EU funds expert Alberto Preti joins Steer Davies Gleave in Italy

Steer Davies Gleave is pleased to announce the appointment of Alberto Preti, who joins our Italian office in Bologna as an Associate. Alberto is an economist with significant expertise in the management and coordination of complex national and international transport projects. 

For the last nine years, Alberto has led the Bologna branch of the Institute for Transport and Logistics, with the mandate of supporting a number of regional and local stakeholders in transport consultancy and in the preparation of funding requests to the European Commission. In his role, he successfully delivered numerous high value EU projects (circa 1 to 5 million euros). These projects included  INTERREG, HORIZON 2020, IEE, CIP, 7FP, Leonardo, Erasmus +.

Alberto has a deep understanding of EU funding in transport and  experience of setting up and managing large partnerships formed by many different organizations across the EU, including local public authorities, research institutes, transport services operators and infrastructure managers, set in the different EU Member States.

At Steer Davies Gleave, Alberto will lead the coordination of a team set to provide technical assistance and consultancy services to public and private organizations benefiting from EU funds targeted at the transport sector in Italy and across different EU Member States.

Marco Concari, Head of the Italy Business at Steer Davies Gleave said, “We are delighted to welcome Alberto to SDG. He brings valuable experience in the successful  delivery of  complex projects benefiting of EU funds in the transport sector. We are keen to put Alberto’s experience at our client’s disposal; we believe this could enlarge our offer in supporting them to meet their needs by helping them in exploring and undertaking new opportunities within EU funded programs and initiatives.”