Connections that create value: the network of experts for your growth
Synesis is a company made up of a network of highly qualified professionals with solid experience in various areas of business consulting, training, and organizational development. Our team combines multidisciplinary expertise ranging from continuous improvement to the reduction of non-value-adding costs for the organization, from change management to strategic leadership, as well as governance and human resources development.
Each member of our team brings a wealth of experience gained in both national and international contexts, holding leadership roles in transformation and improvement projects. Our strength lies in our ability to integrate these diverse skills to offer effective, practical, and results-oriented solutions.
Meet the professionals who make up our team.
Managing Partner
Graduated in Business Administration, Innovation Manager, Lean Advisor, and World Class Manufacturing Auditor. Responsible for consulting projects on organization, innovation, and continuous improvement, with over 30 years of operational experience in industrial and service sector companies. He combines deep knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, World Class Manufacturing, TPM, Total Quality Management) with a strategic leadership approach, demonstrating excellent ability to lead projects, including international ones.
Paolo Risso
CEO & Managing Partner
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Psychologist, PhD in Human Sciences, Executive Coach, Candidate for the Italian Psychoanalytic Society. Expert in People Development, Change Management, and Organizational Development, she supports companies and leaders to improve managerial skills, organizational health, and well-being. Using assessment and intervention tools, she leads consulting projects for national and multinational companies.
Elena Ernandez
Managing Partner
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Graduated in Business Administration, Consultant, Qualified Trainer in Business Management Systems (AICQ SICEV, CEPAS). Responsible for complex consulting and training projects focused on compliance with international certification standards (ISO). He specializes in risk management, project management, and ESG models. With over 30 years of experience in consulting for medium and large companies and multinational corporations in manufacturing and services sectors.
Gilberto Gai
Managing Partner
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Associate Partner
Riccardo Albera
Associate Partner
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Senior Manager with over 30 years of experience leading strategic projects aimed at transforming global production systems, localization projects, and change management initiatives in European and Japanese multinational corporations. An expert in Lean methodologies, Quality, Industrial Engineering, and Program Management, he integrates technical expertise with international leadership to improve operational performance, accelerate innovation, and support sustainable long-term growth.
Giuseppe Caivano
Associate Partner
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Graduated in Economics and Commerce. Responsible for consulting projects on organizational change, development of operational skills, and continuous improvement. As a consultant and executive in large industrial groups, he has gained extensive international experience, particularly in Brazil and the United States, participating in leadership roles in successful organizational change and workforce skills development projects.
Claudio Carbonaro
Associate Partner
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Graduated in Industrial Technologies Engineering, Innovation Manager, Lean Advisor. Responsible for projects in organization, operations, and process improvement, with over 35 years of operational experience in industrial, healthcare, and service companies. A qualified expert in lean design, production planning and scheduling, factory logistics, and workplace organization.
Silvia Cornaglia
Associate Partner
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Chartered Accountant and Legal Auditor. Management consultant, trainer, temporary manager, member of supervisory boards, and independent director for medium-large public and private companies. Responsible for consulting and training projects in governance and organization in general, with over 30 years of experience in Administration, Finance, Business Planning, and Management Control, including international experience.
Antonio Figoli
Associate Partner
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Graduated in Business Administration. Senior consultant in continuous process improvement projects with 30 years of international operational experience in industrial, service, and public administration sectors. Lecturer on Lean Transformation, World Class Manufacturing, Project Management, Six Sigma, Logistics, and Quality at Italian and international Corporate Academies.
Andrea Magno
Associate Partner
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Graduated in Mechanical Engineering with more than 25 years of international operational experience as a manager in Product Engineering, Research and Development, Manufacturing, Service Operations, Project Management, Continuous Improvement, and Quality. Innovation Manager, Master Black Belt Lean/6Sigma, World Class Manufacturing Trainer & Consultant.
Chiara Martinelli
Associate Partner
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Graduated in Philosophy of Science, Consultant and Lecturer in Project Leadership, Management & Communications. With almost 40 years of experience, she has implemented national and international consulting and training projects on organizational transformation and continuous improvement, with a particular focus on skills development and team integration.
Raffaella Sella
Associate Partner
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Graduated in Political Science with a specialization in administration.
With decades of experience as a strategic and operational consultant in the management of business processes for selection, onboarding, career management plans, work-life balance, and ethical governance of Human Resources.
Project Manager for Social Responsibility schemes according to SA 8000, UNI PDR 125:2022, Diversity & Inclusion (ISO 30415).
Consultant in corporate sustainability, ESG reporting, and certifications for EcoVadis, Sedex, and the Global Compact.