Senior Partner within Arthur D. Little’s TIME practice (Telecommunications, Information Technology, Media and Electronics), serving the TMT industry for almost three decades, whose:

• 25 years in Arthur D. Little
• 11 years in the Middle East region.

Head of TIME Practice Middle East for Arthur D Little, worked in 30 countries since he joined Arthur D Little

Primarily focused on Corporate Strategy, M&A, Network and Wholesale economics, Innovation, Regulation and Competition.

CEO advisor, Non Executive Director (NED), regular guest speaker in boardrooms, private events or global conferences for sharing insights and perspectives regarding future market scenarios, and author of several industry viewpoints.

Assisted several types of High-Tech players in the TMT industry:

• Telecom fixed, fiber, mobile and wireless operators, MVNOs, tower companies, international carriers, content aggregators, media players, broadcast operators, datacenter operators;
• ICT players, ICT System Integrators;
• Private Equity and other investors during M&A processes (sell-side or buy-side), including transactions about spectrum auctions and license acquisition;
• Public sectors, IT and Innovation departments in government-controlled entities.

Prior to Arthur D. Little, Andrea was Research Assistant at University of Rome (Italy) and later Network Manager and Investment Planner at Wind Telecommunications (now Wind Tre, Italy).

Andrea holds a Master Diploma in Electronic Engineering (with honors) from the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’ (Italy) and a Diploma in Board Directorship from Institute of Directors (IOD). During the same period, Andrea was selected among top Italian students and hosted in the exclusive ‘Lamaro-Pozzani’ college in Rome.