Federico Bonaglia has led the Policy Dialogue Division of the OECD Development Centre since June 2011. The Policy Dialogue Division is responsible for coordinating the Centre's policy dialogue and targeted policy support activities. It also hosts the Development Centre's Partnerships and Networks, including the Development Finance Network (DeFiNe) - a network of think tanks; the Emerging Markets Network (EmNet) - a network of multinational enterprises; and the Informal Network of DAC Development Communicators (DevCom) - the network of heads of information and communication from development co-operation agencies. In this capacity, Mr. Bonaglia also supports the OECD G20/G8 team in coordinating the organization's contribution to the G8 and G20 development processes. Mr. Bonaglia began his career at the OECD in 1999, when he first joined the Development Centre as research assistant. At the OECD he has been working, with increasing responsibilities, on the economic and institutional consequences of globalization for developing countries. His research interests focus on international trade and investment, as well as private sector development and agriculture. He contributed and led several research projects in the area of aid for trade, investment, private sector development, and measuring structural reforms. His work led him to be involved in research, focusing on Africa, South-East Asia, Central America, and on the Black Sea and Central Asia regions. In 2008, he was loaned to Italy's Prime Minister's office, where he worked for two years as senior advisor in the G8/G20 Sherpa Office, heading the Development Division and coordinating Italy's participation in the Heiligendamm Dialogue Process (HDP). Upon his return to the OECD in 2010, he worked as senior policy analyst at the Development Cooperation Directorate, where he coordinated, in close cooperation with the OECD G20 Sherpa, the OECD contributions to the development work streams of the G8 and G20 processes. In 2009 he was selected as a Young Leader for the Young Leaders Program of the Council for the United States and Italy. An economist by training, Mr. Bonaglia studied at Bocconi University in Milano and Erasmus University in Rotterdam. He earned an M.A. in in economics and social sciences from Bocconi University.