Fabrizio Lobasso –  A senior career diplomat, he currently serves as Deputy Director General for Growth and Export Promotion at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

Throughout his diplomatic career, he has held several positions abroad, including Ambassador to Khartoum and Consul in Athens. At the Ministry’s headquarters in Rome, he served as Deputy Central Director for Sub-Saharan Africa and Deputy Head of the Ministry’s Delegation to the 2009 G7.

He is an adjunct professor at UNINT – University of International Studies of Rome and at the Pontifical University Antonianum, where he teaches Intercultural Diplomacy and Soft Power.

He holds a PhD in Political Science and has attended executive programs at the Harvard Kennedy School (leadership), the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (radicalism and security), LUISS University (corporate law), and SIOI – Italian Society for International Organization (geopolitics).

A professional counselor (Assocounseling), trainer and mentor (IMC), he is the author of several works on intercultural diplomacy and, most recently, of the book “M’importa di Te – Sul Sentiero della Leadership Rotonda” (I Care About You – On the Path of Round Leadership) by Anima Ed.

He is the founder of the Heart and Mind Foundation ETS, which promotes personal growth and education, the discovery of one’s most authentic leadership potential, inclusive dialogue, and kind communication, with the aim of fostering right human relations.