Experience, expertise and integrity
Our strength is our people.
Our management operates under the direction of the CEO and is organised in highly specialised teams supported by the various corporate functions.
Chairperson
Barbara Poggiali has been Chairman of Fondo Italiano d'Investimento SGR since May 2022.
Between 2019 and 2020, she was Managing Director of the Cybersecurity Division of Leonardo.
Previously, from 2014 to 2017, she was Head of Strategic Marketing of Poste Italiane and Chairman of PosteMobile.
Between 2013 and 2014, she was Executive Vice President and Board Member at LUISS University.
Between 2011 and 2013 she was a Partner at Earlybird Ventures.
From 2004 to 2011, she was Chief Development Officer of RCS MediaGroup where, in 2009, she also served as CEO of Dada.
Since 1995 she has held top management positions at Omnitel (now Vodafone Italy), e-Biscom (now Fastweb) and Cable and Wireless Plc. She started her career at McKinsey & Company and then moved to Bain. Among other positions held, she is currently an independent director of Impresa Pizzarotti & C., of Business Integration Partners, and Epta Refrigeration, a board member and angel investor of My Air Inc., director of Bocconi University, and senior advisor of Klecha. She obtained a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Science and a PhD. in Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT (USA) in 1984, in 1985, and in 1987 respectively.
Chief Executive Officer and General Manager
Davide Bertone has been Chief Executive Officer and General Manager at Fondo Italiano d’Investimento SGR since May 2022.
Over the previous 20 years, he held positions of increasing responsibility at Mediobanca until serving, as of 2019, as Co-Head of Mid-Corporates and Financial Sponsor Solutions. Previously, from 1998 to 2002, he worked for Fiat Group (now Stellantis), until assuming the position of CFO of Fiat Auto Argentina SA.
He graduated in Economics from the University of Turin in 1994.
Chief Investment Officer
Gianpaolo Di Dio is Chief Investment Officer and Senior Partner of Fondo Italiano d'Investimento SGR, that he joined in October 2010. Previously, he worked in turnaround as CEO of Arcotronics and Executive Chairman of Netscalibur Italia. Previously, he was co-founder and General Partner of TLcom Capital LLP, a UK-based VC fund, in JV with Morgan Stanley, where he made several investments in ICT sectors in Europe and Israel. Prior to TLcom, he was Senior Manager at Bain&Co, focusing on TMT sectors in Europe and Silicon Valley. He started his career as a Financial Analyst at Abbott. Gianpaolo graduated with honors in Economics from LUISS, where he also holds an MBA.
Head of Strategic Initiatives
Luigi Tommasini is Head of Strategic Initiatives and Senior Partner at Fondo Italiano d'Investimento SGR, where he joined in November 2010. Previously, he was a member of the funds-of-funds team of AXA Private Equity, where he completed transactions in the primaries and secondaries. He has served on several advisory boards of Italian and pan-European funds. He has been a member of the investment committee of the AXA Private Equity small buyout/expansion fund as well as of the direct investments of Fondo Italiano. Beforehand, he worked for Apax Partner and began his career as a management consultant at McKinsey&Company serving their offices in Milan, São Paulo (Brazil), and San Francisco (USA). Luigi graduated with honours from Bocconi University in Milan and obtained his MBA (Palmer Scholar) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his MA in International Studies from the Lauder Institute of the University of Pennsylvania.