MUG's advisory board is made up of people from the world of innovation, startuppers, managers, venture capitalists, business angels and representatives from the world of impact investing.
Chiara Giovenzana
Managing Director of the Fondazione Maverx foundation in Mirandola. Previously Head of Engagement at Singularity University in Silicon Valley. International advisor to funds and institutions.
Emil Abirascid
Journalist, founder of the platform Startupbusiness.it, organiser of Italian Innovation Days and advisor to international organisations.
Ann Rogan
Part of the Estonian government’s e-residency advisory group. Led the team responsible for global strategy at Singularity University.
Steven Gedeon
Director of the Ryerson Entrepreneur Institute. Member of the Fraunhofer Institute’s Venture Team. A serial entrepreneur, business angel and venture capitalist.
Roberta Gilardi
Business Angel, expert in innovation management and strategic marketing. Member of Assintel’s board of governors from 2008 to 2012, she is the founder and CEO of G2 Startups.
Daniela Dubla
Founder of Inner.ME, the first human-centred app for conscious personal development within organisations. She also co-founded the Emilia Romagna start-up network MindsettER, of which she is president.
Antonia Verna
Member of the International Bar Association (IBA) and the IBA Startup Annual Conference organisation committee. Partner at Portolano and Cavallo Law Firm, Milan.
Francesco Baschieri
A serial entrepreneur. He founded Spreaker, the first global podcasting platform. He now leads Voxnest, the largest global podcast marketplace, in New York.
Enrico Poli
Director of Zanichelli Venture: the Zanichelli Editore vertical fund dedicated to EduTech. He was Head of Digital Strategy at Zanichelli Editore.
Andrea Cattabriga
Founder of SlowD and lecturer in the Service Design Master's Degree program at the Polytechnic University of Milan. Director of Fab Lab Modena, he is one of the founders of the MakER association bringing together the Fab Labs in the Emilia Romagna region.
Raffaele Mauro
Managing Director of Endeavor Italia. He has worked at some of the major venture capital funds in Italy. He is a member of the Kauffman Society of Fellows. He is the author of “Hacking Finance” and "Quantum Computing".
Myriam Finocchiaro
Communication, External Relations and CSR Manager for the Granarolo Group. She contributed to the creation of the Agrofood Business Innovation Center, and has worked with companies such as Hera and I.NET
Andrea Pauri
TEDXBologna Founder and curator. Gellify’s community activator. Decentra - Accademia dei Registri Distribuiti - Co-Founder.
Giovanni Basile
Vice President of Hera. Partner and founding member of Teikos. Director and auditor for companies and non-profits. President of the board of auditors of the Reggio Emilia local health authority.
Valentina Bergamaschi
Director of Reseau Entreprendre Emilia Romagna, a philanthropic association which brings together local entrepreneurs to help the creators of new companies develop their businesses.
Marco Bubani
Director of Innovation at VEM Sistemi. He is an Information Technology graduate. He was the first Head of Design & Delivery at VEM and is currently a partner in the company.
Luca Gasparini
Chief Business Officer at ICCREA Group. Previously general manager of We Bank and manager at numerous Italian banks, including Credit Agricole and Gruppo BPM.
Agnese Agrizzi
A crowdfunding expert. She is the founder and owner of the crowdfunding platform Idea Ginger, which has hosted over 180 campaigns, raising over 1.3 million Euros.
Fabio Cestola
Director at Prodygital. Previously CIO of Poste Italiane and manager of Poste Vita. He has extensive experience as a strategic consultant at major firms such as CapGemini, where he was vice president.
Yuri Grassi
Startupper. Co-founder of Atlantia, a company with offices in Modena, San Francisco and in Australia, which obtained a major round of funding for developing the Evensi project.
Marcella Gubitosa
An HR expert and co-founder of Stars & Cows. He has worked as a manager at numerous large companies, including Tetrapak and Lamborghini. He is currently president of the training centre CERFORM.
Alberto Sacchi
A manager and entrepreneur active in the fabrics and automation sector. Previously president of Federmacchine and CEO at numerous companies.
Luciano Serra
Entrepreneur and manager at professional service companies in the renewables sector. Business Angel. Director of numerous companies, and an expert in Blockchain. Co-founder and board member of Iconium.
Nicoletta Tranquillo
Co-founder of Kilowatt. Involved in corporate social responsibility and social impact for many years, she is the co-creator of the Emil Banca's Battiti accelerator.
Paolo Privitera
Paolo is the CEO and co-founder of Evensi. He is a Silicon Valley based serial entrepreneur, mentor for the most important accelerator in USA (500 Startups, Google Launchpad, China Accelerator). He is a technology and funding expert.
Riccardo Conte
Serial entrepreneur. Co-Founder of Brainwise and Kimonus. He lives between the United States and Italy. He is a startup mentor and expert in lean growth models and process automation. Member of YEC.
Franco Bondi
Serial entrepreneur. 8 successful startups and 3 exits to his credit. Founder and Managing Director of Eventboost; partner and board member of Jakala Group, Regusto and strategic consultant for numerous startups and companies involved in open innovation.
Aurelio Luglio
E-cruiting pioneer, he oversaw the start-up in Italy of Jobline and Monster as Country Manager. In over thirty years of career he has worked in the Human Resources function of large national and multinational companies.
Fabio Fabbi
Since the 1980s, he has been integrating technology and marketing at an international level, developing projects for iconic brands, SMEs and global start-ups. He is CEO of Movantia, a company specialized in market expansion, brand extension and innovation, and founder of eSportXs.
Massimiliano Ghini
Organization and Management of Human Resources” (UNIBO) & “Organizational Behavior” (BBS) Professor. Founder of TEAMX. Since 2000 he has been dealing with emotional intelligence in leadership, in change processes and in teamwork.