Head of Innovation, WFP Kenya Country Office
Federico is a manager and start-up enthusiast with over a decade of professional experience in management, entrepreneurship and innovation.
Starting his career as an entrepreneur while completing his MBA, Federico has founded and scaled for-profit start-ups and social-good innovations, leading high-performance cross-functional teams.
He has managed and collaborated with private-sector innovation accelerators in different countries, coordinating workshops on Agile methodologies and Design Thinking, mentoring and working with numerous start-ups.
Driven by a strong passion in business management and strategy, digital transformation and emerging technologies, he joined the United Nations World Food Programme in 2016 and since then, has been fully dedicated to leveraging innovation and technology to generate positive impact in the humanitarian sector.
Having been among the first wave of colleagues to join the United Nations WFP Innovation Accelerator, Federico was able to establish a proven track record of successful field implementations of innovations in over 12 countries across Africa, Middel-East/Northen-Africa and Latin America, including three emergencies: South Sudan, DR Congo and Afghanistan.
Before moving to Kenya, his last assignment was 'Global Lead' for CODA (Conditional On-Demand Assistance Services) an innovative digital solution - supporting the treatment and prevention of malnutrition - that he developed and managed from conception throughout its evolution as a WFP corporate tool.
After successfully handing over CODA to the ICT Division in WFP HQ in 2021, he embarked on a new professional journey, joining WFP Kenya as Head of the Innovation Office.
