Business Performance
We improve business performance through effective governance strategies, aligned with the objectives of the board and the shareholders.
Corporate Governance · Compliance · Risk
Sound governance is the first competitive advantage.
We work alongside boards of directors, entrepreneurs and management to design governance models that are transparent, sustainable and built to last.
The Firm
An Italian team for the decisions that matter.
Governance Advisors was born from the meeting of professionals with diverse backgrounds — governance, audit, legal, finance, training, geopolitics, cyber security. Since 2016 we have supported the boards of family businesses, listed groups and public institutions.
Every mandate is different. The method is not: understand, design, implement. We stay with our clients for as long as it takes, and training their teams is part of the journey.
Discover the Firm →Three reasons to rely on Governance Advisors.
Compliance & Risk
We ensure full regulatory compliance and effective management of business risks, integrated into the board's decision-making processes.
Specialised Advisory
We deliver highly specialised advice with a tailored approach for each client — no templates, only solutions cut to measure.
10+
Years of continuous practice with boards and committees
100+
Projects delivered to Italian companies and international groups
9
Partners, each with a vertical specialisation
3
Offices: Milan, Bologna, Rome — one single firm
What we do
Fourteen Practices, one method.
We support our clients in the areas where governance makes the difference: from compliance to geopolitics, from cyber security to stock exchange listings.
Governance & Compliance
Governance models, board committees, information flows, Italian Legislative Decree 231/2001, Sarbanes-Oxley.
Risk Management
Risk appetite, risk mapping, internal control systems integrated with the board.
ESG & Sustainability
Pre-audits, best practices, Get It Fair rating, integrated reporting. Sustainability as a governance lever.
Geopolitical Advisory
Workshops and tailor-made analyses. Geopolitical risk read by scholars who teach foreign policy at Italy's leading universities.
Cyber Security
Security strategies, cyber posture assessment, IT risk management for the board.
Stock Exchange Listings
Assessment of control systems, comfort letters, certifications ahead of the IPO.
Insights
All articles →
Our thinking, in writing.
Article · 2025 · Italian
Deglobalisation? It takes a competent board.
When the context changes, the composition of the board cannot remain what it was twenty years ago.
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Article · 2025 · Italian
Governance and artificial intelligence in the boardroom.
AI is already in the processes. The question is how the board frames it, steers it and controls it.
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Article · 2024 · Italian
Board digitalisation: tool or obstacle?
A critical reading of the tools entering today's boardrooms.
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Our team
Meet the team →
Nine specialists, one shared culture.
Stefano Modena
Managing Partner · Governance
Marco Valigi
Partner · Geopolitics
Carlo Casavecchia
Partner · Cyber SecurityThree cities, one team.
Milan
Via Edmondo de Amicis, 45
20123 Milano
Bologna
Via dell'Indipendenza, 70
40121 Bologna
Rome
Via Giovanni Nicotera, 29
00195 Roma