About Planet Smart City

Our Board leads our global vision

Our Board of Directors combines real estate and digital experience with a vision to inspire fundamental and lasting progress in our sector.

Stefano Buono
Stefano Buono Chairman

Stefano is an accomplished physicist and alumnus of the European Organisation of Nuclear Research (CERN). In 2002, he founded and served as CEO of Advanced Accelerator Applications, an international radiopharmaceutical company listed on the Nasdaq in 2015 and acquired by Novartis for US $3.9 billion in 2018. Stefano joined Planet’s Board as Chairman in 2018.

Giovanni Savio
Giovanni Savio Global CEO & Co-founder

Giovanni co-founded Planet Smart City in 2015 and has more than 25 years of experience in international real-estate development. His vision for affordable housing has guided Planet from the start, leading our charge to integrate smart solutions and social innovation programmes into affordable housing projects globally – from planning to delivery and beyond.

Susanna Marchionni
Susanna Marchionni CEO Brazil & Co-founder

Susanna co-founded Planet Smart City and is a leading exponent and thought leader of smart, affordable housing in Brazil. She has more than 20 years of experience in international real estate development and is responsible for the Company’s expansion in Brazil. In 2022 she was recognised as ‘Woman of the Year’ in Brazil by the International Business Institute.

Audrey Klein
Audrey Klein Non-Exec. Board member

Audrey heads the ESG Committee at Planet. A real estate expert with 25 years of experience, Audrey ran her own company before establishing and running Park Hill Real Estate’s European business for Blackstone. She also sits on the Corporate Board of Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. Audrey graduated with an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business and completed a BA in economics from EMORY University.

Filippo Rean
Filippo Rean Non-Exec. Board member

A senior executive with a proven track record developing B2B businesses, Filippo is Managing Director of Reed Expositions France. With a master’s degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, Filippo is a highly skilled director who headlines leading events and conferences for the global real-estate, smart city and proptech communities: MIPIM, MAPIC and Propel.

Mikael Hagstroem
Mikael Hagstroem Non-Exec. Board member

With more than three decades of experience in digital transformation, Mikael is the Executive Chairman of TCG Digital and CEO of LabVantage. He helps global enterprises harness big data to reimagine business models and create long-term sustainable advantages. He is a member of the board of directors of the Atlantic Council and the Executive Committee that functions as the United States Council for International Business (USCIB) ’s board of directors.

Our business unit CEOs

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Giovanni Savio
Giovanni Savio CEO Global & Real Estate Unit

Giovanni co-founded Planet Smart City in 2015 and has more than 25 years of experience in international real-estate development. His vision for affordable housing has guided Planet from the start, leading our charge to integrate smart solutions and social innovation programmes into affordable housing projects globally – from planning to delivery and beyond.

Pietro Putetto
Pietro Putetto CEO Advisory Unit

Pietro is an engineer and co-founder of Politecna Europa, an architecture and engineering company with experience in Italy and abroad. Since Planet Smart City acquired Politecna Europa, Pietro has served as Chief Executive Officer for Planet Group's Advisory Business Unit, catering to third-party developers who wish to revitalise existing projects by integrating smart technology, digital services and social innovation solutions.

Alex Marchesini
Alex Marchesini CEO Digital Unit

Alessandro is the Chief Executive Officer of Planet Smart City's Digital Business Unit, overseeing the growth of our digital products and developing new services for our housing solutions and SaaS offerings. He is an experienced Tech leader, Angel Investor and start-up advisor who has worked for world-class Tech companies – most recently, Silicon Valley giant Oracle.