Edoardo Tancioni

Policy Specialist @United Nations Capital Development Fund Uncdf

NY, US

Provided strategic policy advice, formulated development finance and sustainable investing policies, and developed country investment strategies/offers in Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Caribbean (esp. fragile and conflict-affected settings and small-island developing states).• Represented UNCDF and advocated for its value proposition with various constituencies and productively applied knowledge and thought leadership to strategic and practical solutions leading to successful engagement and corporate repositioning, incl. ECOSOC, LDC5 and THK Blended Finance Platform.• Designed, conceptualised, drafted, negotiated and finalised UNCDF’s Strategic Framework and Result-Based Management, Impact Management & Measurement Framework (IRRM)• Successfully managed a corporate-wide senior committee responsible for the appraisal of a 150+ million on-balance sheet portfolio across 40+ countries, while ensuring compliance with processes, procedures, and rules, and implementing risk management and environmental and social screening measures.• Served as UNCDF’s corporate lead on South-South triangular cooperation, peacebuilding and youth financing, and representative for intergovernmental fora on blue economy, food systems and biodiversity, leading diagnostics and research for strategy development and decision making.• Identified and explored opportunities for innovative/sustainable finance investments in a wide variety of sectors, incl. climate, urban development, digital and SME financing, and building policy momentum on blended finance in LDCs.• Hosted UNCDF Capital Musings podcast, steered thought leadership on innovative finance, and boosted podcast listeners by 300% reaching 40+ countries weekly. • Strengthened UNCDF’s ability to learn from and make timely decisions based on its key programmatic results by issuing strategic reports and developing an interactive online results dashboard.

Peking University

Master of Laws - LLM

Fudan University

Certificate

Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli

Bachelor's degree

Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome (IT)

ESABAC

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Master of Science (MSc)

Sciences Po Aix

PEPS (Programme d'Études Politiques Semestriel)

Yale School of Management

Executive Program