Organization
COGEA can guarantee quality and reliability thanks to the commitment, professionalism and experience of its employees.
COGEA operates at the national level, through network of thematic experts, specialised professionals and accountants, who work together according to procedures and methods that have been successfully tested over the years.
At the international level, COGEA has set up “Agrosynergie”, a European Economic Interest Group specialised in the evaluation of the EU Common Agricultural Policy for the DG AGRI of the European Commission, as well as a networking group in the field of maritime policy with several leading European companies and organisations.
Find out more about key members of our team:
Carlo Amoruso
CEO
Graduated with a specialisation in "Economics of Public Policies", he is currently responsible for the public sector at Bip and has been working in management consulting for over 20 years. He has held multiple international roles within the Group, including Managing Partner of Bip Belgium. He is currently the CEO of Cogea and a member of the Group's Board of Directors. He has extensive experience in designing and implementing digital transformation projects for Italian central and local public administrations, as well as various European Directorates-General and Agencies. His expertise focuses particularly on services and technologies in the fields of MaaS, Infrastructure, and the Space Economy.
Stefano Caiello
Partner
Chairman of the Board and Head of the Funds Division, with a particular focus on Technical Assistance and Audit. Senior consultant with over 30 years of specialised experience in advising public entities and organisations, specifically in the coordination and management of complex services related to the oversight of programmes co-financed by structural funds.
Alessandro Pititto
Director
Head of the International Division. Expert in the Blue Economy. For over 10 years, he has been coordinating projects funded by various European institutions and agencies, including DG MARE, DG MOVE, DG GROW, and the European Parliament. Since 2013, he has been the coordinator of EMODnet Human Activities, a European network for marine environment observation and data.
Ugo Abbagnano
Director
He has been involved for 30 years in technical assistance in the field of local development, agricultural and fisheries’ policies, working as a team leader projects to support public administrations and public-private partnerships for the implementation of complex programmes and projects.
Since 2003, he has been responsible for technical assistance activities to the Management Authorities of Rural Development Programmes /Leader. He has specific knowledge of the main integrated and participatory design tools. He is an expert in integrated design and supply chain valorisation systems.
He is an expert in economic research activities, sector studies, improvement and valorisation of quality production, he has participated, as a senior expert, in evaluation of the Common Agricultural Policy for the European Commission – Directorate-General Agriculture (DG AGRI).