Founder & CEO
Francesco Marini
Founder of Lio Holding. Sets the Group’s long-term strategy and direction, while leading the development and alignment of its platforms and businesses.
Group strategy, capital allocation across the platforms, and the appointment of the people who run them.
Founder & CEO
Founder of Lio Holding. Sets the Group’s long-term strategy and direction, while leading the development and alignment of its platforms and businesses.
Chairman
Professor of Corporate Finance and former Dean of SDA Bocconi. Non-executive chairmanship and institutional relations
Vice Chairman
CEO of DC Advisory Italy. Twenty-five years in M&A and debt advisory. Vice Chairman of Lio Holding
Director
Senior banker. Twenty-five years in investment banking across Intesa Sanpaolo IMI CIB, Nomura and ABN AMRO
CFO
Former EVP & CFO of Kaleyra, previously listed on NYSE. Group finance, consolidation and reporting
Each platform is an autonomous company, built around its own leadership.
LIO DC
Luca has been running Lio DC since its inception in 2023. Previously in private equity (L Catterton, Xyence) and management consulting (Bain & Company). MBA from Harvard Business School
LIO ENERGY
Luca has been part of Lio since 2023. Former Senior Manager at Enfinity Global. Prior to this, he had experience at Eni. Management graduate from Bocconi University
Lio Capital
Francesco has been part of Lio since 2022. Former Head of Acquisitions for Italy at Invel Real Estate Partners and Associate Director at The Carlyle Group. Prior to this, he had experience at PwC. Finance graduate from Bocconi University
Lio ssg
Mario has been part of Lio since 2014. 35+ years in insolvency and corporate crisis management; Receiver and Judicial Liquidator in numerous major proceedings
LIO INDUSTRIES
Andrea has been part of Lio since 2026. Former Partner at IGI Private Equity and Co-Founder at LABS Corporate Finance. He is a chartered accountant and an Economics and Management for Business Law cum laude graduate from Bocconi University
CHAIR
Former CEO of UBI Banca. Banks, credit and M&A
Member
Former Country Head Italy, Bank of America. International capital and investors
Member
Former CEO of UniCredit. Banking, advisory and private equity
Member
Co-founder & Chief Data Scientist, Orionis Biosciences. AI and deep tech
Member
AI safety and product at Google and Anthropic. Applied AI, compute and data centers