Bio

Nicola Garelli is a curious entrepreneur and executive, currently Deputy CEO and Chief Strategy & Product Officer of Rasan, where he leads the portfolio of the first publicly listed Fintech and Insurtech in the Middle East.

Nicola has a deeply rooted engineering background and managerial experience mainly in high-tech industries, developed through years of corporate/management consulting work and leadership roles in multiple entrepreneurial ventures.

Prior to Rasan Nicola was CEO and Director of two businesses of the Emirates National Oil Company (Beema Insurance and Enoc Link), built by BCG Digital Ventures and Enoc to extend Enoc's retail capabilities and leverage data and distribution synergies across its operating entities.

Earlier, Nicola was Partner & Director in The Boston Consulting Group in London, and before that he worked for 18 years with leading corporations, including The Boston Consulting Group in Milan, Booz Allen Hamilton/Booz & Company and EY. He was also the co-founder and Chairman of iStarter, early stage investment company, and of different ventures including Iccom, telecom provider focused on microwave transmitters and Integrated Solutions, software player focused on industrial automation.

Nicola completed almost all his academic education while working full time. He holds a PhD in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, a MSc in Financial Engineering and a BSc in Telecommunication Engineering. In his research he has been an active contributor to policy topics.

Nicola is a Chartered Engineer, Member of The Council for the United States and Italy in its Young Leader Program and Junior Fellow at the Aspen Institute. He was also the trustee of BCG's The Future Makers program.