Marco Piana

Marco Piana is the Company’s CEO. He also serves as CEO and managing partner of the Sponsor and has almost 20 years of experience in the private equity sector. He began his career at McKinsey & Company in Milan before moving to private equity with Investitori Associati in 2003. He was a Director at Magenta and the British firm 3i plc for 5 years, before becoming a Partner at Fondo Italiano di Investimento. He founded the Sponsor in 2011 to invest his personal funds, before opening up its investments to third parties in 2013. Marco has completed private equity investments across various industries, including industrials, travel, healthcare and B2B services. Marco currently serves as chairman of the board of Demengo, an Italian optics chain, and Soundreef, a European music royalty management platform. He is also a member of the board of directors of Gruppo Florence and Sicurezza e Ambiente. Marco holds a MSc in Engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin and an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York.