Since Monday, August 6, 2012, Lieutenant Colonel Stefano Gesuelli has joined CIAT as Head of the Italian Mission.

Lieutenant Colonel Stefano Gesuelli has been head of the International Cooperation Department Office at the Intelligence Department of the General Directorate of the Guardia di Finanza. During his career he has been the head of several local offices in charge of, among other responsibilities, audits and financial and economic investigations. He has also been in charge of the General Chief of Staff of the Corps Office, has been assigned to various posts abroad and has worked at the Government’s Presidency as Director of the economic intelligence unit. He is an attorney and cum laude economist from the State University of Milan and “Sapienza” of Rome; he has degrees in international tax law from the LUISS University in Rome and in tax law from the “Vanoni “Superior School of Economics and Finance. In addition to these qualifications, he has participated in various courses and specialized programs in Italy and abroad.

Stefano Gesuelli has been professor at universities and training institutes as well as speaker at various conferences and international courses, organized by tax administrations, international organizations, police and judicial authorities in the field of international tax cooperation, combating tax fraud and evasion, as well as organized crime and economic crime, among others. He is the author of numerous tax-related articles in Italian newspapers and magazines and contributes to the International Tax Review.

He has been the National Representative of Italy in several active working groups and forums in the framework of international organizations (such as EU, OECD and IOTA) and he has participated as an expert in the activities of the Peer review Group of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information on topics related to International Cooperation, fight against tax fraud and evasion, money laundering and tax crimes.