Renato Ravanelli (born in 1965) is an Italian corporate manager.

Biography

Education and first professional experiences

Following his degree in

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, earned at the

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (English: ''Catholic University of the Sacred Heart'', colloquially the ''Catholic University of Milan''), known as UCSC or UNICATT or simply Cattolica, is an Italian private research university founded in 19 ...

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, Ravanelli's career began when focusing his university studies on insurances and the utilities sector, with a special interest in regulatory matters. After this first step, he spent four years working as a macroeconomist and

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at two Italian financial institutions.

Responsibilities at AEM, Edison, A2A and F2i

He started his cooperation with the AEM group as head of

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and gas trading and, soon after, as CFO and strategy director. During the 2005–2007 period, he joined Edison as CFO and executive member of the group's

board of directors A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiz ...

. From early 2008 to mid-2014 Ravanelli was

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of the

A2A A2A S.p.A. is an Italian company, organised as a ''società per azioni'', that generates, distributes, and markets renewable energy, electricity, gas, integrated water supply, and waste management services. The company has significant presence in ...

Group – the main Italian multiutility

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operating in the

and gas sectors, as well as in the environment and energy carrier networks. On October 22, 2014, Ravanelli succeeded Vito Gamberale as

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Fondi Italiani per le Infrastrutture SGR Fondi Italiani per le Infrastrutture SGR S.p.A. or, in short form, F2i SGR S.p.A., is Italy's largest independent infrastructure fund manager, with assets under management of approximately €5 billion. It currently manages three funds: Fondi itali ...

– the most important Italian investment fund operating in the

infrastructure Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and priv ...

sector. In 2010, he also became a member of Inframed's Investment Committee – a major

fund operating in the Mediterranean area. In an interview with Il Sole 24 Ore He announced the launch of a Third F2i Fund in 2017.Fund F2i is interested in auction of Telecom Italia’s towers unit and looks for a partner for Metroweb, CEO Ravanelli says
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