In the following years I worked in the Project Division of the CERPI Research, Consulting and Engineering Company in the preparation of development programs and projects in African and Latin American countries. In those years I also carried out assignments on behalf of select United Nations agencies (UNDP and UNIDO) in Central America and Panama. These experiences have helped  broaden my cultural horizons and also my professional skills. In 1990, I was selected by the European Economic Commission (EEC) as a member of the Executive Training Program and called to carry out my activity in Japan, at the local industrial association KEIDAREN, to study the Japanese economy and the relations between the EEC and the main Asian countries. During this period, some of my research and studies have been published by major Japanese business journals. Alongside these research and study activities, I conducted  lectures at the Sophie University of Tokyo. Surely, the Japanese experience has made another great contribution to my personal and professional growth. 

Upon my return to Italy, I was hired by ENI with the task of representing the group and the investee companies at the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). In this context, I promoted the presence of the ENI Group companies across various countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia. In these countries, I worked on programs and projects in the Energy, infrastructure and Petroleum sectors, identifying the sources of financing and following their subsequent implementation. During this period, I also carried out assignments on behalf of the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank in the analysis and evaluation of projects in different sectors of the developing economies. I also collaborated in drafting of foreign debt restructuring programs for countries in financial  difficulties.