Alberto Pezzi

Senior Manager for Clusters, ACCIÓ

Alberto Pezzi is Senior Manager for Clusters at ACCIÓ, the competitiveness agency of the Government of Catalonia. With nearly 30 years in cluster development and an early career as a strategy consultant, he has helped shape modern cluster policy in Europe, both as a practitioner and through European Commission expert groups over two decades. He has advised national and regional governments and sits on advisory groups on cluster development for UNIDO and CEPAL. In the late 1990s, he helped establish the TCI Network, becoming its first manager, then served 16 years on its Board (Secretary, President, Treasurer), and now sits on its International Advisory Board. Alberto has co-authored over a dozen articles, books, and business cases on clusters, regional competitiveness, and shared value. He holds degrees from the University of Bologna, the College of Europe, and the Autonomous University of Barcelona.