Alessandro Festa

Alessandro is responsible for evaluating and executing new investments in high-potential climate technologies, leading deal sourcing, diligence, and negotiations. He actively supports portfolio companies through board participation and follow-on financings, helping scale solutions across the energy transition.

Alessandro is a climate tech and energy transition professional focused on scaling innovative energy solutions, with experience spanning Europe, North America, Asia, and West Africa. Prior to joining Eni Next, he led the Climate Tech practice at Deloitte, building relationships with startups and investors while creating bridges between emerging technologies and large corporate clients.

Over seven years at Deloitte across the Paris and New York offices, he advised companies in oil & gas, utilities, heavy industry, raw materials, and automotive on entering low-carbon energy technology markets, developing commercial strategies and business models, navigating regulatory and incentives environments, and building global supply chains for critical minerals.

He holds an MSc in Management from Bocconi University and ESSEC Business School, having studied across Italy, Singapore, India, and France.