Stefano Bison is the Group Head of Business Development & Partnerships at Assicurazioni Generali where he is in charge of the Unit responsible for identifying and launching, at Group / global level, new business initiatives and new (strategic) partnerships with startups or other leading companies, triggering business innovation/transformation in the Generali Group.

As an ex-management consultant (Senior Manager @ The Boston Consulting Group) and, previously, investment banker (@ Lehman Brothers – FIG M&A, then Nomura after LB bail-out), he is now in charge of the unit responsible for identifying and launching new business initiatives at Group level, while triggering business innovation and transformation through external partnerships.

 On top of his “ordinary” job, Stefano is a serial angel investor in start-ups and passionately engaged in supporting some of them in developing their businesses and raising funds, sometimes even providing coaching to entrepreneurs.

Stefano holds a MSc magna cum laude from Bocconi University-Milan, with international study experiences also at CBS-Copenhagen, IESE-Barcellona and IMD-Lausanne.