industry expert

Emanuele has in-depth skills and knowledge of the organizational and business logic of the retail sector (Food, No Food and Catering) and of the FMCG value chain with particular reference to the food sector. He has also been able to support Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds in restructuring and expansion projects and has a solid knowledge of the operating mechanisms of Public and Participated Companies. He started his professional career in top-tier insurance companies. After completing his MBA, he entered the consulting business working with the French multinational Altran. At the end of this experience, convinced that Human Capital is the strategic asset of organizations, he moves into Executive Search as a consultant in multinational companies specialized in the search of both Middle and Executive. Since 2007, he has collaborated with Key2people Executive Search first as Senior Consultant and Principal. From 2022, he has been an Associate Partner with responsibility on Retail & FMCG Practice, working on both national and international projects. He currently acts as Industry Expert for Milano Capital and Senior Advisor for Oltre Venture (the first Social Private Equity fund in Italy), Red Seed Venture. Since 2022 he has been appointed Deputy Chairman of Inside Intelligence Security & Investigations SA. Graduated in Law with a focus on Business Economics, he obtained an MBA from the MIP School of Management of the Milan’s Politecnico in 2005 and a private PhD in Corporate Governance from the IASSP.

Alessandro Zunino has over 30 years of experience as CEO and senior manager at large corporations, advisor and investor in SMEs, and strategic consultant. He joined Milano Capital as Industry Expert in 2022. He is currently Board Member and Chairman of the Control and Risks Committee at A2A SpA. Since 2020 he acts as advisor, investor and Board Member with PE Funds, SMEs and Scale-Ups active in the Energy Transition and in Services. In 2019 – 2020 he was Group CEO at Comdata SpA, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group and leading player in the BPO business with €1Bn revenues and +50.000 employees in 22 Countries. From 2002 to 2019 he worked at Edison SpA as Head of Strategic Planning, Marketing Director, Director of B2B Sales and since 2007 CEO of Edison Energia as well as Executive VP of the Division Gas&Power Markets. Before Edison, he worked at McKinsey & Company from 1997 to 2001, where he was Associate Principal and advised clients in Manufacturing of industrial equipment, Transportation, Automotive and Energy in Italy, Germany and the Netherlands. He started his career as consultant at Roland Berger & Partners in Spain and in Germany, where he served clients in the Automotive, Manufacturing, Steel and White Goods industries. He holds an MBA from Insead (Fontainebleau), a Degree in Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and a Liceo Classico Diploma.