Board of Advisors
Launched in 2015, IB&II’s New York based Board of Advisors provides ongoing counsel and strategic guidance to the positioning, management and growth of IB&II programs.
Fernando Napolitano
President & CEO
Italian Business & Investment Initiative
Fernando Napolitano is Chairman of the Steering Committee of the BEST scholarship Program, in cooperation with the US Embassy in Italy, the Fulbright Commission in Italy and Invitalia.

Salvo Arena
Studio Chiomenti
USA, Managing Partner

Fabrizio Arengi Bentivoglio
Fidia Holding
Chairman & CEO

Elisabetta Bartoloni
Heidrick & Struggles
Partner Global Financial Services

Mariafrancesca Carli
BDT & Company LLC
Managing Director

James W. Gerard
De Visscher & Co
Managing Director

Joseph Haviv
Protostar Partners LLC
Managing Member

Alessandro Luongo
Investindustrial
Principal

Monica Mandelli
KKR
Managing Director

Marino Marin
MC Square
Managing Principal

Federico Mennella
Rothschild & Co
Managing Director

Gianni Pieraccioni
Coty
Chief Operating Officer, Consumer Beauty

Michael Russel Nowlis
Cornell University
Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management

Arturo Petrozza
PepsiCo
Senior Director Sales Operations North East Region, US

Stefano Schiavello
Deloitte
Partner, Head of Italy Desk, New York

Enzo Viscusi
Eni Petroleum
USA, Chairman