Franco Giuseppe Riva

Board Member, Modern Elder & Strategic Advisor

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

About

Board Member, Strategic Advisor, and Angel Investor with a 38 years background as a global senior leader in Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, and Capital Markets. Robust and active domestic and international network of C-Suite executives. As an active connector and mentor, I deeply enjoy helping bridge the gap between the corporate and non-profit sectors, whilst promoting commitment to the highest standards of corporate governance. Milan based, passionate long-distance cyclist, father to three children working in banking, management consulting and an engineering start-up.

Experience

  • Senior Advisor at BeMyEye - MIRA
    Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

    BeMyEye provides Next-Gen AI for Retail Execution offering Smarter Sales Execution with next-gen image recognition. Mira is active in AI Computer Vision solutions

  • Board Member at Banco Alimentare della Lombardia "Danilo Fossati" ODV
    Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Senior Advisor at Kleecks
    Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

    Kleecks is an innovative SaaS platform engineered to optimize performance marketing, enhancing website health, and improving speed in real-time

  • Board Member at Banca Popolare di Sondrio
    Apr 2025 - Sep 2025 · 6 mos

    Banca Popolare di Sondrio is a major listed Italian Bank

  • Crédit Agricole CIB (19 yrs 1 mo)
    • Managing Director
      Jul 2010 - Aug 2021 · 11 yrs 2 mos

      Financial Istitutions Group Managing Director

    • MD Global Investment Banking Financial Institutions Group
      Jan 2007 - Jul 2010 · 3 yrs 7 mos

      MD in the Financial Institutions & Real Estate Group of the Global Investment Banking of CA-CIB. Based in Paris covering origination and excecution of Investment Banking transactions in all Europe.

    • Senior Banker - MD
      Aug 2002 - Jul 2007 · 5 yrs

      Senior Banker covering origination of Italian FI first for Crédit Agricole Indosuez, then Calyon