“I have known Stefano for 15 years as he was an M&A Advisor to us when I was the founder of Chandler Macleod Group Ltd, Australia’s largest independent recruitment firm. Stefano is an excellent advisor to help businesses quickly scale up, providing the opportunity for a high valuation exit. He provides quality advice to CEOs re strategy, funding, scale and exit. His is practical advice that comes from having been a business builder and CEO in addition to understanding PE, strategic buying and investment banking. If you are looking to scale and exit your business, he can assist you deliver results faster, more efficiently, and with less pain.”

“Stefano and I have known each other for around 20 years. Stefano has been a valued and trusted adviser to me for many years now. Stefano is able to draw on a wealth of knowledge that he gained from his strategy consulting, financial investing and corporate advisory experience. He is highly intelligent and a real driver, with a great attitude and incredibly high energy levels. I highly recommend Stefano in any advisory capacity whether it be in business, strategy, finance or investment.”

“I hired Stefano on a six month consultancy to advise me on assessing strategic opportunities for our business as CEO of Wilson HTM and to review productivity and processes in one division. I found him to be a very thorough, intelligent and considerate individual who does all he can to get the job done. He is easy to get on with and was highly focused on deliverables for our clients and bottom line returns for the business. I would be pleased to recommend him and/or talk in more depth about his skills to prospective clients who are looking for a can-do person of high integrity”

“I’ve known Stefano for nearly 4 years as a strategic partner and client with Berlitz. In this time, I’ve been most impressed with his professionalism. Stefano has been a trusted advisor and adds value with his strategic insights, business acumen, and international connections. He is always happy to help and is an executive with integrity, focus very much orientated on delivering results. This has been of great benefit to the growth of Berlitz Australia over recent time.”

“I had the pleasure to work with Stefano …. he has demonstrated a relentless will to acquire targets, shaping deals and rev up the productivity of the team. He did that across multiple countries and across all business of Accenture. He managed to close a crucial deal, positioning the company in a leadership position in a high growth business. He created a pipeline of important deals for my own business and thanks to his network revitalized another “dormant” deal. He did all of this in a very short period of time demonstrating his ability to hit the ground running. His professionalism within the leadership team has been great. He is humble, practical and has a clear sense of what is feasible and what is not. Straight talker, competent and determined.”

“Stefano has done great work over the last 6 months to drive significant value to Accenture Japan’s M&A strategy working closely with myself (Japan CFO), the CEO and Business Unit leaders of Accenture Japan. With the importance of the Japanese market, M&A is part of our strategic topics.   Stefano has built up a local Japanese M&A team from scratch, identifying/recruiting candidates, training them, increasing our brand and awareness in the Japanese investment market via his networks. He has been key to driving more deal flow, by implementing a systematized, scalable process, that will, hopefully, help us meet our Japan M&A ambitions in the coming years. He is culturally sensitive to local customs, and is able to operate in the Japanese market well for a non Japanese speaker. His global experience (in Asia, Europe…) and personal energy also bring a valuable touch to manage multi-cultural, global teams. I highly recommend Stefano.”

“Stefano worked as an advisor for LIDIS years ago. I was so happy with his work that years later I invited him to take a CEO role for our private equity real estate business. Stefano is an excellent fund manager, investment banker and capital raiser who understands the business very well and is 100% committed to achieving a goal. He is a person of the utmost integrity, tenacity and a pleasure to work with. Stefano was awarded the “Top gun” award for services to the firm on our 20th anniversary. I highly recommend his services.”

“Stefano did a great job for Conrad to formulate an Asian capital raising strategy and executing it in Asia and China. He is very ethical, hardworking, honest, has the right credentials and connections to get your Company in front of the right institutions, and pushed hard to help us however he could. I highly recommend him to be on your team if you want to build your business to the next level.”

“I have known Stefano as a fund manager, business builder and finance executive for many years. He is an excellent businessman with integrity, an international outlook, empathy and diligence. He combines entrepreneurship, private equity, fund management and investment banking skills to add significant value to companies.”

“Stefano advised me on several strategic matters and placements when I was CEO of Chandler Macleod. He did a great job… really works for his clients… always fully committed to achieving his client’s goals, intelligent, pragmatic, hardworking … high integrity and is very affable. I would recommend him.”

“I have employed Stefano through Corporate Advisory to work with me on a number of projects in the Asia Pacific region: I have hired him to provide experienced and qualified equity and business consulting advice. Although Stefano has a remarkable knowledge of risk within the private equity and banking sector, his knowledge of the market and practical experience in developing and executing strategies for growth puts Stefano at the top of the list of equity and capital raising experts. I would highly recommend his advisory and business services.”

“Stefano was hired to assist myself and our Chairman on an unlisted capital raising for YPB across Asia. He was hired due to having successfully acted as a capital raiser for our Chairman for a previous listed companies he ran and where he successfully managed the institutional capital raising. Stefano did a great job to prepare the IM materials, and roadshow the business across Australia, Singapore, and China to VC’s and relevant investor groups. He prepared due our diligence material and worked hard out of Beijing to have all the materials ready in the right manner for institutional review. Stefano is hard working, a team player, and cares for his clients. He has high integrity and I recommend him for Investment Banking and Capital raising work.”

“I have met Stefano during one of our projects in the Gulf Region many years ago, and we have worked closely together in his prior roles in asset management companies where we assisted his organizations internationally as a strategy consultant. When he decided to establish his own entity we immediately brought him on board, knowing his track record in Asia-Pacific, the Gulf but also in Europe. Today he assists both our entities Funds@Work AG and SONEAN in Asia-Pacific (out of Sydney) being our ear on the ground and providing necessary insights as well as implementation support. He has a long track record in the investment industry (both listed and unlisted equity) and is of great value added not just personally but also as a valued partner for both of our organizations.”

“Stefano is an extremely talented and experienced professional real estate investor. He has unique insights into the real asset classes and some unique experience in China. I value his skills and am happy to recommend him.”

“I have known Stefano professionally for 15 years since we were at UBS. He is an executive who has a good understanding and strong demonstrated performance global real estate, capital raising internationally and asset management . He listens to clients and approaches work with focus, diligence and integrity to generate actionable results for his clients.”

“Stefano assisted in building and developing the strategy of the Mariner’ s asset management business. He worked well in the team, was very personable and had a great work ethic.”

“I’ve had the pleasure of being in many strategic discussions with Stefano and he always impresses me with the clarity of his insights and global perspective on business. He is a no-nonsense, high calibre individual that is a valuable resource and pragmatic rainmaker.”

“Whether as an analyst or corporate advisor Stefano brings a wealth of experience, innovation, integrity and professionalism. He is very client focussed, and a great team player and leader. I know in his other roles in funds management and Private Equity beyond my immediate experience he is regarded as an industry leader.”

“Stefano has built a strong reputation for positioning clients for sustainable growth in both the domestic and international markets. He has demonstrable strategic skills, business accumen and is focused on delivery and execution. If you want someone who can take your business to the next level then Stefano should be on your team.”

“I have known Stefano for 25 years since we were at the Kellogg school of management during our MBA studies. Over that time I have witnessed him evolving from a banker to a fund manager CEO, entrepreneur and advisor to CEO’s. His core skills are helping CEO’s with strategy, scaling, funding and successful exits via private or public routes. He is able to do this across borders in the USA, Europe, Apac. He has an excellent track record of delivering for clients. I recommend him to business owners and CEO’s wishing to make significant increases to their firm’s enterprise value and crystallise profits.”

“ I have know Stefano Solferini for over a decade professionally and have worked with him as my advisor in projects as Founder of The Dockside Group and Waterborne developments. Stefano is very capable in helping companies set an aggressive growth strategy, scaling up, assessing funding options, and prepare for exit should one wish to.

His background as an entrepreneur, CEO, banker and investor complemented well the skills of our team and added value. I recommend his services to Founders and CEOs wishing to take their business to the next level.”