Francesco Dagostino
Francesco brings over fourteen years of progressive experience in development aid and humanitarian assistance, characterized by increasingly senior roles and growing responsibilities. His career began with intensive field operations in diverse contexts, including Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Mozambique, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Lebanon and Brazil. For more than a decade, he worked with international NGOs coordinating multi-sectoral initiatives in complex and volatile environments.
In the last four years, he shifted his expertise to the donor side. In this position, he managed one of the largest humanitarian funding portfolios of the Italian Cooperation, overseeing strategic allocation, regulatory compliance, and high-level program supervision.
This unique trajectory, spanning from operational implementation to donor management, provides him with a comprehensive dual perspective on program delivery, procurement and accountability, blending direct field knowledge with strategic governance.
His academic foundation includes a degree in International Relations, a Master's degree, and numerous specialization courses, reflecting a commitment to continuous learning. Driven by integrity and a results-oriented mindset, his focus remains on strengthening organizational capacity and ensuring that humanitarian interventions meet the highest global standards of quality and responsibility.
Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, German.
Efficient, Inspiring and Indispensable.
Despite the policies, the efforts on the ground and the improvements made by the sector over the years, there's one thing which is often taken for granted: communicating with populations in vulnerable situations or affected by shocks. Asking questions, taking decisions together. I am here because the CHS reminds us how important this is. Furthermore, I would like to leverage my background to conduct rigorous and fair audits of humanitarian and development actions.