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Alessandro Felisati

Interim COO and operations lead

€650/day
Marbella, ES
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Alessandro

I am an Interim COO and senior operations lead with more than 40 years of hands-on experience founding, running and transforming businesses across Italy, Spain, the UK, Monaco, Switzerland and Brazil.

I help founder-led and mid-market companies bring complex operations under control, execute transformation projects and turn strategic plans into practical delivery.

My work combines operations management, project execution, business development, management reporting, process improvement, financial control, stakeholder coordination and international expansion.

I work directly with founders and leadership teams. I identify what is blocking performance, establish clear priorities, assign responsibilities and remain involved through implementation.

Selected results include:

• supporting the turnaround of a €20M-revenue manufacturing company while protecting customers, employees, operations and banking relationships;

• rebuilding a Milan hotel’s commercial and operational model, producing a permanent 40% increase in revenue and profitability;

• building and launching businesses and projects across manufacturing, hospitality, real estate, professional services and consumer products;

• coordinating cross-border operating structures, professional advisers, banking, suppliers and market-entry activities across Southern Europe.

I am based in Marbella and work remotely across Europe, with availability for planned travel.

Languages: Italian, English and Spanish.

Available for interim, fractional, freelance and project-based assignments.
  • Spanish

    Fluent

  • Italian

    Native or bilingual

  • Portuguese

    Conversational

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Marbella (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Independent / Studio Felisati
    Senior Business Consultant — Operational Development & Turnaround
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    January 1984 - January 2024 (40 years)
    Milan, Italy
    - Turned around a EUR 20M wallpaper manufacturer in serious trouble — kept the customer base, kept the staff, kept the banks calm, and brought in new investment to fund the recovery.
    • Rebuilt a Milan hotel's commercial operation — pricing, staffing, a modern booking system — and delivered a 40% permanent increase in revenue and profit.
    • Ran cross-border real estate operations in Milan and southern Brazil: acquisitions, restorations, resolving legal encumbrances, and selling the finished asset. Multiple exits at strong returns.
    • Managed high-net-worth clients across Monaco, Spain and Italy — private banking, investments, trust structures and asset protection — as their single senior contact, not one of many.
    • Co-founded and sold a surgical instruments company — built the hospital sales network from zero, sourced niche products, and led the exit.
    • Handled multi-jurisdiction liquidations — a Swedish heavy machinery division, film production companies in the US and Italy — maximising what came back to shareholders and creditors.
    Corporate strategy Start-up Business development
  • Cristalina Solutions
    Fractional COO & International Operations Consultant
    January 2017 - Today (9 years and 7 months)
    Marbella, Málaga, Spain
    • • Built a boutique advisory in Marbella from zero, serving foreign business owners, high-net-worth individuals and digital nomads with company formation, accounting, tax structuring and relocation — in Italian and Spanish.
    • • Designed cross-border corporate structures for owners with assets in Spain, Gibraltar and beyond — holdings, trusts, invoicing setups — with tax optimisation as a design choice, not an afterthought.
    • • Delivered a full family-office engagement for a wealthy Milan family for one year: property oversight, investments, schools, healthcare, relocations, documentation — as a single senior point of contact.
    • • Ran the entire client relationship personally, without intermediaries or handoffs — the same person from first call to signature at the notary.
    • • Turned around a EUR 20M wallpaper manufacturer in serious trouble — kept the customer base, kept the staff, kept the banks calm, and brought in new investment to fund the recovery.
    • • Rebuilt a Milan hotel's commercial operation — pricing, staffing, a modern booking system — and delivered a 40% permanent increase in revenue and profit.
    • • Ran cross-border real estate operations in Milan and southern Brazil: acquisitions, restorations, resolving legal encumbrances, and selling the finished asset. Multiple exits at strong returns.
    • • Managed high-net-worth clients across Monaco, Spain and Italy — private banking, investments, trust structures and asset protection — as their single senior contact, not one of many.
    • • Co-founded and sold a surgical instruments company — built the hospital sales network from zero, sourced niche products, and led the exit.
    • • Handled multi-jurisdiction liquidations — a Swedish heavy machinery division, film production companies in the US and Italy — maximising what came back to shareholders and creditors.
    Corporate strategy Business development management accounting

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Education

  • Technical Course Aerospace & Aeronautics
    Istituto Feltrinelli
    Technical Course Aerospace & Aeronautics
  • Technical Diploma Electronics & Robotics
    Istituto Galvani
    Technical Diploma Electronics & Robotics

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