Description

I’m a Project Leader with 10+ years across top-tier consulting, Private Equity portfolio operations, and high-growth digital businesses. I help CEOs, founders, and investors turn strategy into execution: go-to-market, pricing, sales effectiveness, KPI dashboards & operating cadence, 100-day plans, and post-merger integration. Hands-on, data-driven, and focused on measurable impact (unit economics, margin, productivity). CFA I holder and working in English and Italian. MSc Aerospace Eng (cum laude)

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
Italian
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Milan (up to 50km)

Freelance
Project Leader, Chief of Staff & Strategic Operation
PRIVATE EQUITY
January 2024 - Today (2 years and 7 months)
Milan, Italy
Acted as a founder-type / venture builder partner for selected portfolio companies, supporting the full lifecycle from opportunity validation and MVP definition to early growth, team ramp-up and operating cadence.
GM for commercial organizations: designing commercial networks, leading recruitment, building scalable commercial engines and operating models, and improving workforce allocation to increase revenue growth and profitability.
CoS for a PE Co.(AUM €10M), shaping governance, optimizing processes, building KPI dashboards, strategic decision-making.
Led capital-raising processes for multiple portfolio companies, securing an average of €1M per company across several rounds.
Led multiple DD processes for PE funds (Phase 1 and Phase 2), including TOM design, organizational and commercial restructuring.
Designed and executed partnership, ecosystem and acquisition programs for digital-native companies, generating 900+ qualified leads and contributing to €3.5M in incremental revenue, with a strong focus on repeatable, scalable digital growth playbooks.
Led go-to-market and market expansion initiatives across 3 new geographies, coordinating cross-functional teams (Marketing, Product, Tech) and generating €1.2M in first-year incremental revenue.
Supported CEOs, founders and investors on partner management, GTM execution and cross-functional alignment across commercial, product and ops teams, with direct exposure to P&L topics (pricing, CAC/LTV, unit economics).
M&A Corporate strategy Due Diligence Commercial strategy General Manager
Bain & Company
Manager – Financial Service (FS) and Private Equity Group (PEG) practice
BANKING AND INSURANCE
January 2022 - January 2025 (3 years)
Italy
Directed commercial due diligences for major private equity funds (AUM > €70B), assessing market attractiveness, financial performance, customer insights, and value creation levers.
Multiple industrial plans, overseeing their initial implementation. Notably, orchestrated a turnaround for a company with €1.5B in revenue and €100M annual losses, achieving results through business streamlining and a focus on profitability.
Oversaw the design and operational rollout of a new commercial sales network for a €3B+ payments company (PayCo), including go-to-market design, sales processes and performance management, contributing to +€50M incremental revenue.
Executed multiple 100-day plans and managed post-merger integrations, with expertise in technology-driven sectors.
Implemented a GenAI program for a systems integrator (SI) player (~1B€ revenue), increasing revenue by 10M€ and saving 2M€. Also, managed and directed the change management process during a 3-month continuation.
Industrial Plan Due Diligence M&A Post-merge integration IT Strategy
Accenture – Consulting company
Manager – Strategy & Consulting practice
BANKING AND INSURANCE
January 2021 - January 2022 (1 year)
Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy
Increased revenue by 30M€ through a repricing project sold by me for 300K€ for a retail bank (~0.9B€ revenue).
Achieved a 15M€ revenue increase with a repricing project sold by me for 80K€ for a retail bank (~0.4B€ revenue).
Increased revenue by 15% in the ICEG region by limiting the growth in the number of projects, achieved through an internal project with top management to study and implement a company-wide pricing strategy.
Managed resources (5 analysts or consultants) and handled multiple projects in parallel.
Banking Pricing strategy Commercial strategy IT Strategy Corporate strategy