Alessandra Tracogna holds a degree at Bocconi University (Milan), specialising in economics. From January 2006, she is the Country Analysis and Forecasts Unit director. She manages and coordinates the working team developing customised research on the furniture industry, supporting public and private institutions in developing sector strategies focusing on market perspectives, internationalisation, and with particular attention to market factors affecting the wood and furniture sector trade. Her research experience includes the design and management of a large database of sectoral data for 100 countries and the coordination of field research through biannual business surveys with more than 1,000 interviews, case studies analysis and company profiling.