Francesco is a partner based in the Middle East and a member of McKinsey’s Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods, and Private Capital Practices, as well as our family businesses and business-building units.
Since moving to Dubai in 2013, Francesco has collaborated closely with several of the region’s largest family groups, funds, government-related entities, and retail and consumer goods businesses on “top of the house” strategy and governance, value creation for portfolio companies, AI/agentic rewiring, and building and scaling new businesses.
Francesco is part of the global leadership team of McKinsey’s family businesses unit and coleads the Middle East unit. He has published flagship research on the topic and helped launch our business-building unit in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Francesco is passionate about early stage investing, skiing, scuba diving, and his Italian and Palestinian-Lebanese family (and food).