Chiara is a first-year Master in Public Policy student at Harvard Kennedy School and a Belfer Young Leaders Fellow within the Environment and Natural Resources Program. Her professional and research interests lie at the intersection of climate finance, energy transition, decarbonisation policy and economic development. Chiara is also affiliated with the Centre for Economic Transition Expertise (CETEx) at the London School of Economics, where she has contributed to policy-oriented research on transition planning and climate risk management. Prior to HKS, Chiara served as Adviser to the Board Director for Italy at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), where she advised on policy matters, supported negotiations of the Bank’s Green Energy Transition Strategy, and led initiatives aimed at increasing private sector participation in Bank projects. Chiara has an academic background in finance, holding a BSc Finance from the London School of Economics and an MPhil in Finance from the University of Cambridge, and previously worked as an equity derivatives trader at Goldman Sachs.