ABOUT US: The Change Ecosystem

Strategic Alchemy: We accelerate the evolution of People and Organizations to bring out their true essence.

Bertagni Consulting Srl, founded in 2009 is not just a consulting firm, it is a strategic hub and a forward-thinking accelerator for export, internationalization, impactful lobbying, management consulting, advanced training and cross-media publishing. We challenge the status quo by collaborating with manufacturing and service companies, elite institutes, business schools, universities, and global institutional networks.

Visionary & Executive Director: Marco Bertagni
Entrepreneur, Cultural explorer, former Naval Officer and Polyglot. He combines a rock-solid academic foundation in Political Sciences and Geographical Sciences with postgraduate Master′s programs in International Trade and Digital Export Management.
After charting the routes of agrifood export as a manager and official of the Italian Confectionery Industries Association and spearheading AssoDistil as its Director both for a decade each, he founded Bertagni Consulting Srl. He catalyzes projects by fusing industrial networks, high-level institutional relations and strategic publishing.
He is the creator and author of the cultural manifesto The River of Life.

Strategy & Business Development: Anna Capicotto
Global Strategy Catalyst & Business Development Advisor.
With over thirty years of experience built in the US global financial industry sector, Anna has successfully managed multi-billion-dollar portfolios, led at major institutions and steered high level relationships with top executives at prominent multinational corporations.
As an award-winning social entrepreneur, she holds institutional appointments dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship and cooperative development. In these roles, she champions sustainable growth models that seamlessly integrate social impact, local identity and global competitiveness.
At Bertagni Consulting srl, Anna spearheads strategic marketing and international organizational development, co-designing and shaping the future of the company′s four core business pillars. She excels at intercepting emerging market trends and translating them into high-impact financial plans and scalable positioning strategies.

The Vanguard: The Geographers of Emotions Team

Through the philosophy of The River of Life and a rigorous accreditation ecosystem, we have birthed a revolutionary new professional profile: The Geographers of Emotions This team represents a multidisciplinary, global network of talents united within EMME - International Experiential Laboratory (Eliciting, Mapping, Managing Emotions). Through fluid alliances and strategic synergies, The Geographers of Emotions co-create and power the services and projects of Bertagni Consulting Srl, injecting emotional intelligence directly into business.

Services

International Trade & Market Expansion

Projecting the value of excellence onto global maps.
We partner with manufacturing companies and service providers to validate, penetrate, and consolidate their presence in foreign markets.
Our sphere of action focuses on the agrifood sector, wine & spirits, and industrial machinery, backed by a proven network and extensive experience in Southeast Asia, Russia, Northern Europe and the strategic NAFTA 2.0 market area.

Our services include:

Market Intelligence: Predictive analysis, activation and penetration of target markets.
Export Management: Strategic outsourcing and direction of your export office.
Network Creation: Conception and governance for Joint Trade projects.
Brand and Corporate Storytelling: Advanced Export Management programs.

Relational Lobbying & Management Consulting

Amplifying the voice of key sectors at the decision-making tables.
We develop interest representation frameworks and macro-strategic consulting, orchestrating dialogue between industrial supply chains, political institutions and international stakeholders.
We specialize in the creation, growth and outsourced management of industrial associations and sector networks.

We currently direct the strategic leadership and promote the global interests of:

WiDEN - Federation of European Wine Distilleries;
FederMosti - Network of Italian Producers of Concentrated and Rectified Grape Must (and its European counterpart, MUST).

Our action combines political advocacy, bespoke institutional relations, and the editorial curation of The Grape Derivatives Digest ®

Experiential Training & Human Capital

Inverting traditional training paradigms.
Through the EMME (Eliciting Mapping Managing Emotions) platform, we design immersive, experiential journeys for managers, corporations, universities, schools and NGOs. EMME is an international think-tank bringing together trainers and Emotional Geographers from five continents to accelerate relational and professional evolution.
Our training ecosystem, detailed in the 2026 Catalogue, ranges from high-level consulting and geo-maieutic/metaphysical self-awareness journeys to powerful proprietary business games like the River Games ®.
The goal? Fusing logic, creativity and engineering skills.

Creative Publishing & Multimedia Factory

Giving visual, narrative and sonic form to big ideas.
We view publishing as a playground for interdisciplinary cross-pollination, generating culture and high-impact emotional communication.
We curate the entire creative value chain: from the conception and publication of books (Padlet Books) to corporate game design, video production, screenwriting for film and TV, conceptual photography and musical co-productions.
Every project is the crossroads where business vision meets auteur storytelling.

OUR MISSION (THE STRATEGIC MANIFESTO)

Customization: We decode our clients′ latent needs to engineer bespoke solutions capable of unleashing the untapped energy of people and markets.
Prefiguring the Future: We train organizations to navigate complexity and anticipate trends, equipping them with an international vision and sharp strategic awareness.
Business Humanism: We place the human being back at the center of commerce, simultaneously boosting emotional intelligence (soft skills) and technical or managerial excellence.
Engineering of Thought: We promote an approach that unites the logical and intuitive hemispheresâ€”combining international culture, mathematical rationality and boldness in the face of change.
Connections of Sustainable Value: We firmly believe that innovation is born only at the intersection of distant disciplines, diverse markets and unique individuals, generating economic and social development built to last.