Giuseppe DonagemmaMANAGING PARTNER AND VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
Areas of expertise
• 20+ years of Executive roles in leading ICT Fortune 100 Corporates
• 10+ years of Executive roles in Small/Medium Enterprises
• Main areas of expertise:
– Strategy & Leadership
– Market Operations
– M&A
– Innovation
Education
• Degree in Electronic Engineering at University of Padova
• Executive Master in Strategy and Leadership at IMD, Lausanne (CH)
Senior Executive in the digital industry, with an excellent global network
SELECTED PRESENT OFFICES
• Chairman, Avanseus ltd (Singapore, Artificial Intelligence)
• Board Member, Satispay SpA (Milan, Fintech)
• Advisor to CEO, Mavenir Inc (Dallas, CloudSW)
SELECTED PAST OFFICES
• Senior Vice President, Head of Europe, Samsung Electronics (London, Telecom)
• Chairman EPS srl (Turin, fuelcells)
• President Europe, Nokia (London, Telecom)
• CEO Nokia Siemens Europe (Munich, Telecom)
• Executive Vice President Global Marketing & Sales, Nokia (Helsinki, Consumer Electronics)
360° executive experience:
• Leadership of large organizations (>20.000 people in 35 countries) and small/medium enterprises
• Global markets management (spearheaded entry in China, India and Africa)
• Management of very large P/L (>5 billion euros) according to international standards (e.g.SOX) and of small/medium companies (<150 M euros)
• Led strategic transformational projects from pure HW-box selling to SW as a service model, from product-based approach to solution based service
• Led several merge projects (including the one between Nokia Networks and Siemens COM involving 20.000 people)
• Involved in several M&A activities (e.g. NSN buying Nortel and Motorola assets)
• Global experience in sales funnel management and strategic marketing/product marketing
• Passionate in enabling innovation in his organizations (new disruptive products in digital space, several patents in AI deep learning, game-changing go-to-market models, adaptation of business models to fast changing environments)