Aurelia Ferraro is a Senior Business Development Manager at The Ocean Cleanup since October 2022, focusing on managing partner and funder relationships and stakeholders for the Interceptor 004 project in the Dominican Republic. Previously, Aurelia served as a Business Development Manager at Impact Consulting from April 2021 to January 2023, where responsibilities included networking with various organizations to generate client leads. Aurelia's experience at SAP spanned from July 2017 to September 2021, first as a Mid Market Sales Executive, providing strategic advice to small and medium-sized enterprises, and then as a New Business Sales Executive, achieving significant sales milestones. Prior roles include a Program Coordinator at Microsoft, a Business Project Analyst at SoLocal Group, and a Direct Marketing Intern at Greenpeace. Aurelia holds a Master’s Degree in International Management from Università Bocconi, along with qualifications from HEC Paris and CEMS, and a Bachelor's Degree from Università Bocconi and University of California, Santa Cruz.