Giovanni Colombo

Giovanni works across the Public Affairs and Corporate Communications departments. He manages pan-European stakeholder and media relations campaigns and advises clients in their outreach to EU institutions around specific policy issues. He often helps non-European corporations to understand the EU and build a fruitful relationship with it.
His recent clients include the government of Republika Srpska, Delta Holding (a Serbian business) and the European Association of Medical Oncology (ESMO). He coordinated the launch event of Istanbul European Capital of Culture 2010 in the European Parliament on 2 February 2010. Before joining Hill & Knowlton, he worked as event manager at the Brussels based think tank Friends of Europe.
Giovanni is a native Italian speaker and is also fluent in English and French.