Martina joined European Aluminium as Trade Policy Assistant in September 2024. Before joining, she worked as trade policy trainee for the Italian Permanent Representation to the EU in the Council, and after as a trainee in the policy department of the European Parliament’s Directorate-General for External Policies, dealing with trade and investment policies. She holds a Master’s degree in International Political Economy from the University of Bologna, where she graduated with a thesis on the growing trend of export restrictions applied to critical raw materials.