Giampiero Marghella

Overview

Giampiero Marghella founded his own consulting practice in 2003, taking advantage of his

Experience
Professional background
Network of contacts
developed in more than 20 years, covering finance and top managerial roles in high level companies operating in many industrial businesses

Areas of Expertise

 

” Merger & Acquisitions “

 

 

Complete management of M&A projects
Wide knowledge of due diligence co-ordination
Experienced in dealing with multinational enterprises and consultants (law firms, auditors, etc.)
Evaluation/assessment of potential investorsBackground in business divestiture and execution of a sale agreement
Exclusive financial advisor for business development and subsequent sale of the ownership of a company
Support in a post-sale dispute for the determination of the share price

 

Representative Projects

 

Business: Technology & Engineering
Client: American public company at NYSE
Assignment: Main reference for any Due Diligence to be performed for any new investment or divestiture in ItalyBusiness: Software implementations
Client: Multinational group headquartered in France
Location: Milan area
Assignment: Due Diligence for the acquisition
Business: Rail and Railway Equipment
Client: Owner of the company
Location: Milan area with a commercial office in Middle East
Assignment: Sale of the company

 

 

Restructuring & Turnaround

 

Leader in restructuring projects
Experience in forensic audit and litigation support
Cash-flow management in a financial turmoil situation. Constant attention to the working capital and cash burn rate. Identification of all assets to be sold. Cost containment action plans
Plants shut down and job move
Corporate governance reorganization
Redesign of the selected processes
Driving the focus to the most profitable products/services
Identifying the functions to be reallocated or outsourced

 

Representative Projects

 

Business: Food
Client: German investor/entrepreneur
Locations: Friuli and Piedmont (Italy)
Assignment: Member of the Restructuring TeamBusiness: Metal panels for building industry
Client: American professional firm specialized in Turnaround Management
Location: Piedmont (Italy)
Assignment: Member of the Restructuring Team

 

” Post Acquisition Integration “

Process assessment, review and integration with the holding/group processes
Management training and mentoring
Recruitment of key function personnel
Counterpart of the holding company
Day-by-day management in constant co-ordination with the holding
Definition of Key Performance Indicators and personnel incentive programs
Experience in incorporation and start-up of subsidiaries

Representative Projects

Business: Appliance Motors
Client: American public company at NYSE
Location: Headquartered in Turin (Italy) hinterland with other facilities in Slovakia, Romania and China
Assignment: In team with an experienced American professional, supporting the Client in the post sale management of one of its European Divisions

Business: Food
Client: American public company at NYSE
Location: Headquartered in Lombardy with facilities in Tuscany
Assignment: Support the local structure in dealing with Corporate policies and in respecting all the deadlines through the identification of the appropriate team and adapting/integrating the internal procedures

 

” Interim Management Projects “

Business: High-Tech Start-Up (Semiconductors)
Owners: International Venture Capitalists
Locations: Lugano (Switzerland) area other offices in Cambridge (UK), California, Taiwan
Assignment: Interim CFO

Business: High-Tech Start-Up (Optical Components and Subsystems)
Owners: International Venture Capitalists
Locations: Lombardy (Italy) (Operations). Other offices: Luxembourg (Holding), Lugano (Switzerland) (Corporate), California (Marketing & Sales)
Assignment: Interim CFO on a Part-Time Basis until May 2006. Lugano Branch Manager since July 2006

Business: Eye care
Client: Italian subsidiary of an American company previously at NYSE
Location: Milan area
Assignment: interim CFO

Business: Fashion (Wristwatches and Jewellery)
Owners: Private Equity Funds
Locations: Milan (Italy). Other offices in Luxembourg (Holding), Naples (Italy), New York (Sales)
Assignment: Part-Time support to the CFO


Special Works Projects

Business: High-Tech Start-Up (Semiconductors)
Owners: International Venture Capitalists
Locations: Lugano (Switzerland) area other offices in Cambridge (UK), California, Taiwan
Assignment: Interim CFO

Business: High-Tech Start-Up (Optical Components and Subsystems)
Owners: International Venture Capitalists
Locations: Lombardy (Italy) (Operations). Other offices: Luxembourg (Holding), Lugano (Switzerland) (Corporate), California (Marketing & Sales)
Assignment: Interim CFO on a Part-Time Basis until May 2006. Lugano Branch Manager since July 2006

Business: Eye care
Client: Italian subsidiary of an American company previously at NYSE
Location: Milan area
Assignment: interim CFO

Business: Fashion (Wristwatches and Jewellery)
Owners: Private Equity Funds
Locations: Milan (Italy). Other offices in Luxembourg (Holding), Naples (Italy), New York (Sales)
Assignment: Part-Time support to the CFO

Essential Prerequisites

A solid business background and quality are the essential prerequisites for the client satisfaction

Independence
Confidentiality
Understanding the client business
Flexibility

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Win-Win

Approach

Bringing more than 30 years of senior level, hands-on management experience as CFO and Director, Giampiero Marghella has faced challenging assignments in his career. He has developed an entrepreneurial approach tackling the clients’ problems.

He can make the difference to the client guaranteeing leadership, integrity and independence.

Having no fixed infrastructure, the professional tasks are personally performed involving the clients’ personnel or, where that is not feasible, assigning the appropriate team, chosen in his talented and experienced network of professional profiles

He brings deep knowledge in several industry sectors, including fashion, telecommunication and data network infrastructures, agriculture, food, chemical, pharmaceutical, semiconductors, electronic appliances, construction contractors, as well as international experience in finance restructuring projects, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, post-acquisition integration, audit

The approach is business oriented, complying with the local law, the SEC requirements and the corporate guidelines and having focus on the cash flow

He can contribute to the re-design of the business functions taking care also of the selection and tutoring of relevant team members

Professional projects are managed finding, together with the client, the best approach, evaluating the clients needs in term of performance and identifying the appropriate contractual scheme

Main Previous Work Experiences

Liebert Hiross(an Emerson – EMR at NYSE – company) – Italy & Switzerland – European VP Finance Bausch & Lomb(formerly BOL at NYSE) – Italy – CFO Edizione Holding(Top Holding of the Benetton Family) – Manager in Staff to the CEO - Treviso (Italy) Ernst & Young Senior Auditor – Rome (Italy) Audit Supervisor – Columbus (Ohio – USA) Audit Manager – Padova (Italy)

Professional Qualifications and Experience Applications

Support to Venture Capitalists and Private Equity Funds

Experience in dealing with Corporate Structures – American, in particular – and International Consultants

In Italy: “Dottore Commercialista” and “Revisore Contabile” (Italian Certified Public Accountant)

As Swiss Resident, former Managing Director of a Swiss Legal Entity and Branch manager

Member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA)

 

Network

Linked to a network of other professionals contacts (Finance and other business fields), able to set up the appropriate team for each assignment and to find the right partner in each deal

Contact

+41 (0)44 586 7416
giampiero @ gmarghella.com
Via Maggio n. 1/c
6900 Lugano
Switzerland