Eva Barboni

Founder & Chair

Eva Barboni founded Atalanta in 2017 and served as its CEO until April 2024, when she became its inaugural Chair. In this role, she provides high-level strategic advice to Atalanta’s clients and oversees the company’s Advisory Board.

Eva has built a 20-year career at the intersection of policy, communications, and stakeholder engagement. She has a track record of changing public narratives and securing tangible policy outcomes on complex and rapidly evolving issues.

She started her career working on high-profile political campaigns in the United States, beginning with Howard Dean’s historic run for the presidency in 2003-2004. Following this campaign, Eva worked on electoral campaigns around the world. Mayoral and national-level campaign victories have included Boris Johnson’s re-election campaign for Mayor of London in 2012, Nana Akufo-Addo’s campaign for President of Ghana in 2016, and Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign for President of Nigeria in 2011. She has also successfully managed campaigns for the leadership of international organisations.

Eva has since taken her global campaigning experience and applied it in her work on behalf of a wide range of clients—from leading multinational corporations to large non-profits and philanthropic organisations. She has helped them effectively engage policymakers and other stakeholders and shift perceptions on the issues that matter most.

She is an experienced facilitator and spokesperson, regularly speaking at events, engaging with the press, and authoring thought leadership.

She also has expertise in political risk and crisis management, providing counsel to clients across the public, private, and third sectors on how to navigate complex geopolitical dynamics and effectively manage emerging risks and crises.

Eva has a B.A. from Swarthmore College, where she studied Political Science. Outside work, Eva is an amateur Muay Thai fighter, enjoying the discipline and focus it requires and the respect between opponents.