Leadership

Manfredi Catella graduated in Economics from Cattolica university in Milan and holds a Regional Planning and Real Estate master from the Polytechnic university of Turin. Catella is COIMA SGR shareholder and CEO, and chairman of the COIMA REM real estate company, founded in 1974.

He was responsible for the Hines activites in Italy and gained experience at JP Morgan in Milan, Caisse Centrale des Banques Populaires in Paris, Heitman in Chicago and HSBC in Paris.

Chairman of the Riccardo Catella Foundation, member of the Advisory Board of the Bocconi University and Assolombarda, Manfredi Catella is a financial analyst and member of the Association of Journalists, author of numerous articles and documents on real estate and land redevelopment.

Graduated in Business Administration at the University of Rome, he studied Real Estate Finance at the University of Amsterdam, UVA.

Bonfiglioli is currently Key Manager, responsible for Investment Management at COIMA RES (since 2015) and Chief Investment Officer, Investment & Capital Markets of COIMA SGR.

With more than 20 years of experience in the real estate sector, Gabriele has followed transactions worth more than 9 billion Euros. Joined the platform in 2005, overseeing the investment and capital market divisions. Gabriele previously worked in the Beni Stabili Group (today Covivio) and Hines. He was also a member of the Hines group of Investment and Performance Global Committee.

Graduated in Economic and Social Disciplines from Bocconi Business University, with a Master in Corporate Finance from the Bocconi University School of Management, Matteo Ravà is Head of Fund & Asset Management at COIMA SGR. He gained more than five years of experience in corporate finance at leading consulting firms, including Reconta Ernst & Young and Deloitte & Touche, performing valuation and advisory activities in extraordinary M&A and IPO transactions.

In the real estate sector for more than 20 years, Matteo Ravà has managed funds and assets worth more than EUR 5 billion, negotiated leases for more than 300,000 m² of tertiary space and loans worth more than EUR 3 billion.

Fulvio Di Gilio graduated in Economics from the "Federico II" university of Naples and has been COIMA RES CFO since 2015.

He began his career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, later becoming Senior Manager in Deloitte & Touche's GFSI group. Di Gilio held a similar role in Hines Italy SGR (which became COIMA SGR) for five years, gaining significant experience in the real estate sector.

During his career, he has carried out consultancy in due diligence, and extraordinary operations such as mergers, acquisitions, securitisation and IPO processes. Di Gilio oversaw, special projects for the transition of the financial statements of listed and finance companies to international accounting standards, and has negotiated finance contracts valued at more than two billion Euros.

Vincenzo Tortis is COIMA SGR’s Chief Information and Digital Transformation Officer and is a permanent member of its Senior Leadership Committee.

After graduating in Information Science from the university of Milan in 1991, he began his career at JP Morgan in Milan until 1997, participating in its international management programme. Tortis was Citigroup’s Senior Chief Operating Officer and Operations & Technology Country Head and South Europe deputy until June 2012.

From 2012 to 2017 he was Chief Operating Officer of the Mediobanca Group and Chief Executive Officer of the Mediobanca Innovation Service Centre, a Compass Spa Board of Directors member and Spafid Connect Chairman. Tortis led a process innovation and transformation strategy for Mediobanca Spa and the Mediobanca Group Operations and Technology.

Born in Columbus, Georgia, Kelly Russell Catella is Head of Sustainability & Communication of COIMA SGR, and Chairman of the Sustainable Innovation Committee. Prior to her current role, she held the position of Communication, CSR and Marketing Director at Hines Italia SGR and gained experience managing all aspects of communication and public relations of the major Porta Nuova urban regeneration project in the center of Milan.

Kelly Russell Catella is also General Manager of the Riccardo Catella Foundation, founded in 2005 to promote best practices in the sustainable development of the urban territory, in particular as regards the qualitative improvement of public spaces. Thanks to the first public-private collaboration in Italy with the Municipality of Milan, since 2019 the Foundation has been managing BAM (Biblioteca degli Alberi Milano), the third urban public park in the city, dealing with maintenance, safety and the cultural program offered free of charge to the citizenship. Before the positions held in COIMA, Kelly Russell Catella was regional coordinator for the Urban Land Institute in Italy.

Graduated in Law from LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome, with a Master in Corporate Law from Bocconi University of Milan, admitted to the Milan Bar Association, she is currently Chief Legal & Corporate Affairs Officer at COIMA SGR.

Alessandra Alfei gained an experience of more than ten years in Real Estate, especially in the sector of Real Estate finance, working at Chiomenti, one of the most prominent law firms in Italy, where she advised investment funds and other investors in the context of domestic and cross-border financing transactions.
Previously, Alessandra Alfei gained academic experience as assistant in Financial Institutions Course at Cattolica University in Milan, and professional experience in a legal boutique, specializing in real estate transactions.

After having earned a Master’s Degree in Political Sciences and International Organizations from Università degli Studi of Messina, Dino has worked for different companies, accruing industrial, services, commercial, consulting and technical skills. Prior joining COIMA SGR in 2022, a 17-year path in General Electric ensured him a global experience serving as HR executive, progressively assuming various HR and organizational roles, in mature and emerging markets, across changing economic cycles, different products and technologies, spanning various geographies and cultures.

Dino brings more than 20 years’ competency in human capital care, with demonstrated capabilities in people development and performance systems, inclusion mindset, HR analytics, services and operations. During his career, he has served as a key transformation agent by building teams and scaling organizations, leading culture evolution and change management programs and coaching diverse talents from entry level up to executive leadership.

Graduated with Honors in Communication Sciences at the University of Siena, with a Master's Degree in Convergence and Information Society at the Politecnico di Milano, Giulia Niccolai holds the position of Chief Organization Officer at COIMA SGR and is responsible for promoting integration and efficiency of processes within the organization and with the other companies of the group. After a first international experience in Accenture, she coordinated several multidisciplinary projects in Deutsche Bank, mainly aimed at reducing complexity. In particular, she dealt with the main intragroup M&A operations, aimed at simplifying the corporate structure in Italy, and with important outsourcing initiatives (including the strategic project for the migration of information systems) through which she gained solid organizational and process transversal skills.

She was a member of the Steering Committee of the Italy's Women Network of Deutsche Bank, with the goal to enhance diversity in the company, and over the years she has participated in various Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.

Graduated in Construction Engineering from the Polytechnic of Milan, Luca has just assumed the role of General Manager of COIMA REM, after having covered for 8 years the position of Director in the Fund & Asset Management of COIMA SGR, a company for which he worked for 16 years. He previously gained 8 years of experience in Jacobs Italia, a leading international engineering company.

In the real estate sector for more than 20 years, he has managed funds and assets worth more than EUR 2 billion, negotiated leases for more than 100,000 sqm of space for tertiary, commercial and residential use and loans for more than 1 billion. In recent years he has served as Director of the COIMA ESG City Impact Fund, the largest discretionary fund set up in Italy with a target fund size of EUR 1 billion, and Fondo Porta Romana, which owns the eponymous yard involved in an urban redevelopment project that will host the future Olympic Village for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and over 1,000 flats between free and subsidized.

Arrived in Milan from Sicily, in the ‘80s Alida Catella founded COIMA Image, an Architecture, Interior Design and Space Planning studio, with the aim to create places of the highest quality and contextual sensitivity, through design excellence.
With over 30 years of history and 25 professionals, COIMA Image boasts a long track record in office and residential design and integrated architectural design.

Alida Catella, in addition to being CEO of COIMA Image, holds the role of Vice President of the Riccardo Catella Foundation, a Foundation dedicated to her husband Riccardo, founder of COIMA REM, whose vision gave rise to the Porta Nuova Project.
The Riccardo Catella Foundation develops projects related to the territory and all sustainable practices to protect the environment.