Our Professionals

Sustainable innovation involves bringing into common usage of ideas, concepts, practices, and products that contribute to the ecological environment, social cohesion and economic viability.

SITES collaborates with a number of multilateral organizations, private sector companies as well as Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) across all continents. Thanks to the talent, expertise, and motivation of its unique network of experts, SITES has the flexibility to immediately put in place a multidisciplinary project team to meet the needs of its partners and clients.

Over a number of years working on partnerships in all sectors (private, public, international community, NGOs, civil society). SITES has developed a series of specific tools and methodologies that provide answers and solutions to a broad range of situations faced by organizations when engaging in a partnership process.

Our Project Team

Leonardo Piccinetti

Senior Research and Innovation Advisor & Managing Director of SITES

Consultant on Financial Perspectives and the Competitiveness and Innovation Programmes. Expert in Smart Specialisation, Circular Economy, and International Cooperation. Specialist in innovation economics. MSc in Economics and Innovation; MSc in Digital Marketing.

Donatella Santoro

Project and Marketing Manager specialising in communication and dissemination strategies. Expert in creating and building relationships with stakeholders; business engagement; analytical thinking; problem-solving and critical decision-making. Over 10 years of extensive experience in commercializing communication strategies for impact maximization. 

Anas Khasawneh

Anas is a sustainability management and business development specialist, he worked in several institutions related to private sector development, he has over 15 years of industry experience, his experience varies in different sectors, industrial policy, Innovation strategy, E-commerce national strategy and many more. he worked with different international projects, environmental, energy, water and sustainability, he is currently Joining UNDP working as project manager and development expert for private sector Donatella Santoro development, and he has been also working with EU projects for supporting private sector development. He has BSc. in Industrial Engineering, MSc. in computer information systems from the UK and MSc. in Sustainability management from Columbia University in New York.

Fernando Prieto Garcia

Lawyer and Project Consultant. Legal, financial and international trade expert specialising in sustainable innovation projects, business development, and marketing services. Additional project expertise in dissemination and exploitation tasks. Degree in law and MA in international trade. Extensive knowledge in analytics and strategic design.

Lesley Tobin

Communications, dissemination and exploitation expert; Coordinator of ICPC-NanoNet. Work Package/Task Leader/Expert Advisor in NMP-DeLA, NanoChannels, NanoValid, NanoDefine, Nano2Trust, NANORIGO, FASTER, RECOPHARMA and BIORIMA, among others. Editor of the EC NanoSafety Cluster Newsletter and NSC social media manager; curator of NSC training and education space on the nanoHUB.

Maria Lima Toivanen

Expert in innovation, international cooperation and innovative territorial development, with 20+ years of experience in international projects dealing with strategic development of public and private innovation strategies and capabilities, ranging from foresight, innovation training and education, internationalization of innovation and research to industry-specific work in ICT, Cybersecurity, eHealth, Forest industries, and beyond.

Ulises Miranda

Proposing and configuring e-learning campus areas; Courses designer and formatting didactical materials for online teaching purposes; Support and management of online learning communities; Webmaster for managing contents and project presentation; Development of presentations about project results and dissemination at online and in-person events.

Mauro Amoruso

Junior Project Manager and Junior Researcher at SITES. Master’s degree student in Political and Social Sciences, Local and Global Development at the and Minor Degree in Climate Change at the University of Bologna. Horizon Europe Young Ambassador committed to stakeholder engagement and citizen activism in the field of environmental protection and awareness-raising.

Matteo Curreli

Proposal Designer & Writer holds a degree in Political Science – International Relations. He continued his studies, obtaining a Master’s in EU funding proposal design & management, specialising as an expert in EU funds. He has been working since 2018 with major EU funding programmes, including Erasmus+. Horizon 2020, Life+, EU 4 Citizens, and others. Passionate about public policy and social impact, he works on projects on various fronts, focusing on sustainability, mental health, education, sport, and social inclusion.

Maghraby Elseify

MSc in European Project Planning and Management at Pixel Italy 2023, Civil Engineer at college of engineering, Ain-shams University 2010, Egypt, supporting SITES In digital marketing, social media content, proposal designer and writer.

Anessa Reeve

Junior Project Manager, supporting SITES in the planning, co-ordination and implementation of Horizon Europe, LIFE and Erasmus+ Projects. Aneesa has a Masters in European Project Planning and Management, as well as a BSc Geology and a BSc (Hons) Geography. She is passionate about projects that support sustainable development & innovation, circular economy, and social progress.