Experience

ENERGON ESCO S.P.A.

• Italy
• Electric Power Generation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chairman of the Board of Directors

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Energon Esco installs and operates power generation plants for commercial clients, such as hotels, healthcare operators and swimming pools, supplying electricity, heat and cooling with behind-the-metre plants.



Equiter Spa

• Italy
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Key Manager - Member of the Investment Committee

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  Turin, Piedmont, Italy start up of a new infrastructure fund where impact and innovation are key drivers to value creation

• Head of Investments - Responsabile Investimenti

  • Nov 2016 - Present

  Paolo Badino is responsible for Equiter' investment programme, including infrastructure, renewable energy, private equity, innovation and venture capital, direct and indirect Investments. Paolo gained over 20 years of investment experience, focused primarily in the private equity sector. He has held senior positions in different companies in the IntesaSanpaolo Group.

• Responsabile Investimenti Fondo PPP Italia

  • Dec 2006 - Dec 2020

  Start up and investment/divestment activity of “PPP Italia" fund, the first Italian Private Equity Fund focused on Infrastructure. Mr Badino led the largest part of portfolio companies with successful exits: double digit returns in all cases and multiple in the range from 1,5x (Prog.Nuovo Sant'Anna, an hospital) to 4,4x (Interporto Solare, a renewable energy project).



Torino Cities of the Future Techstars Accelerator

• Startup Mentor - Cities of the future

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Turin, Piedmont, Italy Techstars is the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. The Torino Cities of the Future Techstars Accelerator, headquartered at OGR Torino, focuses on technologies that make our cities accessible, inclusive, sustainable and resilient.



Techstars

• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Startup Mentor - Techstars Smart Mobility Program

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Turin Area, Italy Techstars Smart Mobility Accelerator is focused on transformative smart mobility technologies, smart infrastructure and smart cities. As a mentor I'll try to build a bridge between the "infrastructure" roots, the focus on sustainability and impact principles, and the outstanding startups hosted in Turin, trying also to better understand how innovation add value and impact to infra-projects.



Arborea

• CEO - Amministratore Delegato

  • May 2017 - Dec 2020

  Sardinia The SPV owns and run solar greenhouses in Sardinia



Flabrum

• Chairman - Presidente

  • Dec 2016 - Dec 2020

  Wind power generation in Campania. Start-up of the project, financed, built, managed, sold with >4x multiple and above 20% IRR.



Equiter Energia

• CEO - Amministratore Unico

  • Nov 2016 - Dec 2020

  Investment vehicle in the renewable energy sector (PV parks/wind farm). Divested. Good investment returns: IRR >20%, exit multiple > 4. Good impact return: the portfolio generated about 26-27 GWh per year, the electricity needs of 10,000 households and reduced annual CO2 emissions by an estimated 14,000 tons.



Edilmediterranea Energia

• CEO - Amministratore Delegato

  • Apr 2017 - Sep 2020

  Sardinia PV plants in Sardinia



SPVs, PPP Italia portfolio companies

• Board member

  • 2009 - Sep 2019

  Board membership in portfolio companies



Sanpaolo IMI Private Equity

• Senior Investment Manager

  • 2003 - Nov 2005

  Start-up of a new private equity fund. Board member of portfolio companies (in the luxury goods and technology sector) and member of the investment bodies of an International private equity Fund of Funds.



CDC Entreprises FCIR

• Member of the Investment Committee and Member of the Strategic Committee

  • 2004 - 2005

  Paris Area, France Member of the Strategic Committee and Investment Committee of a French Private Equity Fund of Funds.



MOSCHINO

• Italy
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Board Member

  • 2003 - 2005

  Milan Area, Italy



Aeffe S.p.A.

• Apparel & Fashion
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Board Member

  • 2002 - 2004

  Italy Member of the Board of SanPaolo IMI Private Equity portfolio companies. Supported Aeffe Group development plan, served in the Board of Directors of Aeffe Group companies (holding, Poliini, Pollini Retail, Moschino).



NHS - Sanpaolo IMI Private Equity Spa

• Investment Manager

  • Jan 1999 - Oct 2002

  Involved in the investment activity and in the analisys, implementation and structuring of closed end Funds sponsored by the Group. I served on the board of portfolio companies.



Sanpaolo Bank Holding - New Holding Sanpaolo Spa

• Financial Analyst

  • 1995 - 1999

  Involved in the investment process and the management/monitoring of the industrial portfolio of an holding company. In particular I had been involved in the acquisition, monitoring and exit from a wide range of investments (listed and non listed).



Istituto Bancario Sanpaolo di Torino - Sanpaolo Bank

• Credit Analyst

  • 1990 - 1995

  I joined Sanpaolo Group in 1990



IT Consultant Freelance

• consultant

  • 1988 - 1990

  software development