Marco Mannocchi has been working as Public Affairs (PA) Manager in the European PA team at Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, since 2020. At Neste Marco is leading the PA strategy’s development and deployment in Southern Europe, which entails institutional relations bulding, business outreach, stakeholder coordination and advocacy management. Marco has been invited as guest lecturer by a number of academic institutions, including King’s College London, the European Institute of Innovation for Sustainability, Sapienza University, Sole 24 Ore Business School and LUISS Guido Carli University. Prior to joining Neste, he worked for the General Confederation of Italian Industries (Confindustria), as Senior EU Affairs Adviser at the EU Delegation in Brussels, where he was in charge of the climate, energy and environmental practice, and as Industrial Affairs Adviser in the Rome-based headquarter. He was formerly intern at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and at the Italian Ministry for the Environment. Marco holds a Master’s Degree in International Relations magna cum laude and a Bachelor’s Degree magna cum laude in Political and Communication Science from LUISS Guido Carli university in Rome, as well as a 2nd Level Post-University Degree in Joint Energy and Environment Management from Link Campus University in Rome. He also studied at IMD Business School in Lausanne and at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques - Science’s Po in Paris and is fluent in Italian, English, French, Spanish and German.