PAOLO PASTORE PERSONAL INFORMATION

I was born in Padova in 1959 where I still live with my wife and my family, including 2  sons and 1 daughter

I was graduated as Technical School (Industries and Organization) and  I was for 20 years engaged in logistics, industries and manufacturers  with some experience also in Germany, Slovenia and Croatia as Project and Account Manager.

I have volunteered for CEES (Commercio Equo – Fairtrade in Italian language) for almost ten years from 1988. 

From 1996 to 2000, I have worked as a consultant for the Cooperative which was building the corporation stock to create the  Banca Popolare Etica (First Ethical Bank in Italy).

  Since Sommer 2001 I have been the Executive Director of Fairtrade Italia.

I have both worked and volunteered in educational development projects for primary and secondary schools. As for the academic environment, I have hold lectures and seminars on economic development related to FairTrade and Economy in the following universities: 

• Politecnico of Milan
• Università Cattolica Milano
• Politecnico of Torino Faculty of Agrarian Economy 
• University of Modena and Bologna)
• Faculty of Politics and International Relations (University of Padova)
• School of Economics (Bocconi University, Milan) 
• Venice University  Ca’ Foscari

 I have also conducted Regional courses on these issues in Toscana and Emilia Romagna regions.

In my position as Executive Director of Fairtrade Italia, I personally followed development projects in Palestine (Westbank), Argentina, Colombia, CostaRica, Kenya, Tunisia and Brasil.  

Also, I am currently the representative of Fairtrade Italy in Fairtrade Labelling Organisation  International Assembly and Ceo’s Group.

Under my direction, Fairtrade Italia have established connections with more than 70 Producer’s organization in the developing countries  and the Italian Market of FT Labelled Products in 2023 was around 520 Milion Euros, on air  around 2500 items  from Fairtrade Supply Chain.