Alessandro Moretti

Senior executive with 20+ years at the intersection of strategic investment, capital allocation, and large-scale execution. Spent 7 years inside Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) — the world's most active sovereign investor in gigaprojects — as Head of Operational Value Creation, Investment Advisor, and member of the Investment Portfolio Review Committee, with direct accountability across a multi-billion-dollar portfolio of industrial, energy, technology, and consumer assets.

Board

Member of two PIF funds (BADEEL $500M renewables; HPDC $400M); Chair of the Asset Monetization Committee and Chair of Nomination & Remuneration. Co-founded a structured-capital fund operating between the GCC and Europe. Operating credibility comes from Executive Committee leadership of a $3.7B industrial group, and from a track record of 20–70% EBITDA improvement across 40+ companies.

Engineer (Politecnico di Milano, Honors) and Harvard MBA. Speaker at private equity forums in London and New York.

Co-Founder, Partner & Managing Director at Gulf Investment Partners (2026-01 – Present)

Co-founded a structured-capital fund accelerating strategic initiatives and transformation of companies in strategic sectors of the GCC economic transformation, with selective European exposure.

• Co-founded a structured-capital fund accelerating strategic initiatives and transformation of companies in strategic sectors of the GCC economic transformation, with selective European exposure
• Lead fund formation, investor engagement, and origination — designed to seize the dislocation between capital and execution capability available to GCC SMEs

Head of Operational Value Creation & Investment Advisor at Public Investment Fund (PIF) (2019-01 – 2026-01)

Senior leader within PIF's Investment Division — the world's most active sovereign investor in giga-projects and strategic transformation. Member, Investment Portfolio Review Committee. Built and led a 20+ person team partnering with portfolio CEOs and PIF deal teams to drive strategic value across a multi-billion-dollar portfolio.

• Investment Committee preparation and presentation: authored and presented investment-grade materials supporting capital-allocation decisions — risk/return analysis, value-creation thesis, execution sequencing, and governance models
• Origination through execution: led origination of a strategic business-services platform from idea through Investment Committee approval; executed transaction, funding, and post-close integration with cross-functional deal team
• Operational due diligence: led/supported diligences across industrial, services, healthcare-network, and consumer assets — operational underwriting, KPI baselining, synergy/value sizing, and execution governance
• Board Member, BADEEL ($500M Renewable Energy Fund), 2023 – Present: Chair, Asset Monetization Committee; Chair, Nomination & Remuneration Committee. Drove governance, decision-making, and stakeholder alignment through valuation, diligence, negotiation, and transaction milestones
• Board Member, HPDC ($400M PIF Fund), 2021 – Present: Chair, Nomination & Remuneration Committee
• Board Observer, NOON ($5B GMV e-commerce platform), 2021 – Present: Executive Committee member to 2023; N&R Committee member since 2023
• Capital markets execution: led monetisation of a minority stake in a power-plant asset, running a structured process with strategic and financial buyers
• E-commerce platform: $280M+ gross-profit impact via AI-enabled pricing and automated vendor-fee mechanisms
• Industrial portfolio company: +$25M EBIT (+40%) in 18 months through operating-model redesign and management-cadence reset
• Greenfield giga-scale-up (q-commerce): built KSA operations to 50+ active depots and $70M revenue in year one through technology-enabled operating model and execution discipline

Chief Transformation Officer & Executive Committee Member at Nyrstar / Trafigura (2017-01 – 2019-01)

Member of the Executive Committee of a $3.7B publicly-listed global industrial group (multi-plant operations across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific). Reported to CEO; engaged directly with the controlling shareholder (Trafigura), the Board, and senior lenders.

• Delivered $365M working-capital release and structural operational uplift through a transformation PMO of 600+ initiatives across 3 continents — listed-company disclosure rigour, milestone tracking, and shareholder reporting cadence

Operating Partner & Chief Restructuring Officer (Portfolio Companies) at Sun Capital Partners (2014-01 – 2017-01)

Deployed as CRO / operating lead into PE-backed portfolio companies (consumer, industrial, FMCG).

• Spanish FMCG (~$250M) — EBITDA returned to double-digit margins in 12 months
• Nordic apparel — +20% growth in declining market, 40% cost reduction
• UK food carve-out — +40% EBITDA via mix, pricing, and SG&A

Partner — Transformation & Turnaround Practice at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (2004-01 – 2014-01)

Led 70+ large-scale transformation programs across consumer, industrial, and business-services clients with end-to-end delivery accountability.

• Highlights: $100M profit release for a beverage industrial; +$60M EBITDA global FMCG relaunch; European sales-force transformation; CRO of a hotel/travel group with lender recapitalisation
• Multiple operational and commercial due diligences (packaging, restaurants, department stores)

MBA in General Management – Harvard Business School

MSc in Industrial Automation Engineering – Politecnico di Milano

Executive Education in Multiple Programs – Executive Education