Key People



Giulio Cesareo
CEO and Founder
Giulio Cesareo is one of the founders of Directa Plus. He previously worked in the carbon and graphite field for Union Carbide, UCAR and Graftech, where he was President and CEO of the Italian company and VP and General Manager of the Advanced Carbon and Graphite business unit. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the National Graphene Association.
Sir Peter Middelton
Non-Executive Chairman
Sir Peter Middleton GCB is Chairman of Burford Capital and the Resort Group. He was Chairman of Marsh Ltd between 2005 and 2013, UK Chairman of Marsh & McLennan Companies between 2007 and 2014 and Chairman of Mercer Ltd between 2009 and 2014.
Richard Hickinbotham
Non-Executive Director
Richard Hickinbotham is an experienced
City professional having served as Head
of Equity Research at Cantor Fitzgerald Europe and Charles Stanley.



David Gann
Non-Executive Director
Marco Ferrari
Chief Financial Officer
Neil Warner
Non-Executive Director
David Gann is a renowned expert on technological innovation and an accomplished business and academic leader. He is Imperial College London’s Vice-President (Innovation) and Chair of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.
Prior to joining Directa Plus, Marco was a financial advisor at EY. Other experience includes Deutsche Bank, Deloitte and Dezan Shira & Associates in China. Marco Ferrari is member of the Corporate Finance Committee of the ANDAF – Italian national association of accounting and finance directors.
Neil Warner has strong financial and managerial experience in multi-national businesses. He is the senior independent director and chairman of the audit committee at Trifast plc and he is also a non-executive director of Vectura Group plc.