Starting his career as International Brand Manager for Santa Lucia (one of Galbani’s key European brands), Andrea later spent several years at Unilever, managing and launching new marketing mixes for brands such as Signal, Pepsodent, SUN and Svelto. He then moved to Medtronic, where he led the brand strategy for five years and launched the company’s first medical devices e-business (NayaMed). In 2012, he crossed over to Saatchi & Saatchi, where he quickly progressed from Global Account Director for Novartis (now GSK) to Managing Director, followed by the appointment to Chief Executive Officer in 2014.

Andrea holds a Masters degree in International Marketing from Università Commerciale L. Bocconi. You can speak to him in Italian, French and English. And if you want to talk to him outside of advertising, try these themes: gadgets, cooking, music, bike riding and Anya (his young daughter).