Marta Foresti
Founder and CEO
Before creating LAGO Marta spent most of her career leading research and policy organisations. She was Managing and Executive Director at ODI Global, an international affairs think tank where she worked on migration, global governance and sustainability, and continues to direct the Africa-Europe Mayors’ Dialogue.
Prior to this, she advised the ministerial team at the Italian Treasury and led Save the Children UK Evaluation and Research Unit.
She is the currrent chair of the Global Creative Economy Council, Senior Adviser at the Moleskine Foundation and Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and ODI Global.
Marta holds an MA in philosophy of science and logic from La Statale of Milan and an MSc in research methods and theory of probability from the London School of Economics.