Day-to-day governance is accomplished through workflows for successful management that encompasses all phases of roles, responsibilities and recovery processes required for decision making.
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Giorgio Salvati
Giorgio Salvati, Co-founder and Managing Partner, following his service as an officer in the Carabinieri, Giorgio founded in 2000 GIMACOM a leading document management sw providers by 2006 already listed on Gartners’s top 20 European bests. Giorgio sold his holdings in 2006 to enrolled as CIO at a prominent FO in Dubai with AUM of 1.8bn. In 2011, Giorgio founded EVOLVI in UK/South Korean cross-border equity transactions boutique, focused on fashion, lifestyle and retail brands. In 2017 Giorgio launched few club-deals under LV1 and LV2 SPVs. Giorgio holds a bachelor's degree in economics and business administration from the University of Bologna with honours, and a master's degree in Political Science from La Sapienza University in Rome.
At Label Ventures, Giorgio oversees the overall bperations, suppdrtieg the General Partner’s existing and future investments.
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Mario Bianchi
Mario Bianchi, Co-founder and Managing Partner, began his career in business consulting, founding his first company in 2005 and gaining significant expertise in various disciplines of business development. Being a Chartered Accountant as well, Mario’s experience spans from taxation and regulatory reporting to project finance, corporate finance, debt markets, and private equity. He is a board member of Neuro Education Spa, the holding company of Neuromed University of Medical Sciences and Technologies in Isernia (southern Rome). Mr. Bianchi, holds a BA in Mgmt. at the University of Torvergata in Rome.
At Label Ventures, Mario oversees transactional and regulatory operations, as well as brand governance within the portfolio.
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Isabella Berera
Isabella Berera, Venture Partner, member of the investment team, with 23 years of strategic leadership in the Swarovski Group, Isabella has held various field functions in Italy and France. Over the past decade at Swarovski, Isabella served as the Managing Director B2B France, overseeing transformative projects and effectively managing the French branch. During this time, she successfully built strong business relationships and executed projects with luxury and lifestyle French brands. Mrs Berera holds an Executive Master degree in Marketing at SDA Bocconi and IULM Universities (MILANO) and a graduate and undergraduate diploma in Mktg at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan).
At Label Ventures, Isabella oversees the business sales development of brands within the portfolio.
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Simone Marsiglia
Simone Marsiglia, Venture Partner, member of the investment team, with two decades of serial entrepreneurship and a passion for innovation and sustainability, Simone has launched multiple ventures in diverse industries, ranging from fossil fuel alternatives, transportation, hospitality, and real estate. Simone's entrepreneurial journey is characterized by a relentless drive to create value for customers in fast-paced environments, whether it's scaling a startup or leading a team.
At Label Ventures, Simone oversees the business and LP’s development in the US Market.
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Debra Langley
Debra Langley is a Venture Partner at Lyra Ventures, a Singapore-based fund. Additionally, she holds positions on the Advisory Boards of the Design Singapore Council, Singapore's national agency for design, and the advisory council for Vogue Singapore. With a long career carved from her role as President of DKNY JEANS International, Mrs. Langley plays an instrumental role in supporting brands throughout the US and SE Asia. Mrs. Langley holds a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) from the University of Otago in New Zealand.
Mrs. Langley's strong commitment to brand development across multiple industries makes her an invaluable Senior Advisor
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Alberto Scaccioni
Alberto Scaccioni is the Secretary General of CFMI - Centro di Firenze per la Moda Italiana , founded 1954 with aim to internationally promote the Italian Fashion System. Since 2006 he is also CEO of E.M.I. Ente Moda Italia owned by CFMI and SMI Sistema Moda Italia, one of western countries’ largest organizations for textile and fashion promotion. CFMI owns also PITTI IMMAGINE, one of the world's leading Fashion development platforms. Mr. Scaccioni is a graduate at University of Florence in Methodology of Social Sciences, also holds a PhD from La Sapienza University in Rome. Senior BOD’s Member of Polimoda University and main coordinator of the Italian Education System’s White book (Marsilio, 2018).
Mr. Scaccioni brings to the investment committee deep knowledge of both this industry and long care for promoting multicultural-heritage.
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John Eric Knutsen
John Eric Knutsen, is a Managing Director and Head of Business Development at Madison Dearborn Partners, a prominent US private equity firm with $20 billion of assets under management. Prior to joining Madison Dearborn 16 years ago, he spent 14 years at Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs. Mr. Knutsen. holds a Bachelor of Science.in Business Administration and Management from Boston University, summa cum laude.
Mr. Knutsen brings to the investment committee three decades of experience in private equity and capital formation and his insights will be very valuable in discussions around firm matters and investment decisions. He will also be a significant resource as a sounding board to our portfolio company management teams.
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Stefano Russo
Stefano Russo, founding partner, an Italian Private Equity fund Green Arrow Capital with €2bn. AUM. The fund holds participations in Golden Goose and Invicta. He joined Renaissance Institutional Management UK in 2005 as CEO. Prior to this, spent 13 years at Morgan Stanley Investment Management as Managing Director, heading the European and Middle East institutional business. Mr. Russo holds an MBA from New York University, Stern Graduate School of Business. Member of the Executive Board of New York University.
Mr. Russo brings to the investment committee a vigilant eye on market dynamics, embracing evolving trends, and cultivating a proactive mindset, he is also currently an active LP on Label Ventures’s previous investments.
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Ulf Buhne
Ulf Buhne, is currently the Managing Director at Cruz de Ferro Private Office GmbH since January 2020. His career encompasses roles as the Head of RiverRock Private Investment Office at RiverRock Securities Ltd and as Managing Director leading Capital Raising at Dresdner Kleinwort, earlier also leadership positions at renowned institutions including Belvedere Asset Management AG, Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG (LLB), and ABN AMRO Bank (Deutschland) AG. In addition to his executive roles, Mr. Buhne has contributed his expertise as a Non-Executive Director at Stena AB, Umblin AG, and Sun Microsystems, in various capacities. Mr. Buhne’s holds a Jur kand from the Faculty of Law at the University of Stockholm including an INSEAD Advanced Management Programme (AMP).
Mr. Buhne, brings to the investment committee an extensive wealth management and industrial knowledge being a valuable asset to all stakeholders.
As the advisor to the General Partners we have a wide range of ordinary and extraordinary responsibilities, which can include:
Vs. the Brands Owners;
Assessing business plans, providing feedbacks on how to improve such plans, based on past successes or failures case-history.
Helping to select new key employees, as needed.
Providing advice and guidance to the brand’s founders to ensure they are making rational business decisions.
Introducing the brand to heterogeneous networks of stakeholders such as retailers, distributors, manufactures and potential partners for growth, and support, if needed, any negotiations that might occur.
Providing advice to the brands in portfolio on how to improve financial performances by increasing sales, optimize costs, manage cashflows.
Share informations about opportunities in different industries or regions.
Vs. the LP and the investment community;
Communicating with existing LPs to ensure they are satisfied and well informed with the progress of the portfolio.
Meeting with potential new investors encouraging the fostering of our community.
Creating synergies between our LPs and the portfolio’s of Brands, to exploit any opportunity to increase value for both parties businesses.
Gathering and coordinating procedures and professionals.
INVESTMENT & ADVISORS COMMITTEE
Our governance comprises a number of executives and non-executives advisors as we seek scalable ways that embrace structure and accountability to inform sound decision-making. In addition to helping satisfy the focus on investment strategy requirements, these high-profile advisors can share their knowledge base while interacting with trust and confidence.
Our senior advisors support the General Partners on define risk tolerance and return expectations, spell out any key constraints, outline any environmental, social and governance considerations and describe generally how performance will be evaluated, allowing sufficient flexibility to address changing circumstances vs. few principles such as:
Responsibilities. Understand that their personal views and investing style, while important, should be subordinate to the objectives and best interests of the LPs.
Efficiencies. In order keep control on increase of complexities our senior advisors like to control business “tenor” by articulating their advise on:
Evaluating performance against targets and benchmarks.
Conducting macroeconomic assessments and making tactical asset allocation decisions.
Performing pressure tests on internal teams or external parties during allocation and exit processes.
Consider the impact of diverse thoughts. There are benefits to blending investment and non-investment professionals on the senior advisory team. Diverse experiences and perspectives may, in fact, lead to more robust and comprehensive decision-making, as well as foster inclusion among all team members.