Graduated with honours in European Studies at the Faculty of Political Science of Catania, Andrea has worked for several years as a TV reporter. After writing his thesis on Environmental Security at the Library of the United Nations in Geneva, he worked in London for the think-tank Liberal International and in Turkey for the Italian Consulate of Gaziantep. Andrea has subsequently specialised in Corporate Communication & Public Affairs at the Business School of Il Sole 24 ORE in Rome and in Lobbying & Advocacy at the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid. He is now Assistant to the President of APRI, the Spanish association representing lobbying professionals in the country.