Massimo Fontana
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Senior Advisor specialised in Transfer Pricing modelling, Countryfile and Masterfile, Tax Audits,
Patent Box Analysis, brand-enhancement assessments, etc..
Massimo has more than 15 years’ experience in Transfer Pricing services and projects, and has
supported clients in the entire transfer
pricing value chain: preliminary check-up, functional analysis, economic analysis, risk
assessment and Transfer Pricing audits. He also
assists clients in international business trips (China, India, Turkey, Romania, Spain, etc.)
aimed to extend group TP policy.
Massimo is member of IFA (International Fiscal Association).
For many years he has been Group CFO of a multinational group operating in the display industry,
a group comprising 12 international
companies, 900 employees, and 7 production sites. In his role he has coordinated, reporting
directly to the Group CEO and the BoD,
group companies located in the US, Taiwan, China, United Kingdom and Romania, leading the
group’s global Finance team. Has
managed various international finance projects to support the Group's expansion; worked on the
acquisition and the start-up of an
important Italian company, driving the due-diligence phase and the integration
process.
He had previously been Financial Controller of an important business division of
Marzotto-Valentino Fashion Group (textile and fashion
industry), working in the Corporate Finance area.
He holds a degree in Economics, and during university studies he cooperated with a consulting
firm specialised in project-funding for
Innovation and R&D programs.
PROVEN TRACK RECORD
Dealt with numerous tax effective supply chain management projects involving global Multinational
Enterprises, obtaining significant
tax optimization / simplification of processes.
He completed numerous valuation projects for large companies, banks and groups who have also
applied for Patent Box benefits.
CAPABILITIES
Solid and extensive experience in Transfer Pricing, assisting European-based and global clients
in designing, implementing, and
documenting transfer pricing systems (i.e. regional management head offices charges,
manufacturing, distribution, R&D, procurement,
finance, guarantees, cash pooling, licensing structures).
Massimo has worked in a wide variety of industries, including fashion-luxury, machinery &
equipment, cosmetics & biotech, energy, oil
& gas, gaming & betting, entertainment, hand-tool, ATM, banking & finance, asset management,
real estate, and software.
Other skills include economic, financial and managerial accounts analysis, dealing with
multination groups, smaller organizations and
family run businesses.
