
Stefano Modena
Managing Partner · GovernanceIndependent director of listed and family-owned companies. DPO. A decade of experience redesigning governance models.
The Governance Advisors team brings together diverse backgrounds — governance, audit, legal, finance, training, geopolitics, cyber security — under a single method. Each with a vertical specialisation, all with the same care for detail.

Independent director of listed and family-owned companies. DPO. A decade of experience redesigning governance models.

Former Controller and Compliance Officer. Member of supervisory bodies under Italian Legislative Decree 231. Specialist in internal control systems.

Information security expert. Conducts cyber posture assessments for industrial and financial groups. Lecturer in executive programmes.

Former chairman of mechanical engineering companies. Working on integrated management systems since 1992. Mentor to first-time chief executives.

Statutory auditor and chartered accountant. 37 years with Ernst & Young and Grant Thornton. Specialist in due diligence and extraordinary transactions.

Chartered accountant. Mergers, acquisitions, corporate reorganisations. Supports entrepreneurs through generational succession.

Work psychologist. Former HR manager at BMW Italia. Expert in executive search and development paths for directors and top management.

Lawyer. Contracts, corporate law, compliance. Works alongside boards of directors in managing legal risk.

University lecturer. Adjunct Professor of Russian Foreign Policy at the Università Cattolica in Milan. Author of "Geopolitica per le imprese" (EGEA).

Lawyer. Advisor on contracts and negotiation, ESG sustainability and integrated compliance; trainer and university lecturer in sustainable development law. Author of "Il giurista sostenibile" (Cacucci, 2025).