Summary
Simone Padoan is a seasoned international strategist with 16 years’ experience building commercial and technology bridges between Italy and Asia-Pacific, particularly China. As Secretary General of EEGEX and founder of ChinaDesk.it, he designs programs for internationalization, innovation and sustainability that blend trade facilitation with technology and knowledge transfer. He advises private firms, trade associations and government-linked platforms on energy, environment and brownfield redevelopment, and has chaired and steered multiple bilateral cooperation initiatives and expos. Comfortable moving between diplomacy, industry and academia, he also teaches governance of contaminated sites and coordinates wine-sector sustainability efforts, reflecting a practical mix of sectoral depth and cross-cultural facilitation. Notably, his career pairs NGO leadership with hands-on consulting for Chinese partners like Xingyun Group, giving him rare operational insight into East-West commercial ecosystems.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, International Merchandise Trade Statistics 2024 (IMTS), Certificate, International Merchandise Trade Statistics 2024 (IMTS) at UNCATD
Energy, Energy at BSI
Vocational Education, Vocational Education at ESF (European Social Fund) - International Finance
Environment, Environment at Chamber of Commerce of Venice
Certificate, VIVA la Sostenibilità in Vitivinicoltura in Italia, Certificate, VIVA la Sostenibilità in Vitivinicoltura in Italia at Ministry of Environment and Energy Security
Liceo Ginnasio Statale "Raimondo Franchetti"
English, Italian