Management Team

Massimo Sarmi has been Chairman of FiberCop since November 2020, transitioning to become Chairman of the newly launched FiberCop in July 2024 to both Chairman and CEO since January 23^rd 2025.

Mr. Sarmi has worked in the telecommunications sector since 1976, holding top positions across some of Italy’s major strategic companies.

Mr. Sarmi worked at Telecom Italia from 1976-1999, and was the first General Manager of TIM when the mobile radio division was spun off from Telecom Italia, later becoming General Manager at Telecom Italia.

Among his other appointments, Mr. Sarmi has also served as Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Siemens Italia and Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Poste Italiane Group.

He currently serves as General Counsel, Antitrust & Compliance Office at FiberCop since July 1^st 2024, where he is also the Secretary of the Board of Directors. Prior to this role, he held various positions with increasing responsibility within the Telecom Italia Group.

From 2019 to April 2021, he was Head of the Legal Wholesale and Technology sector at TIM. From 2017 to 2019, he served as Head of Legal & Regulatory Wholesale Infrastructures, Network & Systems at TIM. Previously, he was Head of Litigation (civil, criminal, and administrative) for the Telecom Italia Group.

He has been Chief Regulatory Office since August 1^st 2024 a role he held since 2019 when at TIM.

Previous to that he was Head of Institutional Affairs at Wind following the tender on the third mobile licence. From December 2000 to January 2018 he contributed to setting up Fastweb, first as Head of Regulatory Affairs and later has General Counsel.

He started his career as a public official at CONSOB’s Research Office, where he worked for four years. Subsequently, he joined the newly established Antitrust Authority, taking on the responsibility of the Telecommunications and IT Division.

In 1997 he followed the STET Office in implementing the privatisation process, and led the Relations with the Central Line Authority. He has a Law Degree and specialized in Economic Law particularly in the areas of competition protection and market regulation.

He is Chief Compliance Officer since February 14^th 2025. From January 2022 to December 2024, he held the role of EMEA Ethics & Business Integrity Lead at Google, in London first and later in Amsterdam.

From 2016 to 2020 he was Group Ethics & Compliance Officer for VEON in Amsterdam where he contributed to the completion of the Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the US Department of Justice. Prior to that he spent 10 years at Accenture, on several roles both in the Legal and Compliance Department in Italy, Middle East and Africa. He also served as Associate at Mazzoni & Associati Law Firm for 8 years.

He holds a Law Degree from Università degli Studi di Catania and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the Louisiana State University and is a certificated BAR in Italy.

He has been Chief Audit Officer since August 1^st 2024. He was Global Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Risk Management and Insurance at EssilorLuxottica, and Vice President of Group Internal Audit at Essilor International. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the NIKON Essilor Joint Venture in Japan.

He joined Essilor in 2016 as Chief Audit Executive in Singapore, having previously worked for Fiat Chrysler Group for fourteen years moving to China and contributing to the development of activities in the Asia Pacific region. In 2013, he joined CNH Industrial as head of Internal Audit for Asia Pacific in Shanghai.

He began his career in 2002 as an Internal Auditor in Europe, based in London as Internal Audit Manager for the UK and Spain. He graduated from the University of Palermo with a Ph.D. in Economics and was a visiting lecturer at the Universities of Palermo and Enna.

He has been Chief Security Officer since February 14^th 2025 after helding the role of Security and Government Liaison Officer since August 1^st 2024.

Since 1991 he worked at TIM in the Legal Department as a legal advisor to the territorial areas and managing relations with the judicial authority.

In 2003, he moved to the Security department, where he held roles of increasing responsibility. He managed Process and Crisis Management, Employee Awareness, Business Continuity & Civil Protection in the field of Security Risks Prevention, Services for the Judicial Authority and, in 2015, he took on the responsibility of the Government Liaison Office. He has a Law Degree.

Caterina Girone has been a member of the FiberCop Chairman’s Staff since July 2024.

She has significant experience in the telecommunications sector, holding key positions within the TIM Group: from 2021 to 2024, she lead the implementation of the Transformation Plan, achieving significant savings and operational optimization.

In 2020, she coordinated a Digital Transformation project to improve high-speed connectivity processes (FTTH-FTTC), generating significant improvements in customer experience.

She has a Degree in Mathematics and has attended numerous management training courses, developing skills in leadership and innovation.

He has been Chief Revenue & Data Officer since February 14^th 2025 after covering the position of Chief Commercial Officer since August 1^st 2024.

From July 2022 he was Senior Advisor for several infrastructure funds. From 2018 to 2022 he held the role of Marketing and Commercial Director at Open Fiber.

In 2010, he became the CEO of Interoute where he entered in 2004 as Wholesale Director also in charge of Business Development and Regulatory Affairs. At the end of 2016, his commercial responsibility area expanded, leading to his appointment as VP Southern Europe, CEE, and MEA.

With a Degree in Telcoms Engineering, in over 25 years he held technical positions before becoming a manager. 

Stefano Paggi has been Chief Technology & Operations Officer since December 16^th, 2024.

An electronic engineer with extensive experience in the telecommunications sector, in 2022 he set up a management consulting firm. From 2016 to 2022 he held key positions in operations and network management at Open Fiber, before moving to procurement.

He previously joined Telecom Italia in 1992 and worked at TIM until 2016. Over the course of more than 20 years, he led the company’s transformation, rising from area manager to head of Open Access with some 20,000 employees.

From 1989 to 1992 he worked at Biotronix as a Designer and Programmer, after graduating with a degree in Electronic Engineering from La Sapienza University of Rome.

He has been Chief Financial Officer since July 1^st 2024.

He was Chief Financial Officer at Abertis for five years, where his responsibilities included Finance, Treasury, Business Development, Consolidation, KPIs and Financial Planning, Tax, Insurance, Risk and Internal Audit, Ratings, and Investor Relations.

From 2007 to 2019 he was Senior Executive at Mediobanca, co-head of the Global Coverage activity, managing key clients and transactions across multiple sectors, products, and geographies. He also spent five years at JP Morgan, involved in advisory, financing, and equity markets activities. Among his experiences: managing the Electra QMC fund for medium-cap listed European companies, four years in Colombia in activities related to infrastructure privatisation as a Special Advisor at the Ministry of Finance, and Management Consulting at CDI in Boston.

Born in Belgium, he graduated in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Oxford.

Alberto Boffelli has been the Chief Corporate Officer of FiberCop since February 14^th, 2025. Previously, he served as Chief Operations Officer and General Manager of the Projects Business Unit at Prysmian, overseeing the execution of interconnection and offshore wind farm projects. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of Prysmian Powerlink.

Born in Turin on May 19^th, 1979, he holds a Degree in Business Administration from the University of Turin. He has twenty years of experience in the industrial sector, starting in the automotive industry before specializing in the cable industry. Within the Fiat Group, he held various roles, moving from sales to procurement and working with different companies within the group (CNH, Iveco, Fiat Group Purchasing).

At Prysmian Group, he initially focused on procurement before transitioning to project and contract management, eventually leading operations for the Projects Business Unit – the group’s highest value-added division, dedicated to project execution.

He has participated in restructuring and integration processes and, over the past seven years, has been actively involved in the energy transition, also taking on leading responsibilities on sustainability issues.

Riccardo Busani has been Chief Strategy Officer since March 24^th, 2025.

He joined FiberCop after spending over seven years at KKR in London where he was Director for Infrastructure Private Equity for the EMEA region. During that time, he earned a relevant experience in the Buy-side and Portfolio management of European companies operating in telcos, fiber infrastructure and green energy. Prior to that, he was Investment Banking Associate at Morgan Stanley overseeing M&A execution on several industries.

Riccardo Busani has a BSc. in Economics at Bocconi University followed by a MSc. in Finance with a double Master Degree from both Bocconi and the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.

He is also a first Level Sommelier with a certificate at AIS and was captain for the Waterpolo team of Bocconi University where he played for the National Championship.