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Track Record

Experience built in businesses.

Across sectors, business sizes and moments of transformation.

From SMEs and entrepreneurial businesses to international groups, from industrial manufacturing to technology companies, we support entrepreneurs, management, boards and investors, integrating independent advisory and direct leadership experience through transitions where strategy, performance, capital and organisation must converge.

  • Strategy
  • Performance
  • Growth
  • Capital
  • M&A
  • Governance
  • AI

EXPERIENCE AT A GLANCE

The scope includes independent advisory engagements and experience gained in leadership roles.

  • SME & MID-MARKETSME & MID-MARKET
  • FOUNDER-LEDENTREPRENEURIAL / FOUNDER-LED BUSINESSES
  • PE-BACKEDPRIVATE EQUITY-BACKED COMPANIES
  • LARGE ORGANISATIONSLARGE CORPORATES

DIFFERENT LEVERS. ONE PATH TO VALUE. Strategy · Performance · Growth · Capital · M&A · Governance · AI

SELECTED EXPERIENCE

DIFFERENT SECTORS. THE SAME DISCIPLINE IN VALUE CREATION.

Strategy, performance, capital and transformation take different forms in every business. The following experiences show how these levers combine across different contexts.

01 Industry & Manufacturing

01.01

MECHATRONIC & ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS FOR OEMs

Industrial company · International markets

Rationalise the product portfolio and scale manufacturing capacity to support expansion.

01.02

DRILLING & WATER EQUIPMENT

International industrial company

Accelerate international growth and expand offering across foundation, mining, and geothermal segments.

01.03

STEEL PROCESSING MACHINERY

Industrial company · Global expansion

Combine commercial expansion with capability reinforcement through targeted acquisitions.

02 Technology, Software & Digital

02.01

DIGITAL & TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING

National technology group

Build an integrated technology offering combining digital transformation, AI advisory, and tech services.

02.02

CYBER RESILIENCE

Integrated offering design

Strengthen operational resilience by merging cybersecurity, compliance, and risk transfer.

02.03

AI & DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Cross-sector strategic support

Translate Artificial Intelligence into a strategic lever for operational value creation.

03 Healthcare & Healthcare Software

03.01

HEALTHCARE SOFTWARE

European technology company · Private Equity-backed

Accelerate the growth trajectory through strategic initiatives and consolidation.

04 Restaurant & Hospitality

04.01

HOSPITALITY PAYMENTS & SOFTWARE

European technology company · Private Equity-backed

Strategic positioning for international expansion driven by M&A and consolidation.

04.02

RESTAURANT & HOSPITALITY

Founder-led hospitality and restaurant companies

Accelerate organic and inorganic growth, preparing for institutional capital entry.

05 Professional & Business Services

05.01

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

National ecosystem

Structure a scalable ecosystem for independent professionals and corporate clients.

STRATEGIC ANALYSIS, QUALIFICATION AND REVIEW

06 Family businesses, heritage brands and entrepreneurial legacies

Strategic analysis, qualification and review work for businesses with an established identity, presented in anonymised form.

  1. 06.01

    Heritage Premium Food & Bakery

    Italy

    Strategic analysis of the development prospects of a heritage food brand, focusing on premium positioning, industrial capacity, product innovation, distribution, internationalisation and potential partnerships with private capital investors.

  2. 06.02

    Heritage Restaurant & Italian Food Platform

    Italy

    Assessment of development opportunities for a heritage culinary identity through replicable commercial models, new restaurant formats, retail products, licensing and potential industrial partnerships.

  3. 06.03

    Luxury Beachwear & Resort Lifestyle

    Italy

    Strategic analysis of a premium Italian beachwear and lifestyle brand, examining the distribution model, e-commerce, resortwear positioning and international growth prospects.

  4. 06.04

    Food Innovation & International Growth Platform

    Food Innovation · Consumer Products · Ingredients

    Development of a proprietary Strategic Qualification & Investment Readiness framework for an international food innovation business.

  5. 06.05

    Heritage Business Intelligence & ProcurementTech Transformation

    Business Information · Data Assets · ProcurementTech

    Preliminary Strategic Review of an Italian operator with a heritage brand, an information asset base, specialist expertise and long-standing relationships in the public procurement market.

FROM BUSINESS TO PLATFORM

THE BUSINESS FIRST. THE PLATFORM SECOND.

A PLATFORM EMERGES FROM A BUSINESS THAT HAS BUILT THE CONDITIONS TO GROW.

CROSS-SECTOR & VALUE CREATION

07 Family businesses & heritage brands

07.01

MID-CAP VALUE CREATION

European mid-cap companies (€20M–€150M Revenue)

Accelerate operational performance and elevate profitability in high-growth contexts.

07.02

BUY-AND-BUILD STRATEGY

Inorganic growth initiatives

Structure effective acquisition growth and repeatable integration over time.

07.03

TRANSFORMATION & REPOSITIONING

Complex situations and operational stabilisation

Intervene in complex phases to stabilise operations and reposition the offering.

PRIVATE CAPITAL

EXPERIENCE WITH INVESTORS

A direct dialogue with private capital.

Support to funds and private capital operators in origination, opportunity qualification and strategic market intelligence.

  • €500M+PRIVATE DEBTcommitmentsOrigination & Mid-Market Opportunities
  • €500M+VENTURE CAPITALcommitted capitalInstitutional Positioning & Ecosystem Access
  • ~$94BGLOBAL PRIVATE EQUITYAUMStrategic Intelligence & Market Access
  • ~€35BEUROPEAN PRIVATE EQUITY & CREDITAUMPublic Procurement & PNRR Intelligence

Figures indicate the scale of the platforms and firms involved. They are not assets managed, advised or invested by Mizzau & Partners.

EXPERIENCE BROUGHT TO THE BOUTIQUE

08 LARGE CORPORATES, HEALTHCARE & INSTITUTIONAL ADVISORY

The Mizzau & Partners approach integrates experience gained in executive roles, management consulting and institutional advisory.

The experiences in this section were gained by Marco Mizzau in previous executive roles and management consulting; they do not represent mandates awarded to Mizzau & Partners.

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  1. 08.01

    HEALTHCARE & HOSPITAL OPERATIONS

    Private University Hospital (Chief Operating Officer 2012-2019)

    Operational management in the private hospital and university sector. Oversight of operations, governance, procurement/IT and organisational transformation processes.

  2. 08.02

    ENERGY

    Large international group

    Review of cost-allocation rules across corporate functions, providing a unified basis for Corporate Performance Management at the board level.

  3. 08.03

    UTILITIES

    European utility

    Reengineering of post-acquisition Planning, Reporting & Control processes, extending the management model to Spain and Latin America.

Business Cases

How we approach complex strategic decisions

Our Business Cases examine representative situations in which growth, capital, governance and execution have to be assessed together.

Track Record
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Business Cases
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Confidentiality

Engagements are presented in anonymised form for reasons of institutional confidentiality. Further detail is available on request, within confidential conversations.

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