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Paris Area, France

Advisory to Private Equity Funds, private Investing and board membership

Italy

Due Diligence, Acquisition and Establishment of Governance of Retail Bank in Italy

Paris Area, France

Paris

Recruited to transform company, redeploy talent, and build new lines of business. Completed turnaround in 24 months, beating planned four year time frame. Garnered operating profit 250% over target, year in year out. Created new product lines in consumer analytics, personal insurance, payment for e-commerce platforms, and fixed-term house improvement.

Milan Area, Italy

Italy, Germany, Austria And Eastern Europe

Established a global banking platform to support and expand consumer businesses, within the bank’s core markets, including credit cards, mortgages and personal lending across core markets in Western and Eastern countries and progressed to lead a €100B, 1,600 employee Household Financing Division. Contributing member of parent company Executive.

France, Italy And Poland / Eastern Europe

Managing Partner, Rome Office, 2001 – 2006Managing Partner, Warsaw and Prague, 1997 – 2001Manager, Milan, 1991 – 1996Consultant, Paris, 1989 – 1991Joined BCG as a consultant in Paris, rapidly promoted to key roles within European operations. Grew market presence across retail, pharmaceutical, consumer products, financial services and technology sectors..

Rome Area, Italy

Successfully launched four new products across varying categories. Advanced to progressive areas of responsibility; led three sales Divisions equating to approximately $80M in revenues.