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Roberto Italia

Investor

Chief Executive Officer at Verlinvest

Ticino, Switzerland

About

Roberto Italia holds a degree in Economics from LUISS in Rome and an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau. He began his career in the telecommunications industry working on mobile telephony, then moved into private equity at Warburg Pincus in the UK and US and later Cinven in the UK and Italy. He subsequently launched alternative investment initiatives in Italy and Luxembourg and serves as a non-executive board member of several listed and private companies; he joined Verlinvest as CEO in 2020.

Experience

  1. VerlinvestCEOcurrent2020 — presentBrussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium
  2. Red Black CapitalDirectorcurrent2013 — presentLussemburgo
  3. Space HoldingFoundercurrent2013 — present
  4. AVIOChairmancurrent2017 — presentRome, Latium, Italy
  5. Billy’sDirectorcurrent2018 — presentGdańsk, Pomorskie, Poland
  6. CinvenPresidente2006 — 2018Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Education

  1. INSEADMBA1993 — 1994
  2. Luiss Guido Carli UniversityMA, Economics1985 — 1989

Colleagues at Verlinvest

Alexandre de Selys
M&A Counsel, Brussels at Verlinvest
Anne-Sophie De Clercq
M&A Counsel and Sustainability Officer, Brussels at Verlinvest
Arjun Anand
Managing Director, Singapore at Verlinvest
Ben Black
Managing Director, London at Verlinvest
Gaby Fernández Scala
Head of Marketing & Communications, Brussels at Verlinvest
Rachel Citera
Principal, New York at Verlinvest
Sacha Barry
Principal, Brussels at Verlinvest
Sophie Farroul
Communication Specialist, Brussels at Verlinvest

Frequently asked questions

Where does Roberto Italia work?
Roberto Italia is Chief Executive Officer at Verlinvest.

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