Luca Zerbini
Luca is the CEO and co-founder of Una Terra, a €120M Venture Capital fund focused on fostering circular economy solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss. Una Terra was selected as “Innovative Fund for our Future” by the World Economic Forum, as “Top Impact Investor” by Real Leaders and as “Top 50 Emerging Manager” by Impact Assets.
Luca is also a Sustainability Operating Advisor with Advent International [$100B AUM] and an Independent Board Advisor, holding NED positions at diversified companies with a clear impact agenda, such as RAB Lighting in NYC. He also co-authored the book “Standing Up for the Planet: stories of 45 extraordinary women who are changing the world”.
Before leaving his corporate career for impact investing, Luca was a C-suite Executive, with a track record of success as CEO of PE-backed companies over $1B in sales with Bain Capital and Milestone Capital. He also honed his business skills as a management consultant at Bain & Company both in Europe and in the US, as well as at Hewlett-Packard, Amcor and Honeywell.
Luca holds an Industrial Engineering MSE from Politecnico di Milano, an MBA with Honors from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a Duke Executive Leadership Program.
He is also a Fellow of The Marketing Academy and of the Institute for Real Growth, connecting top C-Level and Growth leaders. He speaks fluently English, French, Italian, Spanish and German.