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Biography of Nathalie Tocci NATHALIE TOCCI DIRECTOR ELECTED FROM THE SLATE OF CANDIDATES SUBMITTED BY THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE Independent Non-executive Director Nathalie Tocci was born in Rome in 1977 and has been a Director of Eni since May 2020. Since 2017 she has been Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali. Since 2015 she has been Special Advisor to the European Union High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini and currently Josep Borrell. Since 2015 she has been Honorary Professor of the University of Tübingen. She is a member of the Board of the “Centre for European Reform”, the “Jacques Delors Centre”, the “Real Instituto Elcano” and the “Nuclear Threat Initiative”; a member of the scientific committee of the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, the European Leadership Network; a member of the Advisory Board of Europe for Middle East Peace (EuMEP) and of European Council for Foreign Relations. She is a member of the advisory editorial board of the reviews Open Security/Open Democracy, International Politics, The Europe-Asia Journal, The Cyprus Review; a member of the Advisory Board of Mediterranean Politics and of The International Spectator. Experience From 1999 to 2003 she was Research Fellow within the Wider Europe Programme of the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels. From 2003 to 2007 she was Jean Monnet Fellow and Marie Curie Fellow at the European University Institute. In 2005 she was Analyst for Cyprus at the International Crisis Group. From 2006 to 2010 she was Research Manager at the Istituto Affari Internazionali in Rome. From 2007 to 2009 she was an Associate Fellow for EU foreign policy at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels. From 2009 to 2010 she was Senior Fellow for Turkey’s relations with the United States, the European Union and the Middle East at the Transatlantic Academy in Washington. From 2012 to 2014 she was member of the Board of Directors of the University of Trento. In 2014 she was Councillor for international strategies of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini (June-November 2014). From 2013 to 2020 she was member of the Board of Directors of Edison SpA. In 2014 she was member of the NATO Transatlantic Bond Experts Group. From 2015 to 2019 she was Special Advisor to the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice- President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini, on whose behalf she drafted the EU’s global strategy and worked on its implementation. She has written a monthly editorial for “ Politico” magazine, frequently contributes to editorials, comments and interviews with various media,including the BBC, CNN, Euronews, Sky, Rai, New York Times, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and El Pais. She has received several awards from the European Commission and university institutes, besides obtaining various scholarships, including the University College of London scholarship for academic excellence. She graduated with honours from University College, Oxford in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. .
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