Alessandro Petazzi has extensive experience in entrepreneurship, corporate strategy, and scaling technology-driven businesses. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of lastminute.com group in December 2024, with effect from 1 January 2025. Alessandro graduated in Business Administration from Bocconi University and Copenhagen Business School. His career began in M&A at JPMorgan in London and as a consultant at Bain & Company in Milan. In the early 2000s, he joined Fastweb, a telecom startup that grew into a market leader, where he worked on strategy, investor relations, and eventually led the IPTV and VOD business unit from inception to profitability. For his achievements, he was recognised in Cable & Satellite’s Euro50 list of influential figures in pay-TV across EMEA. In 2009, Alessandro founded On Cubed, a consulting boutique specialising in Pay TV and VOD, serving clients such as LG, SKY, and Philips. In 2013, he co-founded Musement, a company that became one of the top global leaders in the Tours & Activities sector of online travel. Under his leadership as CEO, Musement was acquired by TUI Group in 2018 and subsequently grew to over 800M€ in annual revenues. Alessandro oversaw its integration and growth until transitioning to a non-operational advisory role.