Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

International Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer, with over 25 years of experience in driving financial, strategic, and operational transformations within the industrial, retail, and consumer goods sectors.

I have collaborated with boards of directors, shareholders, and executive committees to design and implement growth strategies, manage large-scale ERP (SAP) deployments, and lead M&A transactions from due diligence to post-merger integration. My actions consistently aim to improve profitability, optimize cash flow, and ensure governance and compliance in complex and multicultural environments.

I support mid-sized companies, international groups, and private equity-backed businesses in their sustainable growth, operational excellence, and digital transformation projects. My approach is pragmatic, results-oriented, and data-driven, ensuring alignment between financial performance and strategic objectives.

Passionate about change management, opening new markets, restructuring, and modernizing financial functions, I act as a trusted advisor to CEOs and management teams to generate measurable impact and sustainable value creation.

Languages

Italian
Native or bilingual
French
Fluent
English
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Marseille (up to 50km), Bordeaux (up to 50km), Lille (up to 50km)

LOWA, TECNICA GROUP
CFO, IT, General Services, HR, and Legal Director
FASHION AND COSMETICS
October 2020 - January 2025 (4 years and 3 months)
Trévise, Italy
Driving company growth through data and process optimization:
• Supporting management in defining and implementing corporate strategy.
• Partnering with key stakeholders to communicate and implement the strategic vision.
• Improving visibility and accuracy of financial data.
• Managing an agile and multicultural team of fifteen people.
• Focusing on optimizing profitability and cash flow. Key achievements:
• Implementing a financial control model (2% reduction in cost of goods/year and 9% increase in revenue/year).
• Reducing overall fixed costs by 5% per year through process optimization and contract negotiations.
• Accelerating monthly closings from D+30 to D+8.
• Leading the company's transformation and change, successfully deploying a global ERP system (SAP), standardizing over 20 processes and procedures while simplifying the organizational structure. M€
Management Control Leadership Digital Transformation Multilingual Team Management
Benetton
Chief Executive Officer
FASHION AND COSMETICS
January 2018 - September 2020 (2 years and 8 months)
Paris, France
Driving and implementing corporate strategy:
• Defining and executing an omnichannel strategy to strengthen growth.
• Negotiating strategic partnerships and redesigning the retail network.
• Guiding operational excellence through digital transformation and supply chain optimization.
• Leadership and organizational transformation.
Team Leadership Turnaround Deployment Strategy
Benetton Northern Europe
Chief Financial Officer
January 2018 - September 2020 (2 years and 8 months)
Paris, France
Managing company transformation:
• Overseeing operations in Northern Europe (France, Benelux, UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Austria) and member of the Executive Committee.
• Defining and implementing new business models to improve revenue, EBITDA, and cash flow.
• Developing and implementing a comprehensive strategic plan to ensure operational profitability and market development. Key achievements:
• Reducing operating expenses (OPEX) by 10% through financial department centralization, elimination of redundancies, and optimization of the store network (+€3M positive impact on EBITDA over three years).
• Implementing cash pooling for all legal entities.
• Improving net working capital by 7% through optimized inventory management.