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Francesco Cosentino
Consultant
Producer, Consultant, Cross-cultural mediator
EDUCATION:
University Degree with Honors in Humanities (Cultural Anthropology), Rome University
OTHER TRAINING:
First Seminar on Asian Development Bank Practices and Procedures, ADB-ICE, Manila
Post-graduate Training in Export Management, Italian Foreign Trade Commission, Bari
Post-graduate studies in Chinese Modern History, Beijing University
Diploma in Fundamental Chinese, Beijing Language University
Diploma in Chinese, Is.M.E.O. Rome
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
English, Chinese, Italian, French
PROFESSIONAL RECORD:
2000 to date. Independent media producer and consultant:
Design, planning, financing, production and promotion of films and audiovisual programs.
1985 – 2000. Trade and investment consultant Europe-China:
Projects scouting, appraisal, negotiation, tendering assistance, liaison with government departments and International financing organizations. Marketing of machinery and equipment. Raw material identification and sourcing. Scientific exchanges. Sector studies.
STUDIES and PUBLICATIONS:
Swiss-Chinese trade “Interscambio Svizzera-Cina”, Il Giornale del Popolo, Switzerland, 1995.
Market study on Railway Equipment in China, ICE (Italian Foreign Trade Commission), Italy 1996.
Italian business in China “Affari in Cina e Sistema Italia”, Assocorce News, Italy, 1997 .
Illustrated book “The Three Temples Pilgrimage: An Ancient Ritual Festival of Dali, China”, Charleston (USA), CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (distributed by Amazon), USA, 2011,
Illustrated book on Shanghai’s colonial architecture "Shanghai From Modernism to Modernity", Charleston (USA), CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (distributed by Amazon), USA, 2013,
ASSOCIATIONS MEMBERSHIP:
Beijing University’s Foreign Alumni Association
EDUCATION:
University Degree with Honors in Humanities (Cultural Anthropology), Rome University
OTHER TRAINING:
First Seminar on Asian Development Bank Practices and Procedures, ADB-ICE, Manila
Post-graduate Training in Export Management, Italian Foreign Trade Commission, Bari
Post-graduate studies in Chinese Modern History, Beijing University
Diploma in Fundamental Chinese, Beijing Language University
Diploma in Chinese, Is.M.E.O. Rome
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
English, Chinese, Italian, French
PROFESSIONAL RECORD:
2000 to date. Independent media producer and consultant:
Design, planning, financing, production and promotion of films and audiovisual programs.
1985 – 2000. Trade and investment consultant Europe-China:
Projects scouting, appraisal, negotiation, tendering assistance, liaison with government departments and International financing organizations. Marketing of machinery and equipment. Raw material identification and sourcing. Scientific exchanges. Sector studies.
STUDIES and PUBLICATIONS:
Swiss-Chinese trade “Interscambio Svizzera-Cina”, Il Giornale del Popolo, Switzerland, 1995.
Market study on Railway Equipment in China, ICE (Italian Foreign Trade Commission), Italy 1996.
Italian business in China “Affari in Cina e Sistema Italia”, Assocorce News, Italy, 1997 .
Illustrated book “The Three Temples Pilgrimage: An Ancient Ritual Festival of Dali, China”, Charleston (USA), CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (distributed by Amazon), USA, 2011,
Illustrated book on Shanghai’s colonial architecture "Shanghai From Modernism to Modernity", Charleston (USA), CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (distributed by Amazon), USA, 2013,
ASSOCIATIONS MEMBERSHIP:
Beijing University’s Foreign Alumni Association