Governance

Alessandro Petazzi has extensive experience in entrepreneurship, corporate strategy, and scaling technology-driven businesses. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of lastminute.com group in December 2024, with effect from 1 January 2025.

Alessandro graduated in Business Administration from Bocconi University and Copenhagen Business School. His career began in M&A at JPMorgan in London and as a consultant at Bain & Company in Milan.

In the early 2000s, he joined Fastweb, a telecom startup that grew into a market leader, where he worked on strategy, investor relations, and eventually led the IPTV and VOD business unit from inception to profitability. For his achievements, he was recognised in Cable & Satellite’s Euro50 list of influential figures in pay-TV across EMEA.

In 2009, Alessandro founded On Cubed, a consulting boutique specialising in Pay TV and VOD, serving clients such as LG, SKY, and Philips.

In 2013, he co-founded Musement, a company that became one of the top global leaders in the Tours & Activities sector of online travel. Under his leadership as CEO, Musement was acquired by TUI Group in 2018 and subsequently grew to over 800M€ in annual revenues. Alessandro oversaw its integration and growth until transitioning to a non-operational advisory role.

Yann Rousset has been in US & Swiss banking and capital management for over fifteen years advising family offices, corporate institutions and fiduciary organisations on capital management, governance matters and strategic guidance. In December 2022, he was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors at lastminute.com group.

Graduating in Finance from Bentley University in 2005, he started at UBS Financial Services Inc, New York City in 2006. Soon after, he worked at Citigroup Global Markets Ltd in London before joining the founders of Maseco LLP in 2009 as Executive Director to lead and establish the Swiss expansion. He completed the Swiss acquisition and founded Pilotage Private Wealth AG in Switzerland in 2013. He is currently the CEO, with a focus on wealth, asset and capital management.

In 2019 he founded Pilotage Private Office AG and is the Chairman with a focus on financing structures, corporate and capital market advisory and governance.

Cyril Ranque has a wealth of global experience in travel & hospitality, marketing and investment banking. Since December 2022, he’s sat on the lastminute.com group’s Board of Directors, serving as Non-Executive Director.

Cyril holds a master’s degree from ESSEC Graduate School of Business in Paris, with a specialisation in finance and strategy. From 1994 to 2003, Cyril honed his strategic expertise working as a financial analyst at LVMH in Tokyo, as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley in London, CRM consultant at Accenture and  head of the French CRM practice for AT Kearney. In 2004, he became Vice President Marketing & Distribution for Louvre Hotels, having advised the Taittinger Group when the company was founded that year. In 2005, he co-founded Educastream.com, an online education startup. 

In 2006, Cyril embarked on a remarkable journey with Expedia Group, where he dedicated over 15 years of his career. He served as the President of Travel Partners, overseeing the integration of all travel partners through the marketing, distribution, data and technology solutions of the Expedia Group platform. In addition to his lastminute.com Group’s Director responsibilities, Cyril also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bakuun Holdings and Hivr.ai, two travel tech companies, as well as Non-Executive Director of the Ritz Paris Hotel.

Gaspar Santonja has over 25 years of experience in finance, with a deep expertise in the e-commerce sector, both as a consultant and as a Chief Financial Officer. Since June 2025, he has been part of lastminute.com Group’s Board of Directors, serving as Non-Executive Director.

He began his career in investment banking at Citi and Eidos Partners before moving into leadership roles at high-growth companies.

From 2010 to 2015, Gaspar served as CFO of lastminute.com – formerly known as Bravofly Rumbo Group, and from 2018 to 2023, as CFO of the Italian grocery delivery company, Cortilia.

He is currently Head of Investments at a family office based in Milan, Italy.

Giulia Sattin is a vastly experienced finance executive with extensive auditing, financial transformation, and strategic business planning expertise. Since June 2024, she has been part of lastminute.com group’s Board of Directors, serving as Non-Executive Director.

Following her master’s degree in Management from Bocconi University, she started her career with Borsa Italiana’s Primary Markets team.
From 2010 to 2016, she worked for PwC in Italy and Switzerland, specialising in internal and external auditing and the consolidation of listed companies. In 2017, Giulia joined Cavotec, an industrial company listed on Nasdaq OMX, as VP of Finance and Secretary of the Audit Committee. In this role, she contributed to the group’s strategic restructuring by leading the finance organisation’s transformation through process standardisation, enhanced management reporting, and a focus on profitable growth. Most recently she was Group CFO in Matica Technologies Group SA, where she led the finance organisation with a strong focus on financing and M&A transactions. She currently works as Fractional CFO to support SMEs in their journey to sustainable growth. Giulia is an ACCA member with a strong interest in sustainability and ESG reporting.