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Andrea Cosmi.

Founder & Managing Director

Corporate finance advisory and industrial management: M&A, valuation, restructuring and FP&A.

Experience

2024–present

COASE

Founder & Managing Director

Specialist business modeling, capital raising and corporate FP&A. Two equity rounds totalling €8 million for an Italian-Swiss scale-up; redesign of planning and control for a luxury textile business, with methodological transfer to management. International assignments include turnaround, project finance, impairment testing and management reporting.

2017–2023

Industrie Saleri Italo

Head of FP&A · Head of M&A

Established and led FP&A within an international automotive group with over €200 million in revenue. Responsibilities included budgeting, rolling forecasts, cash flow modeling and board and lender reporting. M&A work included the Aftermarket spin-off, C.D.C., Ruville and ABL Automazione. Developed the business interruption damages model and led the technical negotiation concluded with a €24 million insurance settlement.

2013–2017

Ways Advisory

Managing Director

Led end-to-end assignments spanning debt advisory, restructuring, capital raising and interim management. Executed ten restructuring operations covering approximately €500 million of debt. Expanded the practice from three to fifteen professionals.

2006–2013

EY

Analyst → Senior Manager

Transaction services, valuation and restructuring. Financial and operational due diligence, financial modeling, business valuation and recovery plans. Specialist teaching at the University of Bologna and LIUC.

2005–2006

CBRE Investors

Analyst

Financial analysis, valuation and acquisition financing for real estate portfolios and institutional investors.

Education

Education

NYU Stern — Valuation, Professor Aswath Damodaran (2015)
London School of Economics — Financial Modelling (2007)
Università Bocconi — Business Administration, Finance specialisation (2005)

Experience above includes roles held before the foundation of COASE.