Experience

MurexCo Group

• United Kingdom
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Non Executive Director

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  Gaetano Guerreri brings FMCG expertise and extensive knowhow in finance and strategy, matured worldwide as a CFO and VP for leading multinationals, to MurexCo’s board of directors. MurexCo is a dynamic, buy-side M&A company that specialises in consolidating fragmented industries and market sectors in which its highly distinguished team, with over 520 transactions closed collectively, has both direct operating experience and complementary expertise in M&A, financing and business development. The company’s investment focus is on established small-to-mid-sized private and family-owned European food manufacturers, with a particular interest in ethnic foods including processed meat.



Innopearl®

• Switzerland
• Business Intelligence Platforms
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisory Board Member

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  Innopearl is an agency that enables Corporations out-innovate the competition through partnerships with external innovators Innopearl is an agency that enables Corporations out-innovate the competition through partnerships with external innovators



Crescendo Consulting

• CEO

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  Crescendo Consulting Group offers advice to Consumer Goods/Media SMEs. Main areas of expertise: Strategy, Operating Model/Organization, Cost Reduction, Internal Processes. Crescendo Consulting Group offers advice to Consumer Goods/Media SMEs. Main areas of expertise: Strategy, Operating Model/Organization, Cost Reduction, Internal Processes.



PepsiCo

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Vice President

  • Jul 1996 - Aug 2016

  Held Board level responsibilities in Finance, Transformation and IT in North America, Latin America and Europe. Key roles include - Senior VP , Business Transformation Europe - Senior VP and CIO Europe- VP Planning, Business Development and M&A Europe- VP and CFO, PepsiCo Beverages Europe and Gamesa/Quaker Group, Mexico- Director, Corporate Strategic Planning, PepsiCo Inc, USAKey achievements• Led the Zero Base Budgeting process in Europe, from savings identification to monitoring of the results (including governance and reporting), resulting in savings of XX of the analysed costs• Led the acquisition process for 3 companies in Europe totalling >$2.6 Bn turnover• Led integration of PepsiCo Europe and its bottlers (PAS and PBG) after the merge of the 3 companies • Developed the Growth Strategy for Europe, resulting in a 5x increase in turnover in 10 years and in a more agile business system and smaller HQ role• Reshaped the company governance, performance management process , resource allocation criteria and cost reduction strategy resulting in faster decision making, more accurate performance monitoring, increased ROI and leaner cost base (Mexico)



McKinsey & Company

• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Engagement Manager

  • 1990 - 1996

  Focused on topline growth and cost reduction projects for Consumer and Industrial Goods Companies, reaching the position of Senior Engagement Manager (highest role below partnership) Focused on topline growth and cost reduction projects for Consumer and Industrial Goods Companies, reaching the position of Senior Engagement Manager (highest role below partnership)



Parmalat South Africa & Parmalat in Africa

• Food & Beverages
• 700 & Above Employee

• R&D Manager

  • 1987 - 1989

  Worked in R&D as responsible for the development/improvement of production equipment and of troubleshooting of JVs’ production lines Worked in R&D as responsible for the development/improvement of production equipment and of troubleshooting of JVs’ production lines



Arma dei Carabinieri

• Law Enforcement
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lieutenant

  • 1984 - 1986

  Led 50+ men in police operations Led 50+ men in police operations