Marco Mizzau is a Chairman & CEO with 27+ years of international experience leading complex organizations, industrial platforms and large-scale transformations across technology, infrastructure and financial services.

He currently serves as Chairman of Blacktrace, a London-based strategic advisory boutique supporting corporations, private capital funds and industrial platforms in complex transformation, governance and growth initiatives.

Mr. Mizzau previously held senior institutional roles in Italy, including Chief Executive Officer of Consip, the national procurement platform owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, managing over €27 billion in annual spend (approximately 1.8% of GDP). Under his leadership, Consip completed the full digitalization of public procurement two years ahead of national targets, generating over €4 billion in savings and establishing the platform as a benchmark for large-scale digital marketplaces and industrial contracting systems.

Prior to this, Mr. Mizzau served as Chief Executive Officer of Inarcassa, one of Italy’s largest institutional investors (€14 billion AUM), where he launched the fund’s first Industrial and ESG strategies, expanded allocations to private markets and infrastructure, and promoted system-level investments in the real economy.

Earlier in his career, he was Chief Operating Officer of Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital, where he led large-scale operational and infrastructure transformation programs, and spent over a decade at Accenture, EY and KPMG, advising leading industrial groups, energy utilities and infrastructure operators across Europe and the Middle East.

He began his career at Ferrovie dello Stato, Italy’s largest infrastructure and transportation group, contributing to early privatization and industrial transformation initiatives.

Mr. Mizzau is also the founder of Private Equity AI and Project AI, independent platforms exploring the impact of artificial intelligence on geopolitics, industrial competitiveness and value creation.

Publications and strategic commentary: https://medium.com/@marcomizzau