Our Executive Management
Alessandro Petazzi
Alessandro Petazzi
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.
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.
Maria Teresa Rangheri
Maria Teresa Rangheri
Maria Teresa Rangheri has a wealth of experience in the communications and marketing field, and has been a professional journalist for over 20 years. In December 2022, she was appointed as non-Executive Director in lastminute.com group’s Board of Directors. In June 2023, she was nominated Executive Corporate Officer of the company.
Maria Teresa has spearheaded corporate culture initiatives during periods of transformative change in prominent companies such as Infostrada and Wind (telecommunications), Banca Popolare di Lodi and Intesa Sanpaolo (banking), as well as non-profit organisations like FAI.
From 2008 to 2017, Maria Teresa played an integral role in the growth of the lastminute.com group. Initially serving as the Marketing Director, she later assumed the positions of Head of Leisure, Travel & Tourism, and Chief Communication Officer. She also established the Lastminute Foundation.
From 2017 to 2019, Maria Teresa took on the role of CEO at Bheroes Società Benefit, dedicated to the growth of the startup ecosystem in Italy.
Maria Teresa also serves as a Board Member for Fondazione Bagatti Valsecchi (nominated by Comune di Milano).
Diego Fiorentini
Diego Fiorentini
For the last ten years, Diego Fiorentini has worked as CFO on a mandate basis for various companies. From 2009 to 2014, he was Group CFO of the cleantech company Cavotec Ltd, based in Lugano, where he led a successful IPO on Nasdaq OMX. Prior to that, Diego Fiorentini worked in finance and treasury functions at Italmobiliare SpA, the oldest listed holding company on the Italian stock exchange. He holds a degree in Business Administration and Corporate Finance from Bocconi University, Milan.