Luca Giacometti

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Mr. Luca Giacometti served as Senior Advisor & Investment Committee Member at Entangled Capital. He also serves as Senior Advisor of Direct Investment at Capital Dynamics. He was a Co-Founder and served as Chief Executive Officer & Chairman at Galileo Acquisition. He serves as a Board Member at Bianchi Industry. He served as an Independent Board Member at Digital Magics. He co-founded and serves as Chairman, Managing Director, and Co-Chief Executive Officer at Glenalta (new SPAC). He also co-founded and serves as Deputy Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer at Glenalta Food. He is a promoter of Glenalta Food in 2015 (merged with Orsero S.p.A. at the beginning of 2017), IPO Challenger in 2014 (merged with Italian Wine Brands S.p.A.), and Made in Italy 1 in 2011 (merged with Sesa S.p.A.), two successful Italian SPACs. He has been a Member of the Board of Directors at Digital Magic since April 2015, a venture incubator for innovative start-ups listed on the AIM market of the Italian Stock. He has 10 years of experience as an M&A Advisor for private equity funds (Paladin, Bain small-cap fund, L Capital, LVMH fund, Palladio Finanziaria, and Quadrivio SGR). In 2003, I co-founded and became managing director of Nutequity, a pan-European investment fund sponsored by the Ferrero family. From 1996 to 2002 he was Managing Director of GE Capital PE, managing the private equity activities of General Electric in Italy and investing ca. € 50 million. From 1991 for six years he was Deputy Director of Merchant Banking for Banca Commerciale Italiana (currently Banca Intesa Sanpaolo). From 1986 for six years he worked in syndicated loans for Citibank in Milan where he was responsible for financing many of the first MBOs in Italy. He served as a Partner at European Co-investment Partners.