Nicola Benaglio is Policy and Research Officer at the European Microfinance Network.

Starting as a financial analyst Nicola then joined the social economy sector dealing for three years with the management of a start-up project in the social inclusion field. He then moved his attention to EU funds, working in Brussels for a business federation and a network promoting the development of social economy. In 2014 before joining EMN he gained field experience in Peru joining a cooperative that provides financial services and technical assistance to rural microfinance institutions.

Nicola holds a Bachelor’s degree in Foreign Trade from the University of Bergamo and a Master’s degree in International Economic Integration from the University of Pavia. In 2014 he graduated from the European Microfinance Programme, a Complementary Master taught at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management.