Since 2005, Isabella Tessaro works for the European Commission – DG Information Society and MEDIA as policy officer in the MEDIA Programme.
MEDIA is an EU support programme for the European audiovisual industry, co-financing training initiatives for audiovisual industry professionals, the development of production projects (feature films, television drama, documentaries, animation and new media), as well as the distribution and promotion of European audiovisual works.
Previously, Isabella Tessaro worked for the European Commission – DG Enterprise – Strategic planning and management as an Evaluation officer. Before joining the European Commission, she worked for Deloitte Consulting as Senior consultant in e-Business and Customer relationship management in the field of Media and communication industry and for PricewaterhouseCoopers as an e-Business consultant.
She holds a Master in European Audiovisual Management (Rome, 1996) and has worked for the Cecchi Gori Group in Rome (Business development for Cecchi Gori New Media) and for New Line Cinema, New York, USA (Business development department). She also worked for JP Morgan, Brussels as a client service representative and was a member of the executive committee of the VIIth International Business and Training Film Festival in Brussels.