Silvia Pavoni is the economics editor of The Banker, a monthly publication from the Financial Times, for which she has written on international trade agreements, sovereign debt crises, energy and infrastructure finance and financial technology.

Previously, Silvia was in charge of Centaur Media’s specialist database on public private partnerships, which was tasked with providing data to the UK Government. She has also conducted research for organisations such as the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the UK and the Italian Trade Commission.

Silvia is Italian mother-tongue and is fluent in English and Spanish. She holds a BSc in Economics and Finance from Ca' Foscari University of Venice and is a board member of not-for-profit organisation WILL, Women in Leadership in Latin America.