Mr Giuliani holds an MBA from the University of Zurich and a Master of Advanced Studies in development and cooperation from ETH Zurich. From 1999 to 2009, he worked for the Pestalozzi Children’s Foundation, a Swiss educational charity, most recently as head of its international programmes and member of its Board of Directors. He joined Jacobs Foundation, a leading global not-for-profit organization that funds projects in the field of early learning, as Programme Manager in 2009 and then served as Managing Director and Delegate of the Board from 2013 to 2019. He currently serves on the boards of the Jacobs Foundation, the Jacobs University Bremen and the Roger Federer Foundation. Until 2020, he served on the boards of Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo in Italy as well as on Barry Callebaut’s Sustainability Council. Mr Giuliani joined GESDA in April 2020.