A graduate in Mechanical Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano University, Guido also holds an MBA from SDA Bocconi. After several years in the industrial sector, he became Senior Director and member of the Investment Committee of SO.PA.F, one of the pioneers in Italian Private Equity. As a Founding Partner of Bridgepoint, a leading International Private Equity firm, he was responsible for managing Italian investments for twelve years, in addition to being a member of the Board of Bridgepoint Capital (Holdings), the Bridgepoint Group's holding company at the international level. He is a Founding Partner and the Chairman of Arcadia.

Simone graduated from the Politecnico di Milano University with a degree in Electronic Engineering and he also holds an MBA with honors from SDA Bocconi. He began in Private Equity at SO.PA.F. after gaining experience at Pirelli and Arthur Andersen Corporate Finance. He was then a Director and a member of the Business Development Board of Bridgepoint, a leading International Private Equity firm. Later he was a Founding Partner and member of the Board of Directors of Management & Capitali, the first Italian investment company focused on turnarounds and special situation opportunities, and listed on the Milan Stock Exchange with over € 550 million under management. He is a Founding Partner and the CEO of Arcadia SGR.

Graduated in Business Administration from Bocconi University, before joining Arcadia SGR he has been Senior Partner of Fondo Italiano d'Investimento SGR. He started his career in London at San Paolo and Hambros Bank. Upon his experience at San Paolo Imi Private Equity in Milan, he has been General Manager of Aletti Private Equity SGR and Head of Investments of Aletti Merchant. Then he co-founded in 2010 Mast Capital Partners and Winch Italia SICAF, as the Italian platform of Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (now Andera Partners) for mainly minority investments in SMEs for growth. He has completed and led about 20 minority and majority investments in Italian SMEs within different sectors and has been member of the boards of directors of several investee companies and investment committees of private equity funds.

Giovanni holds a M.Sc. cum laude in Accounting, Corporate Finance and Control from Bocconi University, with a specialisation in Corporate Finance. Before joining Arcadia SGR, he worked at NPV SpA, a corporate finance and management consulting firm, where he was involved in several M&A transactions, financial restructurings and turnaround processes in industrial and services areas, as advisor of industrial groups, SMEs and PE funds. He was also involved in the development of NPV Capital Partners, a PE fund focused on Italian SMEs.

Stefano graduated cum laude in Management Engineering and holds a postgraduate master degree cum laude in Merchant Banking, both obtained at Carlo Cattaneo – LIUC University. He started his career in consulting in Accenture and PwC Transaction Services. Before joining Arcadia SGR he gained over ten years of experience in Private Equity working for Assietta Private Equity and the Edmond de Rothschild Group (today Andera Partners), completing several leveraged buyouts and growth capital transactions in the consumer goods and industrial sectors.

Riccardo holds an MSc in Finance from Bocconi University in Milan. Prior to joining Arcadia SGR, he began his career in J.P. Morgan’s Leveraged Finance team in London, working primarily on the financing of leveraged buyout transactions. He later worked at Chequers Capital in Paris and TowerBrook Capital Partners in London, focusing on private equity investments in European mid-cap companies.

Gabriele holds a M.Sc. in Finance from Bocconi University in Milan. Before joining Arcadia, he started his career at Yarpa Investimenti SGR, mainly following investments and co-investments in private equity funds. In 2022 he joined Oltre Impact SGR, where he supported the investment team in the research and analysis of potential investment targets among Italian SMEs.

Giuseppe holds a M.Sc. in Accounting, Financial Management and Control from Bocconi University in Milan. Before joining Arcadia SGR he worked at Cronos Capital Partners Srl, where he supported the investment team in the research, analysis and investment in Italian SMEs. He also worked in the Bloomberg Intelligence team at Infosys BPM Ltd and in the Management Control department at Retex SpA.

Rosanna Saracino has over 30 years experience in primary asset management companies as CFO and responsible of risk management, AML and real estate portfolio evaluation. Before joining Arcadia, she worked at Eurocasse SIM, J.T.B. Lira Services SIM, Ras Asset Management SGR, Systema Asset Management SGR, Aedes Real Estate SGR, Sator Immobiliare SGR and Alternative Capital Partners SGR.

Simona graduated in Foreign Languages and Literature at Istituto Universitario di Lingue Moderne (I.U.L.M.) and completed the Exchange Program at the Faculty of Arts of Bristol. After an experience as Executive Assistant in JP Morgan, she moved to Delta Italia, where she managed the relationships with foreign customers. After that she joined Bridgepoint, one of the leading international Private Equity firms, as Office Manager, taking responsibility over the back office activities of the Milan office.

Silvia attended the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Turin. After a relevant experience as Executive Assistant at Sympak S.p.A., she worked as Office Manager and Executive Assistant at Wizard Partners S.r.l., Private Equity company representing the Russian group Borodino in Italy. More recently she was Office Manager and Executive Assistant in INVIMA S.r.l., where she was also responsible for the administration activities.

Maria is attending the faculty of Law at Università degli Studi di Milano. She has worked for three years as assistant at Studio Legale Cavaldonati.