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Professor · Advisor · Researcher

Turning global complexity into investment-ready strategy.

I connect international growth, project finance and energy economics—helping leaders move from strategic ambition to executable, financeable decisions.

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Adjunct Professor & Leadership Team Member
Luiss Business School, Rome

Emiliano Finocchi
20+

years of international advisory experience

Europe · Africa · Middle East

3connected disciplines
4working languages
3continents of experience
One integrated viewstrategy · capital · execution

01 / Expertise

Three lenses.
One integrated mandate.

Complex projects rarely fail in only one dimension. I work across the strategic, financial and sector-specific questions that determine whether an initiative can move forward.

01

International growth

Market selection and entry strategies grounded in commercial reality, institutional context and partner fit.

Explore the Market Pareidolia framework
  • International market prioritisation
  • Entry modes, partnerships and M&A
  • Political and country-risk framing
02

Project finance

Financial architecture that connects sponsors, lenders, public stakeholders and project economics.

  • Financial modelling and bankability
  • PPP, PPA and risk allocation
  • Capital structure and funding strategy
03

Energy & infrastructure

Economic and strategic assessment of energy-transition choices, infrastructure and industrial projects.

  • Energy ecosystem assessment
  • Renewables and decarbonisation
  • Industrial and infrastructure strategy

Strategy without financing is an aspiration.

Financing without strategy is a financial bleed.

02 / Approach

From ambiguity to an executable mandate.

I combine an engineer’s systems view, a finance practitioner’s discipline and an international-business scholar’s attention to context.

Bring me your challenge
  1. 01

    Frame

    Define the actual decision, its stakeholders and the constraints that matter.

  2. 02

    Test

    Challenge assumptions through market, risk, technical and economic evidence.

  3. 03

    Structure

    Translate the opportunity into a viable strategy and financial architecture.

  4. 04

    Mobilise

    Align partners, governance, financing and the next concrete actions.

03 / Research & thinking

Ideas built for the real world.

My research sits where theory meets executive decision-making: internationalisation, political risk, project economics and energy transition.

Cover of Disrupting Internationalization

Featured book · Bocconi University Press

Disrupting Internationalization

A Redefinition with Market Pareidolia

A new lens for recognising market patterns, questioning inherited categories and designing more adaptive paths to international growth.

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01 Book & chapter

2024Book chapterComparative Analysis of Energy Vectors for Industrial ApplicationsEvaluating Electricity, Hydrogen, and Biodiesel in the Italian Aluminum Smelting Sector · Current Approaches in Engineering Research and Technology, Vol. 8

04 Selected journal articles

2025Journal articleChina’s Resource-Backed Debt Model for AfricaThe Cases of DRC, Kenya, and Zimbabwe2024Peer-reviewed articleWhen MNC Subsidiaries Are Caught in a Political CrisisThe Case of Mozambique · Thunderbird International Business Review2024Energy researchElectricity as an Energy VectorA performance comparison with hydrogen and biodiesel2024Research articleThe SURESC ModelStandardizing a unique renewable energy supply chain

04 / Executive education

Learning designed for decisions, not the shelf.

I design and deliver executive programmes, board-level workshops and keynote sessions that turn complex global and sectoral shifts into usable management frameworks.

International businessEnergy economicsProject financeFamily businessGeopolitical riskNegotiation
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05 / About

Bridging the boardroom, the classroom and the field.

I am an academic and senior advisor specialising in international business, project finance and energy economics.

At Luiss Business School, I teach, conduct research, design executive programmes and contribute to Open Consulting as a Leadership Team Member. Through my advisory work, I have supported companies and institutions across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

My interdisciplinary perspective brings together computer engineering, business administration and applied research—particularly useful when strategic, technical and financial choices cannot be separated.

Doctorate
Business Administration
Temple University
Postgraduate
Business Administration
University of Liverpool
Bachelor’s
Computer Engineering
Sapienza University of Rome
Languages
Italian · English
Portuguese · Spanish

Selected mandates & collaborations

When the question crosses markets, capital and execution, let’s talk.

efinocchi@luiss.it