Francesco De Leo

Francesco de Leo is an Italian business executive in the field of Information and Communications Technology with a particular focus on issues relating to Green ICT. One of the Young Global Leaders at the World Economic Forum of 1999, he is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Kaufmann & Partners (K&P), a London-based advisory company focused on telco, media, and corporate finance. In his role as Chairman of K&P Francesco played a key role in supporting Cellnex Telecom in the acquisition of WIND's tower business, a transaction valued at 690 Million Euros for a portfolio of 7,737 towers. Education Francesco De Leo received a BA in economics from Bocchini University in Milan, and a Ph.D. in Strategy and Organization from UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is a graduate of CASD (Centro Alti Studi della Difesa). Career He was Director at Graviton (La Jolla, California) from 2001 through 2004, a company in the field of wireless sensory networks.