Brian Portelli is Senior Advisor within the Sustainable Investments and Responsible Business Unit in the Directorate of SDG Innovation and Economic Transformation at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) based in Vienna, Austria. He currently leads the technical implementation and coordination of the intra-African, Caribbean and Pacific, EU- funded programme ‘Support to business friendly and inclusive national and regional policies, strengthening productive capabilities and value chains’, co-implemented with the Work Bank and the International Trade Centre.