Rafaella Mazzoli is a trusted advisor to CEOs, boards, family shareholders, and private equity investors. Based in Milan, she is a core member of Egon Zehnder’s Global Consumer Practice and Leadership Advisory Practice and has held both local and international leadership roles in the firm. Rafaella advises clients on CEO search and succession, board matters, executive assessment, and individual and team leadership development.
I am passionate about understanding both businesses and the people who lead them. By combining strategic insight with curiosity about people and human dynamics, I help leaders unlock the potential of their organizations, teams, and themselves.
Before joining Egon Zehnder, Rafaella built her career in retail, holding several executive roles in core business functions at Auchan in Italy.
Rafaella holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Trieste and an MBA from INSEAD. She is committed to developing the next generation of female leaders and is passionate about mountains, travel, art, and her family.
Rafaella Mazzoli, basata a Milano, supporta i clienti nel Largo Consumo, contribuendo in particolare una profonda conoscenza dei segmenti retail, fashion & luxury. Serve molte aziende familiari e molte società di private equity. Rafaella è un consulente esperto sui temi di assessment e sviluppo della leadership per il senior management. Lavora a progetti di CEO succession e progetti di ricerca per ruoli manageriali senior in Italia e a livello internazionale. Si occupa inoltre di ricerche per ruoli senior nelle Risorse Umane. Rafaella fa parte della Global Consumer Retail Fashion and Luxury Practice di Egon Zehnder, della Human Resources Practice e della Assessment & Development Practice.
Prima di entrare in Egon Zehnder, ha sviluppato la sua carriera nel Food Retail. Dopo la laurea in Economia Aziendale a Trieste, ha assunto ruoli di crescente responsabilità nella funzione Retail Operations e nel Marketing, fino ad assumere il ruolo di Direttore Commerciale in Auchan.
Rafaella ha una laurea in Economia e Commercio, Indirizzo Aziendale, dall’Università di Trieste, e un MBA, conseguito presso INSEAD.
