Marco graduated in Engineering at Cambridge University (UK), worked for IBM in the USA and Italy and, after obtaining an MBA degree from INSEAD in Fontainebleau (F), was with McKinsey & Co. from 1988 to 1992. From 1992 to 1999 in RCS Editori, where he also served as General Manager of the Books Division. In 1999 he was one of the founding partners of e.Biscom Group (today Fastweb SpA), listed on the “New Market” of the Milan Stock Exchange, as Vice President of Editorial Content. Since 2002, as a member of the Vela Capital (subsequently Vela Imprese), he acted as Advisor to the PE Fund ”Dimensione Network” managed by Aletti Private Equity SGR (Banca Popolare di Verona e Novara) . In 2010, he successfully concluded the direct management of a process of “turnaround” of Vela’s invested Company, Ellamp Spa. Since 2012 Senior Advisor to Halder, a PE German Fund specialized in European SME. As of 2014, along Long Term Partners (an OCC Strategy Consultants Company), a leading management consulting firm, he coordinates projects in the sectors of media, digital strategy and cultural heritage.