Viviana Premazzi has a PhD in Sociology of Migration, and a MA in Intercultural and Interreligious Conflicts Management. She is an Accredited Lecturer in “Intercultural Management” by Hofstede Insights, and has worked as a consultant and trainer for corporations and non-for-profit organizations in Europe, North America, Africa and the Middle East.
In 2018, she founded Global Mindset Development GMD Malta (https://gmdmalta.com), to help individuals and organisations develop an open and curious mindset to work effectively across cultures and promote diverse and inclusive workplaces and societies.
She has provided consultancy, training and mentoring to Fortune 500, local and international companies, government agencies, business associations, international NGOs and for the United Nations and the World Bank in Albania, Kosovo*, Italy, Mozambique, Egypt, USA and Brazil since 2006 on topics related to intercultural communication, diversity and inclusion, migration, cooperation and development and financial education.
Since September 2020 she is lecturer for the NATO CIMIC courses in cultural awareness in peacekeeping operations and civilian and military cooperation.
*All references to Kosovo, whether the territory, institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.