Irene has been working in marketing and communications for more than 15 years. With a career spanning in two continents as consultant for international B2B and B2C companies, she developed a diversified know-how in strategic marketing, digital, branding, market research and CRM. She has experience in various industries, such as automotive, omnichannel retail, food & beverage and SaaS.

She joined SEC Newgate as Group Marketing Manager in July 2021, her first group-wide initiative being the launch of SEC Newgate ESG Monitor in October of that same year.

Irene holds a Bachelor in Conference interpreting from SSIT (Milan, Italy), a Bachelor Degree in French and English Literature and Linguistics from Università degli Studi (Milan, Italy) and an Executive Master in Marketing and Sales from ESADE Business School (Madrid, Spain) and SDA Bocconi (Milan, Italy).

Having been a lecturer at IULM University (Milan, Italy), she values learning and coaching for younger generations and she’s active in mentorships programs as mentor for Bocconi University and Young Women Network.

In addition to her native Italian, Irene speaks English, French, German and basic Spanish.