James Gentile

James is an accomplished Senior Commercial Manager based in Italy with a dynamic career in finance, entrepreneurship, and sports marketing spanning two decades, first as an analyst on Wall Street and later as a director of several private equity-funded retail companies in the United States. He has considerable expertise in strategy and business planning, international management, and the development of brand-led, value-added global partnerships in Formula One. In his personal time, James is an advisory board member for The Association for the Integration of Women in Modena, Italy, a non-profit providing job skills training and mentorship to help immigrant women grow roots and flourish in the restaurant industry.