
Our Team

Mariella Palazzolo
Founder, President, and partner
Since 1996, she has developed extensive experience in lobbying, first in Rome and later in London and Brussels, where she led European and international lobbying activities for major consulting firms. She is also a registered journalist.
She is fluent in English.

Marco Sonsini
CEO and partner
He began his career in lobbying in 2009, gaining his professional experience within Telos Analisi e Strategie. He coordinates and directly manages lobbying activities for companies and financial operators across a wide range of sectors. A historian by training and a politics enthusiast with no party affiliation, he previously headed the political and macroeconomic analysis practice.
He is fluent in English.

Simona Maio
Partner
She has extensive experience in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, medical devices, and biotechnology sectors, as well as in other fields not directly related to health, including cruise, digital, artificial intelligence, tobacco, and agri-food. She also develops institutional positioning strategies and stakeholder engagement initiatives.
She is fluent in English.

Francesca Giannerini
Senior Account Manager
She manages lobbying projects in the mobility, automotive, environmental policy, energy, and infrastructure sectors. Her expertise also includes legislative monitoring, stakeholder analysis, and drafting position papers.
She is fluent in English.

Vladislav Krassilnikov
Senior Account Manager
He manages lobbying projects in financial regulation, energy, migration policy, tourism, and regulated gambling, and leads the political and macroeconomic analysis practice.
He is fluent in English, French, German, and Russian.

Martina Mondaini
Junior Account Manager
She focuses on institutional monitoring in mobility, automotive, energy, digital, and healthcare policy.
She is fluent in English.

Stefania Polisena
Office Manager
She began her career in secretarial roles in professional firms in Rome. In 1999, she became office manager and administrative coordinator at a leading law firm in Rome. Since 2009, she has been responsible for office management, secretarial operations, and bookkeeping at Telos Analisi e Strategie.