About us

Creates, develops and consolidates relations-based systems.

Influences, modifies and strengthens public decision-makers’ opinions and choices in order to create new opportunities for growth and development.

Founded in Rome in 1996 by Fabio Bistoncini.

Its main characteristics are as follows:

  • Independent, and is therefore able to collaborate with other consultants in the public relations sector;;
  • Flexible, that is, capable of adapting its consulting proposals to the specific needs of the individual Clients;
  • Neutral from a political viewpoint, thus assuring its own Clients complete impartiality in dealings with public decision-makers and other influential people within the political institutional system, both centrally and locally.

FB & Associati’s consulting activity spans the whole Public Affairs sector:

  • Provides strategic advice on the management of Public Affairs and Lobbying activities;
  • Keeps Institutions informed on the topics, expectations and prospects of interest groups, from associations to businesses, by using specific communication techniques;
  • Monitors and analyses the Italian and European political scenario;
  • Identifies and coordinates grassroots lobbying campaigns to inform and make public opinion more aware of a particular issue.

Fabio Bistoncini. Founder of FB Comunicazione

A Law graduate from the “Luiss Guido Carli” University in Rome. After graduating he started working in the Public Affairs and Lobbying sector with SCR Associati, Italy’s leading Public and Government affairs company.

He later became the person in charge of Government Relations for all the clients of the Shandwick group’s agencies in Italy. A lecturer on Masters and Training courses and author of numerous articles, he has collaborated with the Department of Business Economics of the University of Pisa.

Deputy Chairman of FERPI since 2003 (Italian Federation of Public Relations) and a member of ANCLE (Italian National Association of Legislative Consultants).