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Milan, It

Milan, Italy

Investments/Co-investments in Turnarounds and Special Situations. Cross Border and Restructuring Advisory.

Milan Area, Italy

Formerly Managing Partner - Italy.

London, United Kingdom

Assists in fund raising, management and business development this internet start-up.

Lugano - Switzerland

Xenon Private Equity is a management company with assets under management of about €350M, aimed at investing in growth and development capital in the Italian SME space. Managed negotiations and acquisitions both as add-ons to the portfolio companies and as primary investments. Sat on/chaired the Board of Directors of portfolio companies.

Piemonte Area, Italy

Have sat on the Board of Directors of this €300M revenues apparel retailer since its acquisition by Oaktree Capital Management, covering several special committee roles.

Los Angeles, Ca - Milan, Italy

In this capacity and together with R72 Partners, sourced, negotiated and executed several acquisitions, restructurings and deal-financing activities.- Sourced, negotiated and led acquisition opportunities, investing more than €200M in Special Situations in Italy.- Managed the debt restructuring of several companies, with an aggregated value of approx €700M in debt. - Analyzed hundreds (and Negotiated tens) of Private Equity and Distressed Debt investment opportunities in the European market, in particular in Italy.

Milan, Italy

Founded and set up the Company from scratch, performing all the relevant activities (partner selection, recruiting, office space selection and adaptation, legal and admins, marketing, …) and managed the company. In 2005 R72 became the exclusive Italian partner to Oaktree Capital Management becoming part of its European Market Effort, securing to R72 the backing of a Management Company with $80BN under management. Pre-exclusivity agreement with Oaktree, sourced, analyzed and negotiated several investment opportunities in the Special Situation and Private Equity Secondary Market arena jointly with the likes of Coller Capital.

Turin, Italy

Focused on advancing dealer network sales and managing business projects, he worked (with a $30 million capex budget and 80 personnel) on strategies involving distribution, corporate marketing, market analysis and business intelligence. Deliverables included the reorganization plan for the distribution network, valued at $5bn turnover in dealer network sales.

Participated in this start-up (funded by Goldman Sachs, Vivendi and others with $35m) providing a complete portfolio of eBusiness solutions (supply chain management/integration, project management/collaboration, tendering process management) for the construction industry. Directed the start-up and management of the company’s international operations and targeted, penetrated and grew business with major accounts

Boston Usa - London Uk

Served in a highly visible position with this management consultancy ($600 million turnover). Worked as part of a 3-person team in charge of spearheading the company’s operational strategy practice and took on responsibility for the sale of implementation projects, leading groups of up to 25 people, from the initial strategic assessment phase through the producing of deliverables. Achieved about $6M in project sales to clients such as British Gas - Transco, Rhodia, Basell, in less than one year.

Began as an Associate with this 50-employee management consulting group and quickly progressed to become one of four partners. Expanded the group’s practices to include Strategy, IT and sales/marketing, and assumed a front-line role in managing client engagements. Led project teams with up to three individuals.

Bergamo, Italy - Alicante Spain - Shanghai China

$40M family business, producing and providing non-wovens (large consumer goods components) to clients in global markets. Scope of position involved the management of strategic accounts, a global sales force and sales administrative team and coordinated the sales activities of two joint ventures (in Spain and China). Sales abroad represented 80% of total turnover and he managed to capture new clients (Kimberly Clark, Hartmann Group) while increasing the revenue performance of the existing base, achieving a turnover increase of about 30%.

partecipated in numerous client projects – worked on reorganization initiatives for insurance and stock-exchange companies, and collaborated with Bankers Trust to orchestrate and implement a strategic restructuring of a textile and fashion group.

Mba

Bba, Business Administration