Matthew has significant Board and investment experience in Financial Services, Insurance and Price Comparison. As the former CEO of BGL Group, the leading digital distributor of insurance and household Financial Services in the UK and Europe, he founded Comparethemarket.com and led the business to achieve its market leading position. Matthew currently Chairs a number of private equity backed, high growth businesses including Three Rock Group in Ireland (incorporating Chill.ie), and Reassured the leading life insurance distributer in the UK, he also sits on the Board of Tandem Bank.
George Ottathycal
Chief Executive Officer
Our co-founder George began preparations for Prima’s launch in 2013. When we went live in 2015, he stepped up as our General Manager and helped secure our early success in Italy. He now serves as our CEO and is focused on taking Prima global. Before Prima, George worked as a consultant for The Boston Consulting Group. He holds two MBAs: one from IESE Business School and another from Columbia Business School.
Massimo Della Ragione
Non-Executive Director
Massimo is a professor of practice at Bocconi University, where he leads Digital Tech at Bocconi 4 Innovation (B4I). He’s also a Partner at Corporate Hangar, a venture builder that help turn innovative ideas into start-ups. He retired from Goldman Sachs in 2021, where he’d been a partner for over a decade. Before Goldman Sachs, Massimo was a Managing Director at JP Morgan from 1993 to 2006. He also worked at Credito Italiano from 1988 to 1993.
Nicola Falcinelli
Non-Executive Director
Nicola is a Managing Director and Deputy Head of Carlyle Illiquid Credit in Europe. Before joining Carlyle, he was a Managing Director at Oz Management, focused on private credit investments. He was also an Associate in the Investment Banking Division at JPMorgan Chase Bank, where he was a member of both the Merger & Acquisitions and Leveraged Finance groups. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Bocconi University, plus an MBA from Kelley School of Business, Indiana University.
David Miller
Non-Executive Director
David was CEO and Chairman of JGWPT (the holding company for J Wentworth and Peachtree). He transformed it from a bankrupt private company to an NYSE-listed business, valued at over $800M. Prior to JGWPT, he was EVP for Ace's $1.2B international accident and health insurance business. He was also CEO of Kemper Auto and Home Insurance and COO of Providian Direct Insurance. David began his insurance career with Progressive Insurance, where he held various roles. These include Division Controller, Senior Product Manager and National Customer Manager.
Julian Parmar
Non-Executive Director
Julian Parmar is a Managing Director in the Tactical Opportunities Group in London.
Mr. Parmar focuses on investments in the financial services and healthcare sectors. He has been involved with Blackstone’s investments in Rothesay Life, NIBC, Ki, Prima, Groupe Premium, and reinsurance partnerships (including with AIG). Mr. Parmar currently serves as a Director of Ki and Prima.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Parmar was an Associate at Goldman Sachs in the Financial Institutions Group within the Investment Banking Division.
Mr. Parmar holds an MA in Mathematics from St. John’s College, University of Cambridge.
Ben Petkevicius
Non-Executive Director
Ben Petkevicius is a Principal on the Carlyle Private Credit team in London, focusing on software and technology-enabled services in Europe. Prior to joining Carlyle, Ben was a portfolio manager at PIMCO where he focused on public and private credit opportunities in the EMEA region. He began his career at Goldman Sachs where he was an Associate at the Leveraged Finance group in London. Ben received a BSc (Hons) in Accounting & Finance from University of Warwick, Warwick Business School.
Christian Resch
Non-Executive Director
Christian is a partner in Growth Equity within Goldman Sachs Asset Management having joined Goldman Sachs in 2004. He leads a team making growth equity investments ($30m to $250m) in software, technology and other high growth companies across Europe and Israel. Christian holds a BSc from the London School of Economics and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Emanuele Solidoro
Non-Executive Director
Emanuele is the Managing Director of Neurone, a technology-focused investment group. He oversees all investment activities and operations of the group. Before Neurone, he was a Vice President in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs, and he has over 12 years of investment banking experience at Goldman Sachs, Nomura and Lehman Brothers in London and New York.
Overseeing effective management
Board of Statutory Auditors
Luca Ceron
Tax & Corporate Advisor
Luca is a certified public accountant and auditor. He’s also a partner at CT&P Commercialisti Associati, a leading corporate and tax consulting firm in Milan. A Business Administration graduate from Bocconi University, he began his career at Deloitte & Touche S.p.A. (formerly Arthur Andersen S.p.A.). He now performs ordinary and extraordinary tax and corporate consulting. He also holds numerous corporate positions as director, auditor and member of supervisory boards.
Arianna Petrara
Counsel
Arianna has been a counsel at Studio Lexia Avvocati since January 2022. She’s also registered with the Order of Chartered Accountants and on the Register of Auditors of Milan. Since graduating in Business Administration from Bocconi University, she’s gained lots of experience in international tax consultancy firms. From 2012 to 2021, she practised at her own firm, where she helped national and multinational companies, in start-up and crisis stages, with civil and tax matters.
Giacomo Previtali
Chartered accountant, Chairman
Giacomo is an italian chartered accountant and manager. In 2012, he became a certified public accountant and auditor and has since practised at Studio Previtali, which he owns. He’s a member of the board of directors and board of statutory auditors for several listed and unlisted companies. He holds a degree in Markets and Business Strategies from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
Maintaining oversight
Supervisory Body
Antonella Calogiuri
Chief Compliance Officer
Antonella makes sure everything we do complies with laws and industry regulations. Before joining us in 2020, she spent over five years as the Legal Affairs Officer at Assicurazioni Generali. Prior to that, she held the position of Senior Associate at Legance, an independent Italian law firm.
Jean Paule Castagno
Lawyer
Jean-Paule is a Partner in the Criminal Law of Economy and Business at Orrick in Milan. She has a proven track record in criminal litigation and crisis management. She’s also a member and chairman of the board for numerous companies in Italy and beyond. Jean-Paule graduated from the State University of Milan in 2002. She then went on to earn a PhD in Criminal Procedure Law from the University of Milan Bicocca in 2010.
Luca Ceron
Tax & Corporate Advisor
Luca is a certified public accountant and auditor. He’s also a partner at CT&P Commercialisti Associati, a leading corporate and tax consulting firm in Milan. A Business Administration graduate from Bocconi University, he began his career at Deloitte & Touche S.p.A. (formerly Arthur Andersen S.p.A.). He now performs ordinary and extraordinary tax and corporate consulting. He also holds numerous corporate positions as director, auditor and member of supervisory boards.
Legal details
Prima is a regulated insurance distributor in three countries
We know the importance of managing our business in a responsible and sustainable way. That means creating long-term value for our customers, our people and our investors.
Prima is audited by Deloitte & Touche SpA in Milan.
We've adopted the 231 organisation model, to prevent unlawful acts and protect our company from administrative liability.
In Italy, Prima Assicurazioni, S.p.A. ("Prima") is an Italian insurance distributor ("Agent") with registered office in Milan (Italy), Piazzale Loreto, 17, 20131, registered with the Chamber of Commerce of Milano Monza Brianza Lodi and in Section A (Agents) of the Single Register of Insurance Intermediaries of the Istituto per la vigilanza sulle assicurazioni (IVASS) under code A-000511660. Prima Assicurazioni S.p.A. is subject to supervision by IVASS and registered with the RUI under number A000511660. See registration details at www.servizi.ivass.it.
In the United Kingdom, Prima Subsidiary Ltd is an Appointed Representative of Pro MGA Solutions Ltd who is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under reference 770419.Representative. Prima Subsidiary Ltd is registered in England (No:12728615), Registered Office: 71-73 Carter Lane, London, EC4V 5EQ. Contact information: https://www.fca.org.uk/contact.
In Spain, Prima operates under the right of establishment, through the branch Prima Assicurazioni S.p.A., Sucursal en España ("Prima Sucursal en España"), with tax identification number (N.I.F.) W0233473H and registered office in Madrid (Spain), calle Nanclares de Oca, 1B, 28022, and is registered in the Registro administrativo de distribuidores de seguros y reaseguros de la Dirección General de Seguros y Fondos de Pensiones, and in the Registro Mercantil de Madrid in volume 42.460, folio 121, page M-751390, 1st entry. Prima Sucursal in Spain operates as an insurance agent of the insurance company iptiQ EMEA P&C S.A. Contact information: http://www.dgsfp.mineco.es/en/DireccionGeneral/Paginas/DireccionesTelefonos.aspx.
