Viviana Premazzi

CEO

GMD (Global Mindset Development) Training and Consultancy Services Ltd

Management Consultancy
Management Consultancy

GMD (Global Mindset Development) Training and Consultancy Services Ltd

Valletta

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"Be the change you wish to see in the world (Gandhi)"

Business Profile

I am the founder and CEO of GMD.

GMD stands for "Global Mindset Development" and this has been my aim since the beginning: helping people to develop an open and curious mindset to enjoy the diversity around them.

For the past 12 years, before moving to Malta, I have been working as a consultant and trainer on diversity and inclusion, anti-racism, anti-discrimination, migration and integration for corporations and not-for-profit organizations in Europe, North America, Africa and the Middle East.

I am Senior Lecturer in Cultural Intelligence at the University of Malta and for other business schools, colleges and universities around Europe on topic related to cultural diversity, international business, communication and negotiation. My aim is always to bridge research with practice and fieldwork. I have worked in more than 50 countries and lived in Brazil, Canada, Italy, Portugal, The Netherlands and the US, before falling in love with Malta where I set up my social enterprise, GMD.

Business Activities

  • 2022: External Relations Committee Chair for SIETAR (Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research)
  • 2022: Senior Lecturer, ESCP Business School
  • 2022: Expert, Council of Europe
  • 2021: Contributor, MaltaCEOs
  • 2019: Senior Lecturer, Multinational CIMIC group
  • 2019: Senior Lecturer, University of Malta
  • 2019: Senior Lecturer, Learning Works
  • 2018: Advisory Board Member, African Diversity And Inclusion Center-ADIC
  • 2018: Senior Lecturer, Institute for Education (IFE)

Previous

  • 2011-2015: Consultant, International Organization for Migration, United Nations (UN Migration), Middle East and North Africa
  • 2017: Senior Expert, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Foundation
  • 2017: Visiting researcher and consultant, Migration Policy Institute (MPI), Washington DC
  • 2013-2020: Financial Education Specialist and Consultant, The World Bank
  • 2021-2022: Consultant, International Organization for Migration, United Nations (UN Migration), Albania

Education

  • 2005: BA Political Sciences
  • 2006: MA Intercultural and interreligious conflict management
  • 2014: PhD Sociology of Migration

Society

Official Partners

  • Trade Malta
  • OZO
  • Fino
  • GO Business
  • Imovo
  • Malta Enterprise
  • Laferla Insurance
  • WFDM
  • St James Hospital
  • PTL
  • Evolve
  • Clentec