A selection of BTG Partners

 Domenico is a Senior Executive Search Advisor and the Operating Partner with BF & Company responsible for the advanced composites portfolio company Maricell. After working in technology with IBM and Hewlett-Packard in Italy, he spent 14 years with LEK Consulting in London and Milan, where he became managing partner, co-founded the Milan office and advised  private equity funds and corporates. Domenico co-invested with Societe Generale Private Equity in Moleskine (IPO on Milan stock exchange in 2013), led the management buy-out of Emaze SpA, a cybersecurity company sold to Tinexta in 2020, and was a first-round investor in the first Italian search fund Patria Capital. Domenico holds a degree in Theoretical Physics cum laude from Bologna University and an MBA from INSEAD 

Chiara is an experienced  strategic and financial advisor with specific focus on the real estate sector.  Chiara is co-founder and managing director of ALCAMA – Investment & Advisory (previously AB Capital), operating as Holding Co. (small cap/startups) and consulting firm. Acts also as independent member of the BoDs and RE fund committees.  Gained in dept financial and real estate expertise (over 25 years), having worked on and coordinated a number of major real estate transactions (over €16bn) in Italy - such as portfolio acquisitions, debt restructuring, securitizations, structuring and placement of a real estate funds, creation of JVs - from primarily corporate and financial institutions, private equity groups and public authorities. 

After a brief experience in LEK Consulting, she spent more than a decade in the investment banking sector in Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital. Graduated from Bocconi University

João Diogo Stoffel is the CEO of Project To Be, an education group that acquires and integrates schools while preserving their unique identities. A former lawyer at leading international firm Uría Menéndez, he brings strategic and managerial expertise to the education sector. João holds an MBA from IESE Business School and is an active contributor to the Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) and Search Funds communities, speaking and moderating panels at institutions such as Nova SBE and IESE. Passionate about impactful growth, João leads Project To Be with a mission to build a collaborative, high-quality network of schools across Iberia 

Vagner Morais is director of a Brussels-based innovation, research and advisory company, specializing in strategic growth, ventures and innovation funding, with a track-record of over 50M raised in the last years. He is a seasoned management, business, innovation, and growth funding advisor with over 15 years of experience within global corporations, and international/European organizations, including SMEs, midcaps and startups. Vagner has led and been involved in the advisory and fundraising of more than 50 DeepTech start-ups and SMEs from a wide range of industries, in particular digital, industrial, energy and biotech sectors. Vagner holds an MBA from London Business School, with an academic background in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a postgraduate qualification in Digital Systems and Industrial Informatics. His main interests lie at the intersection of innovation, funding and scale-up strategies, including venture capital (from seed to growth stage) and search funds 

Carlo leads the Commodities division at the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), where he works closely with leading financial institutions on market and regulatory developments. He previously headed AFME’s work on sustainable finance. Before that, he was Head of Financial Services at global consultancy Weber Shandwick, advising major banks and asset managers on strategic, regulatory, and reputational issues. Carlo began his career in public policy, with roles at the European Commission and the Italian diplomatic service. He brings deep insight into the financial services landscape and extensive experience navigating complex regulatory environments