Young Ambassadors Society

Alberta Pelino
Alberta is the founder and President of YAS.
She currently works in the trading desk of Mercuria Energy Group in London. She started her career in Goldman Sachs and has been visiting student at IGER Institute for Economic Research in Milan and at the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in Rome. She holds a MSc in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan. She is part of the Global Shaper Community of the World Economic Forum and Ambassador of the G(irls)20.
She loves boxing, yoga, capoeira and playing guitar.

Anna Affranio
Anna joined the Young Ambassadors Society after being a delegate at the Y20 Summit in Saudi Arabia. She is a student of Economics and Public Policy at Bocconi University in Milan, where she has also obtained her bachelor’s. During the years she acquired international exposure and a passion for social impact by studying in Finland, volunteering in Indonesia, working in a consultancy firm in Thailand and in an impact-investing fund in Milan. She’s also a student at the Politics School (SdP). Passionate about policy analysis and international governance, during her free time she enjoys learning new languages, running and cooking asian food.

Martina Calleri
Cybersecurity consultant at Deloitte Belgium (Bruxelles) with a history of working in think thanks (ISPI in Milan) and EU affairs (European Commission – Bluebook Traineeship).
Skilled in EU policy-making, cybersecurity, cyberwarfare and public-private partnerships, with a Master in EU Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor in International and Diplomatic sciences from the University of Trieste. Currently working as a cybersecurity consultant, monitoring EU regulations on cybersecurity and cyber defence to promote EU policy-making and cooperation between the privates and the public in this field.

Edoardo Cilla
Edoardo joined Young Ambassador Society in 2015, after his experience as delegate at the Y20 in Turkey.
During his studies and working experiences Edoardo has lived in Italy, Ireland, Germany, US and UK and he is currently based in London where he works in the financial sector.
He is very interested in coding, data science and econometrics. Sport and music are among his hobbies: he has played football, basketball, tennis and can play guitar, piano and saxophone.

Giovanni Porcellana
Giovanni is a Nuclear Engineer and Business Developer focused on bringing scientific and technological innovation from academia to society. He currently works at EPFL in Switzerland, after a long experience at CERN, Geneva, developing new generations of particle accelerators for cancer treatment.
Giovanni studied in Italy and Sweden in the Polytechnic Universities of Turin and Milan and in KTH of Stockholm.
Giovanni participated to the Youth Summit of the G20 in Sydney in 2014 and he is part of the Global Shapers Community of the World Economic Forum.

Davide Collotta
Davide is currently working as Product Development Manager in the largest manufacturer of electric power transmission cables and systems. He worked as hybrid powertrain system leader for some of the best car manufacturers in UK, Italy and China. His passion on innovative and low polluting technology applied on vehicles began during the participation at the Formula Student at Polytechnic Institute of Turin where he graduates in Electrical Engineering; he also holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in Energy Engineering from University of Palermo.
He was the delegate for Italy at Y20 Japan in 2019.

Luigi Cavallito
Luigi is an artist, an entrepreneur and a business consultant.
During the day he is now working on improving the global food system with Seeds&Chips, promoting the adoption of the SDGs with Sustain&Ability, mentoring young social entrepreneurs in Syria and Lebanon with COSV and connecting the world with Opportunity Network and with the Global Shapers Community.
In the beginning of 2015 he founded the project The Stereoteller with the aim to tell the inspiring stories of his generation and he made the Travel Around The World in 80 Days following the path of Jules Verne.