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Milan, It

Milan & Paris

KERING empowers an ensemble of luxury brands, specialising in apparel and accessories, to help them reach their potential. Present in more than 120 countries, the Group generated revenues of €19.5bn in 2023 and had over 48,000 employees. Kering’s brand universe includes companies such as: Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Brioni, Boucheron and Pomellato.• As Group Real Estate Director, I source, lead and own high impact, high priority retail expansion projects across the world that align with the holding company and individual brands’ strategy: design and execution, together with the brands’ CEOs and Regional Presidents, of new business development plans; analysis, development and execution of new markets’ entry strategies; overall project management of store openings, closures and optimization of existing retail portfolio (let and owned), trophy assets investment and asset management. My area of responsibility spans over various distribution systems (retail and franchising) and channels (full-price freestanding boutiques on high street and malls, outlet stores, department stores’ shop in shops and travel retail concessions). I manage a multi-skilled and multi-cultural team of 35 professionals. • As The Mall Board Member, I supervise the General Manager and provide vision, direction and leadership to a team of 60 professionals in order to achieve targets such as profitability and sales, multichannel development and international expansion.

Barcelona

ISSE aims to increase road safety through its state-of-the-art accessories designed for the automotive industry. The company’s product range includes innovations such as last generation snow chains, geotextile fabrics and the award-winning “Alcolock”, a vehicle immobilizer for excess alcohol, which combines breathalyzer registry data and biometric recognition.• Led new business development initiatives at a national and international scale.• Coordinated the fund raising process.

Madrid

Ranked best business school in Europe by Financial Times in the 2012 and 2013 FT European business schools ranking.

London

• Coordinated the rating analysis process of several European structured debt transactions, for a total issuance amount of €7bn. • Project management: liaised with investment banks, prepared reports and presentations addressed to institutional investors, coordinated internal and external legal counsels as well as managed cross-country S&P teams. • Responsible for investor relations with international debt buyers and issuers.

Barcelona & London

• Advised Pan-European investors on the structuring, disposal and acquisition of real estate assets and portfolios across Europe, resulting in the successful completion of several pan-European real estate transactions, with a total investment value of €1.2bn.• Management of the firm's top 50 institutional and private clients in Europe.

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