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On 9 September will take place the
BeBeez Private Equity Backed Mangers
Fashion & Design Awards 2026
Find out here the managers that received the previous awards:
- BeBeez Private Equity Backed Managers Software & ICT Awards –14 May, Thursday,
(BeBeez Magazine with a special edition about the awards) - BeBeez Private Equity Backed Managers Awards 2025 – annual event – 27 November 2025 (BeBeez Magazine)
On 23 June, Tuesday, BeBeez Private Equity Backed Mangers Financial & Insurance Services Awards 2026 took place in Banca Investis Milan Office of via Broletto, 5.
Stefania Peveraro, BeBeez Editor in Chief, and Stefano Vecchi, ceo of Banca Investis, introduced the event and shared BeBeez market data about the private equity, private debt and venture capital transactions involving the sector portfolio companies between 2025 and May 2026.
BeBeez editorial team selected the nominated managers for the award with the support of BeBeez Private Data
Big deal/big round/big bond Award to George Ottathycal Kuruvilla, ceo Prima Assicurazioni (Blackstone, Goldman Sachs AM e Carlyle) – Andrea Balestrino, Prima coo for Italy and Spain, collected the prize.
Nominated:
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)
Add-on Award to Manfredo Sciarretta, ceo Edge Group (AnaCap)
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)
Transformational M&A to Maurizio Pescarini, ceo Facile.it (Silverlake e Oakley Capital)
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)
Growth Award to Stefano Vecchi, ceo Banca Investis (Attestor Capital)
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)
Write to info@edibeez.it – subject: Awards for information about how to become a partner of the 2026 Private Equity Backed Managers Sector Awards
BauMont Real Estate Capital, part of M&G Real Estate, acquired Città Sant’Angelo Outlet Village, a 29200 sqms asset in Pescara area, from GWM (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The vendor’s subsidiary Reve Asset Management will co-invest with BauMont and retain the role as operative partner. Olivier Vellay is a partner of BauMont, a firm that Robert Balick and Frédéric Laurent founded in 2017, which said it will now focus on finalising the letting of the recent extension completed in 2024 and enhancing the customer experience in line with the changing needs of consumers and retailers. In 2024, M&G Real Estate acquired 65% of BauMont.
Boxengo.it Self Storage, a portfolio company of HIG Capital since October 2025, received a 42 million euros financing facility from a vehicle of Finanziaria Internazionale Investments in which Bayview Asset Management invested and that Savills Investment Management handles (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The company will invest such resources in the partial financing and capex investments of a portfolio of assets for self-storage use in the areas of Milan and Rome. A&O Shearman and PwC advised Bayview Asset Management. Baker McKenzie and Arendt assisted HIG Capital. William Binella founded Boxengo in 2024. BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors HIG Capital and its investments. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
Macos received assistance from Deloitte for purchasing a 1000 hectars asset in Siena area from an undisclosed vendor that retained Studio Legale Meliadò (see here a previous post by BeBeez).
