Save the Date! On 23 June, Tuesday, BeBeez Private Equity Backed Mangers
Financial & Insurance Services Awards 2026 will take place in Banca Investis Milan Office of via Broletto, 5 at 5:30 PM.
Private Equity professionals and managers of sector portfolio companies can book their place here.
Stefania Peveraro, BeBeez Editor in Chief, and Stefano Vecchi, ceo of Banca Investis, will introduce the event
Click here for taking part to the anonymous survey and vote your favourite manager
BeBeez editorial team selected the nominated managers for the award with the support of BeBeez Private Data
Big deal/big round/big bond Award
Giovanni Campus and Antonio Marchitelli, founder and ceo of MSA MIzar (Towerbrook, Columna Capital)
Luigi Marciano, ceo Objectway (Cinven)
Massimiliano Merlo, ceo Firstance (Harvest Group-TA Associates e Montagu Private Equity)
George Ottathycal Kuruvilla, ceo Prima Assicurazioni (Blackstone, Goldman Sachs AM e Carlyle)
Add-on Award
Marco Amato, head m&a One Italia Alliance (JC Flowers)
Carlo Maria Bassi, ceo GBSapri (Brera Capital Partners)
Carlo Faina e Gianluca Graziani, ceo Ardonagh Italia (The Ardonagh Group- Madison Dearborn, HPS Partners, ADIA e Stone Point Capital)
Gianluca Melani, ceo Wide Group (Pollen Street)
Manfredo Sciarretta, ceo Edge Group (AnaCap)
Transformational M&A
Fabrizio Burlando, ceo Bancomat (FSI Sgr)
Iacopo De Francisco, ceo Banca CF+ (Ellliott Management)
Giovanni Giuliani e Stefano Pellegrino, chairman and ceo Health Italia (Clessidra Capital Credit sgr)
Maurizio Pescarini, ceo Facile.it (Silverlake e Oakley Capital)
Growth Award
Filippo Ceppellini, ceo OnHealth Care Group (Oakley Capital)
Isidoro Lucciola, fondatore Loan Agency Services (GLAS-Oakley Capital e La Caisse)
Gabriele Piccini, ceo Clessidra Factoring (Clessidra Holding)
Lorenzo Riccardi, former ceo of PIB Group Italia (Apax Partners e The Carlyle Group)
Stefano Vecchi, ceo Banca Investis (Attestor Capital)
BeBeez Readers Special Award for the ceo of a software&ICT company that belongs to a private equity or a big venture capital. Click here for the anonymous vote
Write to info@edibeez.it – subject: Awards for information about how to become a partner of the 2026 Private Equity Backed Managers Sector Awards
Generali Real Estate, part of Generali Investments, completed the 155 million GBP, or little below 0.764 million per room, acquisition of Novotel Tower Bridge London, a 4 star hotel with 203 rooms in 10 Pepys Street, from Ares Real Estate and EQ Group which received the advisory support of JLL (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Generali Real Estate has a one billion euros worth portfolio of Upscale, Upper-Upscale and Luxury assets in prime locations of important European cities such as Milan, Rome, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Venice, Lione, and London. Gabriella Pelosi is the head of the hotel sector and portfolio manager of Generali Real Estate. William Duffey is JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group Head of EMEA Hotels & Hospitality Capital Markets Hotels & Hospitality Group.
LeadCrest Capital Partners, a real estate finance firm, and HModa, a fashion manufacturer that belongs to Claudio Rovere’s Holding Industriale (Hind), signed a long-term strategic sale & lease back agreement that a vehicle of Polis Fondi will manage for investments worth in the region of 100 million euros (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Diego Vidal Ponte is the South Europe investment manager of LeadCrest which retained Linklaters, KPMG, Arcadis, CBRE Capital Advisors, BNP Paribas Real Estate, CBRE, and WTW. UniCredit provided further resources and received assistance from Legance. Hmoda appointed De Faveri and Eversheds Sutherland. Michele Stella is the ceo of Polis Fondi.
Invel Real Estate, an UK private equity real estate player, said it will invest 18 million euros in a Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) in Milan and another in Padua as part of the partnership that previously signed with Stonehill International Group (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Milan’s asset is in Via Lambruschini while Padua’s in Via Valeri. The buildings will have a LEED Gold certification. Gabriele Magotti is the Chief Investment Officer of Invel Real Estate. Matthew Cartisser is the ceo fo Stonehill International Group.
Davide Grossi, Mario Resca, Harcos Capital Partners, and Omar Uger Agiami launched Blue Lake Capital Partners, a capital advisory an co-investment firm for mid-market residential real estate (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Blue Lake will assist developers and sponsors for debt and equity transaction as advisor and co-investor with the role of GP/developer and preferred equity.
