After a degree cum laude in Political Science from the University of Florence, Italy (1983), Anna joined the European Parliament in Luxemburg as stagiaire. She then worked on international issues for the Italian labour movement in Rome and from 1990 in New York (USA) where she was President of an organization supporting workers through social security and emigration services. In 1998 she moved with her family to Geneva, as Deputy Director of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions’ office, later International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). Nominated Director in 2004, she became Secretary of the Workers’ Group at the International Labour Organization until 2009. In this period, she also represented globally the Geneva NGOs having been elected in 2007 as Vice President of the Conference of NGOs (CoNGO). Anna then joined the International Labour Office as Deputy Director of the Bureau for Workers’ Activities. In this capacity, she worked on various issues linked to the policies of the Governing Body and International Labour Conference as well as overseeing relations with NGOs and external actors. She was part of the Advisory Committee of the Project “Future of Work – Labour after Laudato Si” since its origin in 2016. Now retired, she continues with her pro bono engagement towards supporting independent trade unions and NGOs.