Key strengths
- Big picture thinker
- Corporate social responsibility missionary
- Enthusiastic trainer and facilitator
- Strong insight drawing skills
Bio
Silvia started her career in management consulting. She worked as an analyst for McKinsey & Company, focusing on social sector, public sector and strategy projects. She designed several tools to help companies assess their capabilities to manage external affairs, reputational risk and stakeholders’ interests. While working on external affairs management, Silvia developed a strong interest in corporate responsibility having understood early that business’s responsibility is not limited to delivering returns to its shareholders but must include proactively pursuing positive impact on the society and the environment. This realisation motivated her to make a move to work exclusively on corporate social responsibility (CSR). She joined the leading European business network on CSR, CSR Europe, where she worked as an account manager and a consultant. In this role she supported large multinational companies in food and beverage, automotive, consumer goods and professional services sectors advance their CSR and sustainability strategies. She also managed CSR Europe’s Sustainable Living in Cities campaign having secured 80,000 Euro in funding and important partnerships with UN Habitat, the United Nations programme working towards a better urban future, and ICLEI, the network of local governments for sustainability. Silvia holds an MSc in Comparative Social Policy from University of Oxford and a European Masters in Comparative Local Development from University of Trento.
Placement 1: NHS North and East London Commissioning Support Unit
- Facilitated stakeholder engagement workshops for providers and patients in the redesign of the urgent care delivery system in an East London borough
- Researched and designed new measurement indicators for the outcomes-based commissioning of children and young people’s mental health services in an East London borough
- Project management, research and analytical support for 5 regions in England in a complex transformation programme for services for people with learning disabilities
Placement 2: Teach First
- Managed an operational transformation project in the Graduate Recruitment division of Teach First
- Mapped, analysed and identified required capabilities for the implementation of new candidate journeys for targeted candidate segments
- Achieved better integration between the project and Teach First’s organisation-wide transformation initiative
“Silvia was not phased by the scale or breadth of the work that she led on with us and consistently championed the big picture – ensuring that time and energy was focused on our goals. She provided excellent challenge to team members at all levels, demonstrating strong analytical and emotional intelligence together to win over key stakeholders.”
– Edward Butcher, Associate Director in Graduate Recruitment Division, Teach First
A little more about me…
Something my CV doesn’t tell you: I love objects that are beautiful and functional and have a burning desire to create them. Currently learning to make jewellery.
The greatest thing I’ve learnt this year: Change starts from within.
The organisation I wish I’d started: Mazi Mas, a roaming restaurant that employs, trains and supports women from migrant and refugee communities.
What I wanted to be when I grew up: Fashion designer
My favourite book / the book that changed me: Naïve.Super by Erlend Loe