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Francesco Marsella

Partner

Managing Partner, Global Practice Leader, Strategy & Organization

Italy

Francesco leads the marketing & sales center of competence of the Automotive practice, helping clients on growth-related projects and business transformation programs.

Areas of Focus

Education

SDA Bocconi Milan
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Università La Sapienza Roma
Master’s Degree in Engineering
ESADE Business School
Visiting Student

Past Experience

Atlantia Group
Project Manager

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Managing Partner

Francesco is a Partner at Arthur D. Little, based in our Rome office, and leads Arthur D. Little’s Global Strategy & Organization practice. He’s also the leader of the marketing & sales center of competence of the Automotive and Manufacturing Goods Practice.

Since joining Arthur D. Little in 2007, Francesco has served clients throughout Europe, supporting leading automotive OEMs on strategic and growth-related projects and large-business transformation programs.

His expertise ranges from customer experience and digital marketing to pricing, and from go-to-market strategy and market-coverage optimization to performance improvement.

Francesco began his carrier in the travel & transportation industry, working at Atlantia Group as a project manager.

Francesco holds a Master of Business Administration at SDA Bocconi in Milan, visiting student at ESADE Business School in Barcelona, and a Master’s Degree in Engineering at Rome University “La Sapienza”.

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From the first horse-drawn couriers to drone delivery via creating the “penny black” stamp, the automation of sorting, and so on, postal operators (“posts”) have always adapted. Moreover, given their public service spirit, they have shown great resilience to unforeseen obstacles. This explains their longevity. But digitalization of the economy is changing the context of posts — in a positive way as e-commerce increases but negatively as mail and retail networks use declines.
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Francesco is a Partner at Arthur D. Little, based in our Rome office, and leads Arthur D. Little’s Global Strategy & Organization practice. He’s also the leader of the marketing & sales center of competence of the Automotive and Manufacturing Goods Practice.

Since joining Arthur D. Little in 2007, Francesco has served clients throughout Europe, supporting leading automotive OEMs on strategic and growth-related projects and large-business transformation programs.

His expertise ranges from customer experience and digital marketing to pricing, and from go-to-market strategy and market-coverage optimization to performance improvement.

Francesco began his carrier in the travel & transportation industry, working at Atlantia Group as a project manager.

Francesco holds a Master of Business Administration at SDA Bocconi in Milan, visiting student at ESADE Business School in Barcelona, and a Master’s Degree in Engineering at Rome University “La Sapienza”.

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Optimistic global CEOs focus on people and skills in an AI future
Embracing the opportunities that artificial intelligence (AI) and talent together can unlock, CEOs are looking beyond the current instability, and increasingly confident about the future prospects for their organizations and the wider economy. Two-thirds are highly positive about the global outlook over the next three to five years, a major increase from 2023. Given that global tensions have worsened over the last 12 months, with conflict in the Middle East, disruptions to Red Sea supply chains, and the continuing war in Ukraine, this optimism is dramatic and heartening.
Find out more
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Embracing uncertainty, driving growth
Embracing uncertainty, driving growth
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Find out more
Time to renew your pilot’s license?
Time to renew your pilot’s license?
Find out more
TURNING TURMOIL TO ADVANTAGE: HOW CEOS ARE NAVIGATING CHANGE TO DRIVE GROWTH
Turning Turmoil to Advantage: How CEOs Are Navigating Change to Drive Growth
Find out more
Postal operators: The need for transformation and corresponding strategic moves
Travel & transportation
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Francesco Marsella, François Deneux, Yuma Ito, Maximilian Scherr
From the first horse-drawn couriers to drone delivery via creating the “penny black” stamp, the automation of sorting, and so on, postal operators (“posts”) have always adapted. Moreover, given their public service spirit, they have shown great resilience to unforeseen obstacles. This explains their longevity. But digitalization of the economy is changing the context of posts — in a positive way as e-commerce increases but negatively as mail and retail networks use declines.
Find out more

More About Francesco
  • SDA Bocconi Milan
    Master of Business Administration (MBA)
  • Università La Sapienza Roma
    Master’s Degree in Engineering
  • ESADE Business School
    Visiting Student
  • Atlantia Group
    Project Manager