Francesco Gulli
General management, commercial strategy and organisational transformation.
Electronic engineer (University of Pisa) and MBA (Politecnico di Milano). He began his career in a technical-industrial environment, followed by a period as a management consultant, then built an international managerial career spanning over thirty years.
Within the Novartis group he held general management roles of increasing complexity: General Manager of Ciba Vision Italy, Managing Director and Head of South Europe for Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics (3,000 employees, two large production sites, global R&D presence), Head of Africa and Middle East for Sandoz (€350M turnover, 1,000 employees, generics leadership in emerging markets). He has directly managed P&L, people, investments and geographies in pharmaceuticals, vaccines, consumer health and medical devices.
He has worked for years as a management consultant in strategic and commercial matters, with expertise in process improvement, organisational redesign and new market development. His contribution is strongest when the topic requires strategic vision, change leadership capability and operational resilience in articulated, high-stakes contexts.
Nicola Meneghetti
Operational transformation, processes, systems and IT governance.
Electronic engineer (University of Bologna) and MBA (Politecnico di Milano). He began his career at leading international consulting firms — Accenture, Capgemini, Deloitte — gaining experience in organisational analysis, process reengineering and information systems implementation.
He then built a direct managerial profile in complex organisations: Director of Information Systems at Nestlé Purina South Europe, Group Chief Information Officer at SYNLAB Italia (PE-backed BC Partners/Cinven), leading multidisciplinary teams of up to 20 people and high-impact transformation portfolios. He has conducted 16 post-acquisition integrations at multi-country scale, IT governance programmes, application rationalisation and digitalisation of core operational processes.
He works as a senior advisor on IT due diligence, post-M&A integration, operational transformation and value creation for PE funds and mid-market companies. He developed the 123MAPPA methodology, an agile framework for operational process redesign designed for mid-market companies with limited resources: mapping and improvement roadmap delivered in 3-4 months instead of the traditional 12-18. His contribution is strongest when organisation, systems, execution and structural decisions need to be read together.
