Antonella Cardone

MBA

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Principal Associate

+44 (0)1273 763 400

Antonella is a civil engineer by training and has an MBA from the University of Turin.

Based in Italy, Antonella has a track record of convening and managing large, multi-country research and policy initiatives in the fields of employment and health. She has run major EU-funded projects as well as initiatives funded by industry and public health bodies.

Between 2007 and 2013, she was project manager and then director of the Global Smokefree Partnership and, since 1996, she has been executive director at Università del Terzo Settore, Pisa, Italy (UniTS) which promotes research, fundraising, training courses and pilot projects for the not-for-profit sector.

Since 2013, Antonella has been executive director of the Fit for Work Global Alliance, a multi-country research and multi-stakeholder platform aiming to reduce and prevent the burden of musculoskeletal conditions (MSDs) in Europe by developing and implementing practical solutions that support people with MSDs in maintaining work or returning to work.