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Who we are

Our team

A team of experts from research, industry, and start-ups combining scientific rigor and entrepreneurial vision

Management Team

Luca Buonocore, PhD
Luca Buonocore, PhD

Founder - Board Member

Business leader with +15 years of experience in Financial Services. Ex Bain. MSc in Electronic Engineering, PhD in Environmental technologies & Forest ecology, MBA from SDA Bocconi.

Alessandro Darpa
Alessandro Darpa

Founder - Board Member

COO with +15 years of experience in Financial Services and start-up. Ex Bain. MSc in Economics.

Martina Leoni, PhD
Martina Leoni, PhD

Head of Monitoring

PhD in Environmental Technologies and Forest Ecology, specialised in carbon farming in tree and agroforestry systems. Experience with IoT sensors, LiDAR and eddy covariance for measuring carbon sequestration in agriculture.

Mariarita Cammarata, PhD
Mariarita Cammarata, PhD

Head of Compliance

PhD in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science. Specialist consultant in Carbon Footprint and Carbon Neutrality, Life Cycle Assessment modeller. Expert in the mechanisms of participation in the Voluntary Carbon Market, she carries out research and consulting activities for decarbonisation strategies in the agri-food and industrial sectors.

Marco Funaro, PhD
Marco Funaro, PhD

Fractional CTO

CTO with +15 years of experience in delivering tech solutions and managing teams in start-up environments. PhD and MSc in Computer Science.

Federico Ghiazza
Federico Ghiazza

Fractional CDO

Senior data scientist with +15 years of experience in developing advanced analytics solutions and managing teams in start-ups. MSc in Statistics.

Alessio Di Lucca
Alessio Di Lucca

Execution and finance lead

With +5 years of experience in startups and venture capital, he has supported more than 50 companies in defining financing strategies, helping to raise more than 10 million euros. Degree in economics and finance, master's in lean startup and digital project management.

Maria Vincenza Chiriacò, PhD
Maria Vincenza Chiriacò, PhD

Advisor - founder​

Senior Scientific Researcher with +15 years of expertise on carbon credits market and carbon policy. PhD in Science and Technology for Forestry and Environmental Management.

Marco Romanelli
Marco Romanelli

Legal Advisor - founder

Lawyer with many years of experience in the regulation of banks and financial intermediaries​.

Giorgio Politano
Giorgio Politano

Legal Advisor - founder

Lawyer specializing in corporate, banking, and financial markets law​.

Technical Committee

Jens Abildtrup
Jens Abildtrup

Research Scientist at INRAE specializing in environmental and natural resource economics. His work focuses on econometrics, forest economics, ecosystem service valuation, and land-use policies. He contributes to research and policy initiatives on forestry, climate change, biodiversity, and carbon farming in Europe.

Ana Rey
Ana Rey

Ana Rey is a Senior Scientist and Head of the Department of Biogeography and Global Change at the National Museum of Natural Science, a centre of the Spanish National Research Council (MNCN-CSIC) in Madrid. Her research focuses on biogeochemical cycles and gas exchange between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere in response to global change, with particular emphasis on how climate and land-use changes affect carbon sequestration and ecosystem resilience.

Christian Salas-Eljatib
Christian Salas-Eljatib

Christian Salas-Eljatib is a Full Professor at Universidad de Chile specializing in forest biometrics and modelling. His research focuses on applied statistics, ecological modelling, and forest ecology. He develops quantitative models to predict forest dynamics, analyse tree growth, and support sustainable forest management.

Riccardo Valentini
Riccardo Valentini

Full Professor of Forest Ecology at the University of Tuscia. Pioneer in the study of terrestrial carbon and in the development of advanced technologies for its monitoring. Represented the Italian government in international climate negotiations. Nobel Prize 2007 as a member of the IPCC council. Top 1% most cited scientists in the world.

Cong (Vega) Xu
Cong (Vega) Xu

Cong Xu is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, specializing in forest remote sensing. Her research applies LiDAR, UAVs, satellite data, machine learning, and AI to forest monitoring and geospatial modelling. Her work focuses on forest classification, health assessment, biomass and carbon estimation, and land-cover mapping.

Advisory Board

Alessandro Chieffi
Alessandro Chieffi

Lawyer and founding partner of Koiné, with extensive experience in corporate law, corporate governance, and financial markets. He served as Head of Legal Affairs at the Borsa Italiana Group, contributing to the development of the Corporate Governance Code for listed companies and major M&A transactions. He provides legal advisory and Board Review services to listed companies.

Riccardo Ranalli
Riccardo Ranalli

President of Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni and one of Italy's leading experts in corporate restructuring and governance. He collaborated with Parliament, the Government, and the Ministry of Justice on the reform of the Italian Code on Business Crisis. His professional work covers the valuation, restructuring, and strategic management of companies, banking groups, and insurance firms.

Simone Scettri
Simone Scettri

Former President of EY Italy with extensive experience in auditing, corporate governance, and financial reporting. He has held prominent roles at CONSOB, ESMA, and the Italian Accounting Body (OIC). He teaches at LUISS, covering corporate governance, internal controls, and financial and ESG reporting.

The project roadmap

JULY 2025

Folia Establishment

Company foundation

OCTOBER 2025

Certification scheme

Standards and methodologies

Q4 2025

Pilot projects

Field activities

AUTUMN 2026

European recognition application

Scheme recognition by the Commission