Milan, 16 May 2024 – The growth path in Italy and in the world of the global consultancy firm AlixPartners continues. Shortly after the acquisition of automotive consultancy Berylls, AlixPartners announces the entry of Franco Bernabè into the Italian team as Senior Advisor. Franco Bernabè is one of the most important exponents in the Italian and international business panorama and has recognized experience as advisor, chairman and board member as well as CEO of some of the most important corporate entities in Italy. With his contribution, AlixPartners further strengthens its historic leadership in "when it really matters" management consultancy , in extraordinary M&A and Private Equity transactions , and in the management of complex corporate and financial restructurings.
Franco Bernabè , from South Tyrol, born in 1948, Knight of Labor since 2011, has held numerous prestigious positions in the industrial and financial fields as CEO, board member and chairman of private and publicly held companies. After graduating in Political Science with an economic focus at the University of Turin, he specialized as a researcher in economics at the Einaudi Foundation and as a Senior Economist in the Department of Economics and Statistics of the OECD in Paris. After a few years at FIAT as Chief Economist, he began his long career path at ENI which culminated with his appointment as CEO (1992-1998), the same position he then also held at Telecom Italia (1998-1999 and 2007-2011, and then became executive president until 2013). In 2000 he founded FB Group, a strategic consultancy company specializing in finance, ICT and renewable energy, and in 2004 he became vice-president of Rothschild Europe.
Among the other prestigious positions held, the most notable are Head of the Italian Task Force for the reconstruction of the Balkans (1999-2000), President of the Venice Biennale (2001-2003), President of the MART of Trento and Rovereto (2004-2014), President of the La Quadriennale di Roma Foundation (2015-2019) and Honorary President of the Italian National Commission for UNESCO (from 2016 to 2024). Starting from 2015 (and until 2019) he holds various important managerial and representative roles in the Nexi Group, including that of President of the Institute of Italian Popular Banks (Icbpi). In 2021 he was appointed by the Government as President of the board of directors of Acciaierie d'Italia and since 2022 he has been President of Finint Infrastructure SGR and DRI D'Italia.
“I am truly honored to announce the entry of Franco Bernabè into the AlixPartners team. Franco's CV and fame need no introduction: he is certainly one of the most competent and recognized managers on the Italian and European scene. The unique experience he has gained, often in "when it really matters" situations, will make an important contribution to the already proven leadership of AlixPartners in the strategic consultancy sector, in large corporate transformations and in the restructuring and relaunching of companies in difficulty"
comments Dario Duse , Italy Country Leader.
“Italian companies have great skills, but they need to accelerate their transformation to be more competitive and play an important role in the European and global economy. It is a privilege to have Franco Bernabè in the AlixPartners team today, a manager and a professional with extraordinary values, skills and results”
added Stefano Aversa , Chairman EMEA and Global Vice-Chair.
“I am honored to have been asked to join the AlixPartners team in Italy and around the world. The challenges of the profound transformation that many industries are undergoing can be successfully addressed thanks to the combination of the profound professional expertise of the AlixPartners team and the experience of people who, like me, have faced a variety of large-scale situations in their long careers. complexity. I am convinced that this combination will be able to contribute even more to the success of AlixPartners' partner companies in Italy and to the competitiveness of the country"
adds Franco Bernabè .
Sourced from: AlixPartners