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Milan, It

Working closely together with 10 Country Managers (Belgium, France, Luxemburg, Netherlands, UK, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Spain & Canary Islands) to realise P&L and operational efficiency targets, continuously optimise the business and innovate in a high-speed and rapidly changing environment.Quatra is a leading European Used Cooking Oil (UCO) collector, offering a full service with delivery, collection and recycling of cooking oil. The collected UCO is used as feedstock for the… Show more Working closely together with 10 Country Managers (Belgium, France, Luxemburg, Netherlands, UK, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Spain & Canary Islands) to realise P&L and operational efficiency targets, continuously optimise the business and innovate in a high-speed and rapidly changing environment.Quatra is a leading European Used Cooking Oil (UCO) collector, offering a full service with delivery, collection and recycling of cooking oil. The collected UCO is used as feedstock for the production of biodiesel and SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel), decreasing CO2-emissions by up to 90% thus making an important contribution to the European Green Deal aiming for climate neutrality by 2050. Show less

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Management team member of Japanese mother company, quoted on Tokyo stock exchange. Focused on countries in start-up and scale-up phase across the globe, incl. hands-on market development, negotiation with stakeholders and implementation of growth and turnaround plans.

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Shaped Cookpad's product globally - main focus on earnings model and premium subscription value proposition, web-to-app user journey and connecting global communities across 70+ countries.

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Founded, scaled up and led business in Italy, France, Germany, UK, Denmark and beyond.Cookpad is a tech platform scale-up promoting home cooking as the focal point of a more sustainable lifestyle. Currently largest recipe sharing community in the world, founded in Japan in 1997 and used by 100+ million monthly unique users across 70+ countries.

Focus on turnarounds, digital & growth strategy and corporate finance. Member of leader- ship team of EMEA corporate finance practice and insurance practice. International footprint with core clients in Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Switzerland and Italy.- Created digital & growth strategies and corresponding industrial plans for leading telcos, insurers, banks and pharmaco's- Designed and implemented turnaround plans in insurance, banking and cash distribution- Led sell-side JV… Show more Focus on turnarounds, digital & growth strategy and corporate finance. Member of leader- ship team of EMEA corporate finance practice and insurance practice. International footprint with core clients in Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Switzerland and Italy.- Created digital & growth strategies and corresponding industrial plans for leading telcos, insurers, banks and pharmaco's- Designed and implemented turnaround plans in insurance, banking and cash distribution- Led sell-side JV and negotiation in telco, chemicals, media and medical devices Show less

Greater New York City Area

Taught tutorials for 2 finance courses (Private Equity: the Credit Markets and Leveraged Buy-Outs and Capital Markets & Investments)

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Developed financial models and performed valuations of potential targetsAssessed new investment opportunities (incl. market and business plan analysis)

Msc, Electrical Engineering (Telecommunications)

Msc, Electrical Engineering

Mba, Corporate Finance And Turnaround

Activities and Societies: VP Private Equity / Venture Capital Club, VP European Society