Independent Advisor — Financial Sector Advisory
Strategic advisory on financial soundness of corporate projects and new ventures: market research, business modeling, valuation and quantitative risk solutions.
About
Mauro Montesano is a financial services and business consultant with nearly twenty years of experience across banking, insurance and fintech. He has held senior roles spanning risk management, corporate finance and executive leadership, including Chief Financial Officer of a leading Malta-based iGaming group, Risk Management Solvency II project lead at Accenture, and Corporate Finance consultant at KPMG.
His current independent practice focuses on business planning (including support in obtaining bank financing), business valuation, financial modeling, capital allocation and AI financial systems for corporate and start-up clients. He combines regulatory expertise with hands-on experience building automated financial and trading tools.
Professional Experience
Chief Financial Officer — iGP, iGamingPlatform Group
Malta — technology provider for online casino platforms, today one of the largest players in Malta's gaming sector. KPI definition & implementation, Single casino P&L reporting, Financial planning & budgeting, Cash flow forecasting, Consolidation accounting, Process automation and ERP implementation.
Operational Risk Manager — Hype Bank
Udine, Italy. Definition and monitoring of Key Risk Indicators, Loss data collection, Risk Self Assessment, KRI monitoring, Basel II capital requirements.
Senior Consultant — Accenture, Management Consulting, Risk Management
Milan. Risk Based Capital Model framework implementation, Solvency II reporting architecture (QRTs), enterprise risk-based capital modeling, ALM & ORSA framework design for major insurance groups.
Consultant — KPMG Advisory
Milan. Corporate Finance — Banking & Insurance (Credit Guarantee Consortium). RWA optimization, NPL strategy, Solvency II Standard Formula implementation, business plans, process re-engineering.
Insurance Salesman — Genertel S.p.A., Gruppo Generali
Trieste. Retail insurance sales — two-time Sales Production Award winner.
Expertise
Education
Master in Insurance & Risk Management (MIRM)
2008 — MIB Trieste School of Management, Trieste, Italy
EFMD Accredited Master's program covering Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Insurance Operations, and Quantitative Finance.
Master Degree in Neuropsychology
Università degli Studi di Trieste — 2005
Languages
English (excellent) · Spanish (excellent)
Press
Before his career in finance, Mauro competed at national level in boxing — Italian Elite Absolute Champion in 1999. His return to the ring at 37 was covered by Il Piccolo: "Montesano a 37 anni vuole tornare sul ring da 'pro'".