Giacomo Molteni

Giacomo is a Principal Consultant in the M&A practice at ERM, advising private equity and impact investors, and their portfolio companies, on translating sustainability initiatives into measurable, long-term business value across complex, global operating environments. He partners with deal teams, operating partners and management teams across consumer products, industrial manufacturing and food & beverage to shape strategies that strengthen resilience, improve company quality, and support financially disciplined transformation.

Prior to joining ERM, Giacomo helped build General Atlantic’s global sustainability function, where he worked closely with fund investors and investment professionals to design fit-for-purpose decision-making tools that enabled deal teams and portfolio leaders to embed sustainability into core business operations and value creation plans. Earlier in his career at PAI Partners, he supported food & beverage and other asset-heavy portfolio companies on supply chain optimization, climate strategy and carbon data management. He began his career at Unilever in the Global Foods category, working on packaging circularity initiatives and brand development.

Giacomo is recognized for bringing strategic rigor and commercial fluency to sustainability, with a point of view grounded in investor realities and operational execution. He has contributed to thought leadership shaping the market conversation, including co-authoring the World Economic Forum white paper Bridging the Divide: Private Markets and New Drivers of Value Creation, as well as white papers with the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) and Initiative Climat International (iCI) on sustainability metrics in private markets and measuring Scope 3 emissions. Outside of work, Giacomo is a passionate pizza maker and triathlete.