Bio

Riccardo Pacelli specializes in interim management (CRO/CFO) and finance transformation, providing finance function support to implement turnarounds, cost reduction/cash generation measures and improve accounting & reporting procedures. Mr. Pacelli brings 15 years of experience in general management, investment banking, operational turnaround and financial restructuring. Serving in an advisory capacity, Mr. Pacelli’s roles include interim management to creditors and equity holders in the retail, hospitality, manufacturing, construction, energy and aerospace industries throughout EMEA and Latin America. Before joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Pacelli worked in the investment banking division of Merrill Lynch, where he served clients in consumer retail and multi-industry sectors, delivering comprehensive guidance on acquisitions, takeovers, spinoffs and LBOs. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Mr. Pacelli worked as Finance Director, responsible for operational turnaround and financial restructuring of Key Energy Mexico, subsidiary of US listed Key Energy Services and leading rig-based well servicing contractor in Mexico. Mr. Pacelli received a BSc cum laude in business administration from Università Roma III in Italy, and an M.B.A. from IE Business School.