Paola Bonomo

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

Ms. Paola Bonomo serves as Non-Executive Director at Admiral Group. Ms. Bonomo serves as a Board Member at FAAC. Ms. Bonomo was Facebook's Global Marketing Solutions Regional Director for Southern Europe between 2015 and 2016. She has held several senior leadership roles during her career including Head of Online Services, Commercial Operations for Vodafone Italy (2010- 2013), Head of Il Sole 24 Ore's Online Business Unit and Senior Director of EU Operations at eBay. Previously, she was a Partner at McKinsey & Company. She was a Non-Executive Director of AXA Assicurazioni S.p.A., the Italian operating entity of the AXA Group, from 2014 until April 2025 and had been a member of its Audit, Internal Control and Risk, and Remuneration Committees. She was a Non-Executive Director of TIM S.p.A., a leading telecommunications operator in Italy and Brazil, from 2018 to 2024 and served as a member of its Remuneration and Nomination, Strategies and Sustainability, and Control and Risk Committees. Among her volunteer activities, she was a founding member of Angels for Women, which aims to support women's entrepreneurship and increase diversity and inclusion in the early-stage investment ecosystem. She holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a degree in business administration from Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Italy. She holds a degree in business administration from the University of Bocconi, Milan, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She started her career at McKinsey & Company, working with the top management of major Italian and international corporations on issues of strategic positioning, growth, new markets, alliances and acquisitions. She then worked in various leadership roles for multinationals in the digital economy, including eBay International (Senior Director, European Operations), Vodafone (Head of Online Services) and Facebook (Regional Director, Southern Europe). Over the years she has served on the boards of directors of several companies, including the company, Telecom Italia, AXA Assicurazioni, and Piquadro. She serves as Vice Chair at Italian Angels for Growth and was a co-founder of Angels4Women in 2018. She was named twice as one of the Inspiring Fifty, the fifty leading women in European technology. In 2017 she was recognized with the Business Angel of the Year award in Italy and the Golden Aurora award for the best woman business angel in Europe. He earned a Degree in Business Administration in 1991, an MBA in Business Administration in 1995, and completed Executive Programs in 2005 and 2008.

Notable investments

IFAB - International Foundation Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Human DevelopmentCrystal Peak AcquisitionPIQUADRO SPAFacebookTIMFondazione Cineteca ItalianaFAAC Simply automatic.INWIT S.p.A.STEFANELAXA AssicurazioniEurotechSisal