Bio Summary
Goal-driven executive, able to deliver complex projects across diverse contexts, in the private and public sectors.
Competent advisor, with deep problem solving and communication skills combined with hands-on management experience, both in large corporations and SMEs/startups.
Experienced team leader, with broad exposure to international and multicultural environments.
Availability
Availability:
Available
Constraints:
No
Employment History
Advisor - Interim Manager
September 2016 - present
Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy
Director
Mubadala
August 2010 - July 2016
Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
Associate Partner
McKinsey & Company
January 2000 - August 2010
Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy
Selected Project Experience
Industry: Consumer Products
Topic(s): Project & Program Management
Industry: Material
Topic(s): Strategy & Planning
Laudarte was an Italian boutique producer of luxury decorative lighting. The company had a new team of investors and went through a full turnaround (sales-marketing-branding, product development, operations).
I covered the interim CEO role, focusing on restructuring sales activities and conducting business development
Industry: Consumer Products
Topic(s): Restructuring & Turnaround
Visyond is a tech startup developing software for cloud-based, advanced spreadsheet modeling. The strategy advisor role entails the definition of the overall business development and marketing strategy for the company.
Industry: Technology
Topic(s): Strategy & Planning
Amaka is a traveltech startup developing a web platform for booking and customizing complete journeys, after a 16M EUR series A round in 2019.
The project role is focused on supporting the team by overseeing deal making and integration with suppliers and partners in the travel sector, as well as structuring and cordinating the product development and sales departments.
Industry: Technology
Topic(s): Sales & Marketing
Stokke AS acquired the Italian startup Mukako.com in Spring 2021 - the project is related to the post merger management activity, involving the coordination of a cross functional Stokke and Mukako team and the definition of the practical approach to integrate Mukako's products in Stokke's portfolio across the different geographies (North America, Europe and China) and channels (phisical stores and digital).
Other areas of activity included the assessment of Mukako's processes and team, as well as the design of new processes and organizational model.
Industry: Consumer Products
Topic(s): Project & Program Management
Abu Dhabi Nanotechnology is a startup in the advanced materials (carbon nanotubes) sector - The project included the definition of the business case and ongoing support to the capital raising activity.
Industry: Material
Topic(s): Strategy & Planning
Education
Master's in Chemical Engineering
Politecnico di Milano
1998Master's in Business Administration/Management
INSEAD
2002Availability
Availability:
Available
Constraints:
No
Country Experience
Skills
Economics, Policy, and Social Studies
Economic Planning,
Policy Development
Business
Change & Implementation,
Transformation Management Office,
Continuous Improvement,
Support Functions,
Balance Scorecard,
Dashboard Development,
KPIs,
Monitoring & Evaluation,
Organizational Excellence,
Performance Management System,
Strategy Execution,
Project Management,
Interim Management,
Benchmarking & Best Practice,
Business Case,
Business Planning,
Business Unit Strategy,
Corporate Development,
Corporate Strategy,
Feasability Studies,
Growth Strategy,
Operating Model,
Operational Excellence
Business Development,
Education and Training
Program Management
Environment
Carbon & Energy Economics,
Climate Change,
Decarbonization