Stefano Solferini, returning to the Board of SwissCham

Stefano has 20 years CEO, private equity, investment banking, strategy consulting, business building experience across Asia Pacific, Europe and USA.

He worked in leading roles at UBS, JPMorgan, Citi, Accenture, before becoming CEO of his own fund management and investment banking business, Marco Polo Advisory, helping Global CEO’s define and execute 5 year strategies, expand their organically and inorganically, expand globally, and drive enterprise transformation by leveraging digital, cybersecurity, AI and robotics. He has driven zero based budgeting initiatives to transform the economics of large enterprises.

Stefano’s most recent role was as Asia Pacific Head of Mergers, Acquisitions and Investments for Accenture, driving Group inorganic growth for the USD 90 bn market cap NYSE group in Asia and ANZ. Accenture spent $1.7bn cash in 2017 across 37 deals to build its platform inorganically.

He is co founder and Chairman of Fastvisa, a disruptive business in the visa immigration space for the corporate sector, delivering a faster, more efficient visa processing experience for corporate executives.

Stefano studied as a scholarship winner for his MBA at Manchester Business School and the JL Kellogg School of Management.

He holds a Bsc (Hons) in Management Sciences from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and speaks five languages.