ACAP ADVISORY - Key Persons


Andrea Arcangeli - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner
Biography Andrea is the founder of AcAp Advisory and focuses on Utilities and Infrastructure M&A and capital raising. He has over 10 years of experience in investment banking covering oil & gas, utilities and renewables. In 2014-2015, he was a Senior Director at Citigroup with responsibility for Utilities and Infrastructure covering mostly Southern Europe and Central Eastern Europe. From 2010 to 2013, he was a Vice President at Citigroup in the Power and Utilities team. Before then, he was an analyst/associate at Lehman Brothers / Nomura in the Natural Resources and Utilities Investment Banking team in London. Andrea holds an MSc in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Degree in Business Administration and Management from "L. Bocconi" University, Milan.

Davide C. De Maria

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor
15+ years of investment banking experience in Energy & Utilities in the Equity Sales Department . Until 2018, Director at Deutsche Bank and previous experiences in Credit Suisse and Bank of America.

Gian Andrea Fanella

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Senior Partner
Biography Gian Andrea is the Senior Partner of AcAp Advisory and focuses on business development and customer acquisition. Over the last 8 years he has served a range of clients in the innovation and technology sectors, across a wide range of functional areas and geographies. He has held Senior positions with board-level experience in both renewable energy and Information and Communication Technologies, with a passion for sustainability and a highly entrepreneurial approach. He has significant experience in corporate / market entry strategy, and governance/organization design. Gian Andrea holds an MSc in biomedical engineering from Campus Biomedico, Rome and an MBA from ESCP Europe.

Sam Van Holthe

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor
  • Senior Advisor at AcAp
Biography Sam is Senior Advisor at AcAp. Sam has over 35 years of Investment Banking experience and has held senior positions at Goldman Sachs, San Paolo Bank, Sumitomo Bank, Lehman Brothers, Nomura and Vantage Capital Markets. His expertise includes the debt and equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and all aspects of the global securities markets. Sam has executed transactions in a number of geographies, for clients in numerous sectors, and particularly in the energy segment. Sam holds a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from INSEAD.Sam led teams in transactions for clients including Belgacom (privatisation), Statoil (privatisation), Statkraft (capital increase), China OSL (acquisition of Awilco), Government of Norway (merger of Statoil and Norsk Hydro).