Marco Bianchini is Head of the Digitalisation and AI for SMEs Unit at the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities. He leads the OECD’s work on SME digital transformation and AI adoption, focusing on how policies can help businesses harness new technologies to strengthen productivity, innovation and competitiveness.
He has over 10 years of international experience advising governments on SME digitalisation, access to finance and innovation policies, working with countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Oceania. He has authored and contributed to numerous OECD reports and policy papers on SME development and the adoption of digital technologies, including AI.
Before joining the OECD, he worked as an analyst at McKinsey & Company. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Florence and a Master of Science in Economics from Bocconi University, both awarded summa cum laude.