Massimiliano Caraffa

Massimiliano Caraffa is a Managing Director and Partner on the Carlyle Europe Partners investment advisory team and is Head of Consumer, Media and Retail in Europe. He is based in Milan.

Mr. Caraffa is actively involved and serves as a Director of END., Design Holding, Golden Goose, Hunkemoller and Twin-set Milano. Moreover, he has been actively involved in Moncler, where he served as Director from 2008 to 2011, and in Supreme.

Prior to joining Carlyle in 2004, Mr. Caraffa was an Associate with McKinsey & Company in Milan for three years.

Mr. Caraffa received an MSc in electronic and telecommunications engineering magna cum laude from University of Genoa and received an MBA from INSEAD. He speaks Italian, English and Spanish.