Ms. Mugione served as a senior official of the United Nations in Geneva. She is a leading economist and international development expert with over 30 years of experience in global policy design, entrepreneurship promotion, and private sector development. She currently serves as Director for Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific at the Global Development Solutions Initiative (GDSI), where she oversees regional strategies aimed at fostering inclusive economic growth, enterprise competitiveness, and sustainable development.

From 2006 to 2019, she led the Entrepreneurship Programme of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), where she coordinated the EMPRETEC programme across more than 40 countries. Under her leadership, EMPRETEC evolved into one of the UN’s flagship initiatives for promoting entrepreneurship, innovation, and capacity building among micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).

Prior to her work at UNCTAD, Ms. Mugione held senior positions at the OECD, UNESCAP, and UNDESA. Throughout her career, she has led more than 30 international programmes in enterprise development, trade, and investment policy, with a strong focus on building enabling environments for inclusive and sustainable economic transformation.

Her work has spanned across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and the Caribbean, where she has contributed to shaping public-private partnerships, enterprise policy reform, and development cooperation initiatives.

Ms. Mugione holds a degree in Economics, with a specialization in international trade and development, and an MBA in International Trade. In addition to her professional work, she is an active mentor, speaker, and advocate for women's economic empowerment.