Matteo Pisoni

Business Development | International & Remote-Site Markets

Mendrisio, Ticino, Switzerland

About

I build commercial pipelines in markets that don't have one yet. Over the past 11 years I've developed business across contract catering, professional lighting and O&G facility management, always starting from scratch, always in contexts where the brief was "figure it out." Today I work on international BD for catering, IFM and remote-site services, running market intelligence across 6+ geographies, managing tenders with aggregate value in the tens of millions, and currently leading the setup of a new PCO subsidiary in Suriname to support offshore O&G expansion. I also built the Swiss corporate catering pipeline from zero. I'm driven by curiosity more than by comfort. I've co-founded a startup, sold lighting to luxury retailers across three countries, and spent time in 40+ countries across four continents, not as a tourist, but as someone who genuinely wants to understand how things work on the ground. That's the lens I bring to every market I enter.

Experience

  • Business Development Specialist at Pellegrini Catering Overseas SA
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    International business development across catering, IFM and remote-site services — covering market intelligence, tender management, commercial structuring and market-entry assessment including M&A evaluation. I also develop the corporate and commercial catering pipeline in Switzerland.

  • Key Account Manager at SELF Electronics-Europe
    Dec 2024 - Dec 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

    New business development across Italy, Greece and Malta for a lighting manufacturer, targeting retail, luxury, museum and food retail accounts through structured prospecting and multi-stakeholder engagement.

  • Business Development Manager at Gruppo Consoli
    Mar 2022 - Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    Commercial development in the foodservice sector through client profiling, CRM-driven pipeline management and account growth. Responsibilities included budgeting, site inspections, technical coordination and driving cross-selling initiatives to expand account value.

  • Co-Founder at Quelquid
    Jan 2021 - Feb 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Co-founded a D2C startup for curated Italian food products, covering business planning, supplier selection, brand positioning and digital tool implementation.

  • Business Development Specialist at VOLPI PIETRO S.R.L.
    Apr 2015 - Feb 2022 · 6 yrs 11 mos

    Commercial development and client management in foodservice, including territorial analysis, technical-commercial proposals and operational start-up supervision.