Piero Bonadeo has over 15 years of experience in international organizations. In 2014, Bonadeo became a representative for the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), located in Rio de Janeiro. Previously, he worked at the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in New York, acting as a facilitator in various negotiations of corruption, terrorism, drug policy, and international organized crime. Between 2004 and 2010, he worked as a representative and head of the UNODC in Brussels. Bonadeo also had the opportunity to work as cabinet chief in a section of the European Parliament dealing with legislative issues related to public health, consumer protection, transparency in public institutions, the budget of the European Union, among others. Bonadeo studied at the University of Turim (Italy), holds a master’s degree from Societa` Italiana per le Organizzazioni Internazionali (SIOI) – linked to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome, and has a master’s degree in public administration from the IESE Business School and John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.