Federico Ciccone

Board Member | Helping Organizations Scale Through Governance, Strategy & Executive Advisory | Professor @ UCSC

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

About

I help boards and investment funds navigate complexity, unlock growth, and deliver sustainable value in telecom and technology markets. With over two decades of executive leadership — including CMO and CSO roles at Fastweb — I have built and led strategies that shaped market positioning, accelerated digital transformation, and drove competitive growth across Italy and Europe. Today I serve as Board Director at Italtel and Senior Advisor to primary investment funds, supporting M&A transactions, governance decisions, and strategic initiatives where deep industry expertise and clear judgment matter most. What I bring to every board seat and advisory mandate: — Strategic oversight for telecom & tech investments — M&A advisory and transaction support — Digital transformation and innovation leadership — Governance, risk management, and regulatory navigation — Growth strategy and market positioning Beyond the boardroom, I teach Digital Strategy as Adjunct Professor at UCSC, mentoring the next generation of executives and staying at the frontier of industry thinking. I am not a generalist. I bring decades of hands-on experience in one of the most complex and fast-moving sectors in Europe — and a track record of turning strategic clarity into measurable outcomes. If you are building a board, evaluating a transaction, or navigating a critical inflection point in telecom or technology, I would be glad to connect

Experience

  • Board Member at Italtel
    Apr 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

  • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Contract · 6 yrs 10 mos)
    • Adjunct Professor - Innovazione e Metriche di Marketing
      Sep 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 10 mos

    • Adjunct Professor - MIMMs Digital Marketing Planning
      Sep 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 10 mos

    • Adjunct Professor - Marketing Management
      Sep 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 10 mos

  • Senior Advisor at Independent
    Jan 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 6 mos

    Specific focus on ICT strategy initiatives across Europe collaborating with primary funds and consultancy firms

  • Fellow - Open Italy Innovation Projects Mentor at ELIS
    May 2016 - Jun 2020 · 4 yrs 2 mos

    www.elis.org https://open-italy.elis.org/

  • FASTWEB (Milan Area, Italy)
    • Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer
      Nov 2014 - Dec 2017 · 3 yrs 2 mos

      Member of the management board with responsibility of Marketing, Communication, Innovation, Partnerships, Corporate Social Responsibility across Enterprise and Consumer segments in Fixed and Mobile

    • Chief Strategy Officer
      Sep 2012 - Oct 2014 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Chief Strategy Officer member of the Management Board in charge of strategy, business development and business planning