Luigi Capello

Co-Founder of LoveItaly

Founder LUISS ENLABS, Chief Operating Officer LVenture Group, Entrepreneur and Business Angel. Luigi is founder and CEO of LVenture Group – a Venture Capital Holding listed on the Italian Stock Exchange – and project creator of the first Italian case of integration between a VC investor and an accelerator called “LUISS ENLABS – The Startup Factory” – established in 2013 through the joint-venture between EnLabs and LUISS Guido Carli University.

He is co-founder of Italian Angels for Growth (IAG), the first organized group of Italian Business Angels. He has managed important private equity funds and founded several successful startups. He is Professor of “Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital” at LUISS Guido Carli University where he graduated in Economics and Business. He has attended the EPCG, Executive Program for Growing Companies, at Stanford University.

Gloria Arditi

Gloria is an architect who works in various fields of architecture. She was born in Milan and studied architecture at the Università La Sapienza, in Rome where she graduated with honors in Architectural Composition under the tutelage of Paolo Portoghesi. She later worked in the Studio of John Outram Associates and participated in two competitions to design buildings in London.

Gloria worked on the New York restoration project for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island and studied at Columbia University where she wrote a thesis on the Restoration of the Edifices of the Modern Movement and published a book on Gio Ponti: Venti Cristalli di Architettura. Gloria received a PhD in Technology of Architecture from the University Ludovico Quaroni, La Sapienza.
Gloria curated, edited and wrote for two prestigious design publications: Disegno Industriale/Industrial Design, DIID, which was nominated for the Compasso D’Oro, and for IL PROGETTO, dedicated to architecture, art, communications and design.

Gloria conducted in-depth research and the appraisal of fine artwork together with Denis Mahon and Ferdinando Bologna. Their efforts resulted in the display of the work in an exquisite exhibition in 2004 at the Capodimonte Museum in Naples.

In 2006 she was appointed Vice President of the Palatina- Istanbul Association, UNESCO Agency – and wrote a proposal for the restoration of Villa Tarabya (a masterpiece of the Deco’ Italian Architecture in Istanbul) for the Italian Foreign Ministry.  With Studio Gentiloni Silveri, she participated in the restoration of various historical buildings in Rome. For the Celebration of S. Paul’s Nativity, Gloria helped find financing for urgent works of the Papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls.
Gloria’s ancestor, Michele Arditi was the founder and director of the Archeological Museum of Naples and under his guidance, the city of Pompeii was fully discovered. He invented the concept of ‘Open-Air Excavations’ with thousands of people working in the same site at the same time.

Roberto Culicchi

Roberto holds an Italian law degree from the University of Pisa (1990) and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from New York University, School of Law, New York (1995). Roberto Culicchi is an Of Counsel in the Hogan Lovells Milan office and head of the equity capital market practice. Roberto has assisted some of the most respected and recognized companies in Italy, acting for either the Global Coordinators or the Issuers/Selling Shareholders in the public offerings and/or private placements and listings of shares on the Italian Stock Exchange.

Roberto has been involved in a variety of different securities transactions, including secondary offerings, rights issues, block trades, public tender and exchange offers and debt issues. He is a regular speaker at seminars and conferences on equity capital markets. Roberto is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Crowdfunding Network, an association which strives to provide a correct development of crowdfunding in Italy by promoting awareness of the phenomenon and networking among industry professionals, favoring innovation, competitiveness and sustainability in the market.

Marco Grassi

Marco Grassi, a mechanical engineering graduate, is an investor in smart-community platforms and start-ups with 25 years of experience in Information Communication Technology companies such as Telefonica, IBM and Atradius Credit where he served in management positions in Italy and abroad.  He lead successful international projects and company turnarounds for equity funds and family trusts.

He is currently leading co-research projects on Big Data and Business Intelligence with research centers such as the European Institute of Technology in Trento (UNITN) and the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering of the Sapienza University in Rome. He is an activist in several initiatives to bring innovative technologies to Cultural Heritage and social environment projects. Marco is member of Innovation and Technology workgroups in Confindustria and has been Executive Board member of non-profit management associations.

Claudio Honorati

In memory of Claudio Honorati who greatly supported Italian cultural heritage and creating opportunities for younger generations. Claudio was a key figure in the creation of our Association in which he strongly believed and to which he was deeply attached. He was dedicated to the mission of LoveItaly with great enthusiasm, confident that the energy of all of us together can make a difference. His memory will always be alive.

Claudio Honorati received his law degree at the University of Rome and was admitted to the bar in 1974. He has served as President and National Secretary of the Young Lawyers Association at the Rome Bar. He was a member of the Youth Panel for CNEL (Italian Counsel for Economics and Labour) and legal counsel for the Authority of Public Utilities of the City of Rome. From 1997 to 2013, he was Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Circolo Canottieri Aniene of Rome. During this period, he was responsible for the relationship with the City of Rome for the restoration of the Fontana dell’Acqua Acetosa that was financed by the Circolo.

The fountain is from the School of Bernini. He was also responsible for the subsequent preparation work and management of the area of the Fontana dell’Acqua Acetosa. He has a vast expertise in real estate and public utilities issues (with a main focus on privatization of local public utilities) and has organized seminars and coordinated publications relating to this sector. He regularly assists real estate investors in all contractual, corporate and financial issues arising from property related transactions. Claudio Honorati is Honorary President of the Dià Cultura Foundation, a non-profit organization promoting culture and ethics.

Giovanni Storto

Giovanni Lo Storto is the General Manager of LUISS University of Rome. After serving as an administrative official in the Army, he then worked as a branch manager of Bartolini in the Italian Reinsurance Union and in the office of the CEO at Swiss Re. From 1997 until 2005 he worked as a teaching assistant, and later as an adjunct professor, in Economics of Insurance Company Management at LUISS Guido Carli and the University of L’Aquila. In 2015 he was appointed independent board member for doBank SpA where in 2016 he became president of the risk committee. He is also co-founder of the accelerator LUISSEnlabs. He translated into Italian the book Jugaad Innovation for Rubbettino Editore.