Alessandro is the Managing Partner of Pacemakers, a research and strategy firm dedicated to enabling large firms deliver real digital change through partnering.

He is a Non-Executive Director at bank challenger Cashplus and mentor of several FinTech start-ups working with Techstars, Seedcamp, Startupbootcamp in London and Kickstarter in Zurich. He is also an investor in several early-stage technology and FinTech companies.

Prior to Pacemakers, he was the COO of Digital Banking and Group Innovation Director at Lloyds Banking Group, the UK’s largest retail and commercial bank. He was also the MD of PayPoint.net a large EU payment processor and Director Large Merchant Services at PayPal the global alternative payments platform. He started his career in financial services as European Marketing Director at GE Capital.

He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.