEM consultant, regularly deals with internationalization and foreign investment attraction and collaborates with various international institutions.

Languages spoken: Italian (native), English, Spanish

Laurea in Giurisprudenza ad indirizzo Transnazionale ed Europeo presso l’Università degli studi di Trento e corso di Alta Formazione in Commercio e Marketing Internazionale.

Durante gli studi universitari ha avuto l’opportunità di svolgere un anno di Erasmus a Treviri in Germania intervallata da esperienza presso la Tonji University di Shangai, e ricerca tesi in diritto alimentare presso l’Universidad de Pais Vasco a San Sebastian, in Spagna.

Consulente commerciale dedicato prevalentemente al mondo del Food & Beverage, è particolarmente specializzato nei mercati nordico-scandinavi. Giornalista pubblicista freelance accreditato presso istituti internazionali nonché collaboratore con testate scandinave, attivo come promoter e venditore di prodotti di qualità italiani sia nel retail che nel food service. Da dicembre 2021 è Associate Consultant per Octagona.

Languages spoken: Italian (native), English, German, Spanish, Swedish.

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Master's degree in International Business management; specialization in International Marketing at Mesa State College - Colorado USA and lecturer at the University of Modena and Reggio, from May 1993 to September 1997.

After significant corporate experience in the role of controller and strategic and operational planning gained in strongly export-oriented companies, in 1998 he began consulting work, specializing in the development of internationalization strategies and business plan development.

He currently carries out consulting activities with special reference to: internationalization, penetration and localization of the enterprise in foreign markets.

He is an accredited consultant at Confindustria Emilia Romagna for internationalization policies and collaborates with various territorial offices of Confindustria; he also lectures and trains at various training institutions.

Languages spoken: Italian (mother tongue), English, French

Degree in mechanical engineering, to date a business consultant with long experience in internationalization, business turn-around and business development.

He also holds the role of Lecturer of seminars on internationalization for IGAMI and GES (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) postgraduate masters and Professional accredited by the Lombardy Region as Manager of business networks for internationalization, innovation and business turn-around.

He was, among other positions held, Vice President of the Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce in Mumbai and COO for Rosetti Marino Group's foreign subsidiaries.

Since 2016, he has been actively collaborating with Octagona as an Associate Consultant, regarding the construction of internationalization projects.

Languages spoken: Italian (mother tongue), English.

A resident of Canada, Mario supports European SMEs in their internationalization process in North America.

Con più di dieci anni d’esperienza nella consulenza e nello sviliuppo commerciale per Start-Ups e PMI sa cosa è necessario per lanciare con successo una nuova attività e uno nuovo prodotto in Nord America.

Experience in developing international partnerships and managing operations for companies in the mechanical, technology, furniture and food processing industries.

He has been working with Octagona as an Associate Senior Consultant since 2020.

Languages: Italian, English, Spanish.

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, specializing in Business Management and Administration.

After a few years of experience in accountancy firms with an international vocation, starting in 2000 he began working for a cosmetics company as Corporate Controller and moved to Latin America for over a decade to follow the production and commercial branches throughout the area. He lived in Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, becoming the corporate point of reference and taking on the local function of CFO and Head of Operations, also for another cosmetics company.

In 2014, he returned to Italy and began his consulting activity aimed mainly at companies already present in Latin America (who need to reorganize their presence in the areas of tax, legal, industrial, finance) and companies not yet present in the area that want to start the internationalization process.

Languages Spoken: Italian (native speaker), Spanish, Portuguese, English

Extensive experience in the world of export and internationalization. After various experiences as Export Manager in companies in the automotive, plant engineering and wine sectors, he moved to Australia for two years as Resident Manager for the Far East and Oceania for a large Scandinavian group.

Following this experience, he returned to Europe as Managing Director of a manufacturing company in the ceramics sector in Germany, for which he also personally supervised the entire business network development part worldwide.

In 2006 he founded an international consulting company and from 2007 he also held the position of CEO for the Italian holding company of a Chinese company.

From January 2020 he actively joins Octagona as Senior Associate Consultant.

Languages spoken: Italian (native speaker), English, German

Law degree from Sapienza University of Rome with 110 cum laude.

He held the position of Head of Relations with Financial Institutions Asia Region in BNL from 1979 to 2002, also holding the positions of Director of the Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo and New York Offices. Until 2018, he was the Head of Internationalization Activity Development of BNL BNP Paribas Group at the Head Office in Rome, where he also held the position of India Desk Manager.

During his professional experiences, he has periodically acted as a trainer / lecturer in internal courses of BNL officers and top management on various topics (internationalization, country risk, support of financial processes of development abroad). Awarded the title of Officer of Merit of the Italian Republic in October 2003 and the title of Master of Labor in May 2014.

Since 2018 he has been working with Octagona as a Senior Associate Consultant.

Languages spoken: Italian (native speaker), English and French.

Filip è un senior consultant con 29 anni di esperienza nel campo delle ricerche strategiche di mercato, con una grande esperienza nell'assistere le aziende nella valutazione del potenziale di mercato, nella scelta del percorso migliore per entrare nel mercato, nell'identificazione e nel contatto con i potenziali clienti e partner di distribuzione.

Filip ha conseguito un master in economia presso l'Università Carlo di Praga. La sua tesi di laurea è stata nominata per il premio J. Vavrousek. Ha inoltre studiato con una borsa di studio presso l'Università di Parigi I - Sorbonne.

His professional experience includes work at the U.S. Embassy in Prague and the World Bank. He speaks fluent English, good French and basic German, as well as his native language, Czech.

Market entry consultant with 30 years of experience in advising companies wishing to develop a market entry strategy or carry out their business expansion in Southeast Asia.

Sarath ha sede a Singapore ed è l'amministratore delegato di Orissa International, che ha una rete di uffici in tutta la regione, tra cui Malesia, Thailandia, Indonesia, Vietnam e Filippine. Prima di lavorare per Orissa International, ha gestito un programma di esportazione finanziato dal governo statunitense.

He has been working with Octagona as an associate consultant since 2020.

He is fluent in English and Malay.

Ankit holds a bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering. Prior to joining Octagona India, he worked for 5 years in various multinational companies in technical sales and business development positions. He also worked in the franchise industry for the Indian market entry of various international brands.

Languages spoken: Hindi (native speaker), English

Bachelor's degree in Commerce from the University of Delhi, has more than 10 years of experience in accounting, finance, direct and indirect taxes, statutory audits, tax audits, internal audits, and preparation and submission of sales and service tax returns.

Previously worked for a leading firm of Chartered Accountants providing services in the field of accounting and tax matters in India.

He has been working in Octagona India since June 2016.

Languages spoken: Hindi (native speaker)

Laurea in Ragioneria per Dottori commercialisti nel 2010 presso l’Istituto dei Dottori Commercialisti indiano.

Ha più di 14 anni di esperienza nell’ambito di contabilità, finanza, imposte dirette e indirette, revisione legale, verifiche fiscali, audit interni e preparazione ed invio delle dichiarazioni dei redditi e delle imposte sulle vendite e sui servizi.

Ha precedentemente lavorato per un importante studio di commercialisti in India e per una società di IT.

Languages spoken: Hindi (native) and English (native).

Laureato in Statistica all'Università di Delhi, ha conseguito anche un MBA in Marketing e International Business presso la Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University di Nuova Delhi.

Ha un forte background di vendite consulenziali e vanta oltre 11 anni di esperienza in Business Development, Account Management, Sales & Marketing. In precedenza ha lavorato con aziende come IndiaMart, Crisil, Infraline Energy e FranGlobal.

Languages spoken: Hindi (native speaker), English

Laurea in Commercio presso l’Università di Delhi e specializzazione post-laurea in Pubbliche Relazioni e Pubblicità.

Ha un’esperienza lavorativa di oltre 15 anni ed ha lavorato in differenti realtà aziendali indiane, in una vasta serie di settori. Ha lavorato prevalentemente all’interno delle seguenti aree: Operations, Administration e Corporate Communications.

Since 2019, she has been working at Octagona India as an administrative clerk.

Bansari si è laureata presso il Symbiosis College di Pune; ha conseguito la laurea in giurisprudenza presso l'ILS Law College di Pune. È specializzata in redazione legale, due diligence, negoziazione e fornitura di soluzioni legali in questioni complesse.

Ha inoltre esperienza nella gestione della compliance aziendale, nei rapporti con le autorità governative e nella consulenza per la tutela dei diritti di proprietà intellettuale.

Languages spoken: Gujarati (native), English, Hindi, Marathi, French (basic), Italian (basic)

Attualmente sta frequentando un MBA Finance presso l'Università IMT di Ghaziabad, ha conseguito una laurea in Commercio presso l'Università di Delhi e un master in Commercio presso l'IGNOU di Nuova Delhi.

Ha iniziato la sua carriera in Octagona India come Accounts Executive nell'ottobre 2017. È specializzata in imposte indirette e adempimenti.

Languages spoken: Hindi (native speaker), English

Laurea in Commercio presso l’Università di Mangalore, India.

Più di 11 anni di esperienza per quanto riguarda i seguenti ambiti: contabilità, finanza, revisione, imposte imposte dirette e indirette, preparazione e presentazione di dichiarazioni fiscali, imposte sulle vendite e relativi servizi.

In precedenza ha lavorato per un importante studio di Dottori Commercialisti e per una importante impresa produttrice, fornendo servizi in tema di contabilità e questioni fiscali.