Foreign Investors
Your Italian operation. Run in English.
An interim country manager and CEO who runs the Italian subsidiary for a foreign owner. Full P&L authority. Reports to HQ. Fluent in the local context.
For
International groups, foreign investors and multinationals with an Italian subsidiary that needs a country manager now: leadership gap, underperformance, market entry, or a turnaround inside the local entity.
EN/IT
Board language
1 wk
Time to start
Milan
Based
3-12m
Typical mandate
The situation we step into
Country manager gap
The local CEO has left. HQ cannot brief, hire and onboard a permanent replacement from abroad in less than six months.
Italian P&L underperforming
Numbers from Italy do not match the group plan. HQ cannot tell whether it is the market, the team or the execution.
Market entry without local muscle
First customers, first hires, entity setup and local compliance. Nobody on the ground in Italy to own it.
HQ-local translation tax
Decisions stall because the briefing has to be re-explained every cycle. The Italian team and HQ speak past each other.
What changes in the first 90 days
Single operating voice for Italy
HQ gets one English-speaking executive accountable for the Italian P&L. No translation layer. No surprises.
Plan reconnected to the group
Italian plan aligned to group strategy. KPIs that HQ already uses. Reporting cadence the group is used to.
Local team led, not managed remotely
Italian leadership team led in Italian, on site in Milan. Replacements made where needed.
Customers and partners covered
Top accounts re-engaged. Local partnerships and bank relationships handled in person, in Italian.
How the engagement runs
- Week 0
Scoping with HQ.
Mandate, authority, reporting line, success metrics. Written scope and number inside 48 hours.
- Week 1
Take the seat.
Announced internally and to key customers. Operating review installed in English, executed in Italian.
- Month 1
Plan reconnected.
Italian plan aligned to group. KPI tree, reporting cadence and forecast credible.
- Month 3
Top team accountable.
Local leadership in place. Successor candidates identified inside or outside the company.
- Exit
Handover.
Permanent country manager onboarded or fractional cadence agreed with HQ.
Questions buyers ask
What is an interim country manager for Italy?
An English-speaking executive who runs the Italian subsidiary for a foreign owner. Full P&L authority, reports to HQ, fluent in the local context.
Why interim instead of permanent?
Permanent country manager searches in Italy take six to nine months. An interim operator starts in a week, stabilises the operation and either hands over to the permanent hire or stays on a fractional basis.
Can the same person handle board, customers and works council?
Yes. Italian board governance, key customer relationships and works council dialogue are all part of the country manager seat. Trilingual English-Italian-Swedish operator.
What if we do not have an Italian entity yet?
Market entry, entity setup, first hires and first customers are covered. Interim CEO for the launch phase, then fractional or handed over.
Need this seat filled. Fast.