Management Team

Franco Stevanato resumed his role as Chief Executive Officer of Stevanato Group in May 2024. He previously served as Executive Chairman of the Board and led the Group as CEO from 2010 to 2020.
Franco is responsible for leading the company's global expansion, as well as the transformation of its core strategic objectives, and unique value proposition as an integrated solutions provider to pharma and biotech.
Under his guidance, he led the Group to consistent growth underscored by its primary business pillars - biopharmaceutical and diagnostic solutions, engineering equipment, and analytical services - driving growth from €143 million in revenue in 2010 to over €1.1 billion in 2024.
Before joining Stevanato Group, Franco began his career in sales at Saint-Gobain in France. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Trieste and completed the advanced management program at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Marco Dal Lago brings over 25 years of experience in controlling, finance, administration, compliance, IT, and risk management in multinational industrial companies, coordinating multi-year planning, mergers and acquisitions, and IPO processes. Marco joined Stevanato Group in 2020 as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, where he leads the global finance, controlling, tax, information technology, legal, and administrative teams.
Prior to joining Stevanato Group, Marco served as CFO of Gruppo Mastrotto, the largest leather manufacturer in Europe, with 13 plants worldwide. He spent more than 15 years with Nidec ASI S.p.A. in a variety of executive financial management positions, including group CFO.
He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, and he successfully completed the advanced management program at MIT in Boston in July.

Alberto Cagnato brings over 25 years of experience in operations, supply chain, procurement, production planning, and logistics within international manufacturing organizations.

He currently serves as Senior Vice President, DCS Operations and a member of Stevanato Group’s Executive Management Team. In this role, he is responsible for developing the operations strategy across eight manufacturing plants, while overseeing production planning, logistics, infrastructures, project management, and health, safety, and environmental activities at the corporate level.

Since joining Stevanato Group in 2010, he has held different positions, including Senior Vice President, EMEA Region, Vice President, DCS Operations, and Vice President, Supply Chain. Earlier in his career, he held supply chain, sourcing, procurement, logistics, and production planning roles at OSRAM and Tecnica Group.

Alberto holds a degree in Economics from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and an Executive Master of Business Administration from SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milan.

Carla Costa joined Stevanato Group in 2024 as the Senior Director, Corporate Human Resources, and in April 2025, she was appointed as Chief Human Resources Officer, where she leads the Group’s global human resources strategy.
With more than 20 years of industry experience, Carla is a seasoned HR leader with extensive global expertise in leadership development, talent management, and cultural change within complex multinational organizations. She has held strategic roles across multiple industries and geographies, implementing people strategies that drive business success.
Carla began her career as a consultant at Personnel Decision International (PDI) before joining Eli Lilly, where she held various HR roles across Italy, Europe, Latin America, and Shanghai. She later moved to Vodafone, leading initiatives to drive a customer-focused mindset transformation. More recently, she spent a decade contributing to the turnaround of a major European insurance company, overseeing key HR processes to support business growth and transformation.
She holds a degree in organizational psychology from the Università Cattolica of Milan and multiple certifications in leadership assessment and coaching.

Riccardo Marcon joined Stevanato Group in 2017 and currently serves as Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing of Drug Containment Solutions, the Company’s largest business line. In this role, Riccardo leads the global commercial organization including account management, business development, product management, marketing, and customer service. Riccardo is also responsible for the group-wide business development and cross-selling activities for the Corporate Key Accounts. He previously served as Senior Director of Strategic Alliances and M&A where he was responsible for strategic growth initiatives such as strategic partnerships, M&A, market intelligence, strategic planning, and supporting the Company’s IPO in 2021.

Prior to Stevanato Group, Riccardo held senior management consulting positions with Bain & Company, Accenture, and Gartner Group.

Riccardo earned his Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering from the University of Padua in Italy. Riccardo also holds a Certificate in Technology Entrepreneurship from Santa Clara University, and a post-degree certificate in Business Administration through the Fulbright Program.

Alessandro Melchiorre brings more than 25 years of international experience in customer service, sales, business development, and key account management within the mechanical and industrial engineering sector. He joined Stevanato Group in 2025 as Vice President, Engineering Service, where he was responsible for the strategic growth and development of the Customer Service business, overseeing aftersales, spare parts, lifecycle management, and technical service operations worldwide.

In September 2026, Alessandro was appointed President pro tempore of the Engineering Business Unit, assuming global responsibility for operations, technology, and industrial strategy across the unit's product portfolio, including glass converting, sterile packaging, visual inspection, and drug delivery systems assembly solutions. He continues to oversee the company's global Customer Service organization.

Prior to joining Stevanato Group, Alessandro held several senior leadership positions within Coesia Group and its companies. Most recently, he served as Customer Service Director at Volpak, where he led the global growth of the service business. Earlier in his career, he was Digital and Customer Service Director at Coesia Group and held global key account management and international sales roles at Coesia and G.D.

Alessandro holds a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bologna and has completed executive education programs at SDA Bocconi School of Management, IMD Business School, and Bologna Business School.

With more than 25 years of experience, Lisa Miles joined Stevanato Group in 2021 as Senior Vice President of Investor Relations and then assumed the role of Chief Communications and Investor Relations Officer in 2024. Lisa currently is responsible for the Group’s global communications, media, and brand strategy, as well as the investor relations function.
Previously, Lisa spent 18 years at Maximus in various management positions. In her most recent role, she served as Senior Vice President of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications for nearly a decade where she was responsible for investor relations, global marketing and branding, media relations, and employee communications.
Named to the 2017 and 2018 Institutional Investor’s All America Executive Team for Midcap Investor Relations, Lisa was ranked third for Best Midcap IR Professionals in the Business, Education, and Professional Services sector. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from The Pennsylvania State University and successfully completed an executive leadership program in management and negotiation at the Harvard Business School.

Michele Monico brings more than 25 years of international experience in design and engineering and marketing in the high-tech sector, having led globally distributed teams in highly regulated industries such as medical devices and drug delivery systems. Following a two-year period as Vice President of the Drug Delivery Systems business line at Stevanato Group, Michele was appointed President of the DDS and IVD Business Unit in July 2025.
Before joining Stevanato Group, Michele served as Senior Vice President of Global Design at Star, a strategic management and technology consulting company headquartered in the Silicon Valley. During his tenure, he also served in a variety of managerial roles at Flex within the Health Solutions and Medical Business Unit, as well as at INPECO.

With more than 25 years of extensive business development experience, Mauro Stocchi joined Stevanato Group in 2004 and has held a variety of key management positions throughout his tenure, including Corporate General Manager and Chief Financial Officer.
Mauro currently serves as Stevanato Group's Chief Business Strategy Officer, where he oversees all strategic business development activities, including sales, product management, corporate development, strategic marketing, and supply chain management.
He previously spent a decade with Siemens Group, and prior to that, he commenced his career at De Longhi S.p.A. Mauro earned a master’s degree in business administration from SDA Bocconi in Milan and holds a bachelor’s degree from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

Veda Walcott brings over 25 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing industry, with deep expertise in quality systems and global regulatory affairs.

She joined Stevanato Group at the beginning of 2026 as Chief Quality and Regulatory Officer, where she oversees the company’s quality management system and regulatory support services across drug containment, drug delivery devices, IVD solutions, and the engineering business unit.

Prior to joining Stevanato Group, she spent eight years at Catalent Pharma Solutions, where she held senior leadership roles, including Vice President of Quality for biologics and cell and gene therapies, and Vice President of Global Regulatory Affairs & Compliance, with responsibility for corporate quality functions and regulatory support across a broad product portfolio.

Veda holds a B.S. in Clinical Laboratory Science from Indiana State University and an M.B.A. from Indiana Wesleyan University.