Maria Cappello

Active Investor

Angel investor in Milan

Milan, Lombardy

Maria Cappello, Angel investor in Milan is an active investor based in Milan, Lombardy. This profile covers what Maria Cappello backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Ms. Maria Elena Cappello, Graduated in Engineering from the University of Pavia with an executive master in Strategic Marketing and Sales Techniques from Babson College, MA (USA) and in Marketing Management from SDA Bocconi (Milan). She was also a Director and chairman of the Remuneration Committee, as well as a member of the Nomination Committee and of the Transformation Committee of Luminor Bank AS (Baltic States). She was the Director and member of the sustainability and scenarios Committee of Saipem, a company in which she also held the role of Chairman of the Remuneration and Appointments Committee; She is a director and Member of the Remuneration and Appointments Committee of Prysmian, a company of which she was also a member of the Risk Committee; Director of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, where you also held the role of Chairman of the Risks Committee, the Appointments Committee and the remuneration committee; Director of Telecom Italia and member of the Related Parties Committee; Director of the ENI Enrico Mattei Foundation (FEEM), as well as of IOL Seat Pagine Gialle; Director and member of the Risks Committee of A2A; Director and Chairman of the Appointments and Remuneration Committee of Sace. She also held the positions of Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nokia (formerly Nokia Siemens Networks), as well as Chief Executive Officer of Nokia Italia and Vice Chairman of GSA (Global Supplier Association); Senior Vice President at Pirelli Broadband Solutions and Executive Director at Hewlett Packard at EMEA level. Member of the ESG Working Group for Climate Change World Economic Forum, Fortune MPW (Most Powerful Women) and Fortune Boardroom Confidential, in 2020 she was elected by Forbs among the 100 successful women.

Notable investments

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