Marco Bianchini is an Economist of the OECD’s Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, and the Coordinator of the “Digital for SMEs” Global Initiative. Mr Bianchini has 10 years of experience in innovation, finance, and digitalisation policies. He has published research papers and reports on firms’ uptake of digital technologies (including emerging technologies as blockchain and artificial intelligence) and has supported policy design of governments across the globe (i.e. Western and Eastern Europe, Middle-East, South-East Asia, Central Asia, and South America). He also coordinates the OECD “Digital for SMEs” (D4SME) Global Initiative, a multi-stakeholder dialogue among OECD governments, large and small enterprises, business associations, academia and NGOs that aims to promote knowledge sharing and learning on how to enable Small and Medium Enterprises to make the most of the digital transition.
Mr Bianchini holds a bachelor degree in Economics from the University of Florence and a Master of Science in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi University (Italy), both obtained “summa cum laude”. Before joining the OECD, Mr Bianchini worked in strategic consultancy in McKinsey in Milan.