Alexandra Grazioli

Alexandra Grazioli is Director of the Lisbon Registry in the Brands and Designs Sector of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), as of 2020. Her responsibilities include the management, development and promotion of the Lisbon System and the development and execution of projects relating to geographical indications.

Since taking up her duties with the WIPO in 2014 she has worked as Senior Counsellor and then as Director in the Office of the Director General. Before joining the WIPO she worked at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, first as trademark examiner then as Senior Legal Advisor, where she was responsible for coordination of WIPO issues and negotiations on geographical indications. Before joining the WIPO she worked as Counsellor in charge of intellectual property issues at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations Office and to other organizations in Geneva. As representative and head of the Delegation of Switzerland she attended several meetings and negotiations involving all fields of intellectual property and on issues relating to governance and budgetary issues at the WIPO and WTO (TRIPS and Doha Round negotiations).