Margherita Volpe (female) is an Innovation funding and management specialist, with over 12 years’ experience in R&I projects funded by the European Commission (e.g. HE, EDF, EIT Digital, CEF CB, Erasmus+, Creative Europe, Life, structural funds and tenders). She is currently Brussels Office EU Proposals Team Leader at Zabala Innovation and Security, Defence and Space Knowledge Area Leader. She was former Manager at EY Advisory SpA, Funding4Innovation solution. Additionally, she has been a EC external-reviewer for the evaluation of SME Instrument project proposals for over 2 years.
Along the years she has been supporting major industrial players and projects in Defence, Civil security and Space, as well as Transports, Logistics, Energy, ICT, Public Administration, Life sciences, Higher Education institutions and RTO.
Margherita's education includes an Executive master’s in technology, and Innovation Management at Bologna Business School, MA & BA, in International Relations.