Massimiliano Chiara
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Massimiliano (“Max”) Chiara is Brightstar’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and is on the Company’s board of directors.
Before joining the Company, Mr. Chiara served as Chief Financial Officer of CNH Industrial since September 2013. Max was also named the Chief Sustainability Officer at CNH Industrial in 2016 and served since 2017 as head of Mergers & Acquisitions for CNH Industrial. Between 2009 and 2013, Mr. Chiara served in various positions with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (and its predecessors) as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Development in Latin America, Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis and Business Development Finance, VP Finance Brands and Marketing Controller, and as Director of Business Development Finance for its engine business unit Fiat Powertrain between 2007 and 2009. Earlier in his career, Mr. Chiara held various managerial roles at Teksid Aluminum, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Robert Bosch, the Wuerth Group, and was an M&A financial analyst with Dresdner Kleinwort Benson.
Mr. Chiara graduated from the Luigi Bocconi University in Milan (Italy), with a degree in Business Administration Cum Laude, and has a CEMS master’s degree in international management from the Bocconi University (with the University of Cologne, Germany as host school). Mr. Chiara is NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors) Directorship Certified. He also held the position of Chairman of the Italian Association of Corporate Treasurers (AITI) between 2004 and 2007.
Massimiliano (“Max”) Chiara is Brightstar’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and is on the Company’s board of directors.
Before joining the Company, Mr. Chiara served as Chief Financial Officer of CNH Industrial since September 2013. Max was also named the Chief Sustainability Officer at CNH Industrial in 2016 and served since 2017 as head of Mergers & Acquisitions for CNH Industrial. Between 2009 and 2013, Mr. Chiara served in various positions with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (and its predecessors) as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Development in Latin America, Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis and Business Development Finance, VP Finance Brands and Marketing Controller, and as Director of Business Development Finance for its engine business unit Fiat Powertrain between 2007 and 2009. Earlier in his career, Mr. Chiara held various managerial roles at Teksid Aluminum, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Robert Bosch, the Wuerth Group, and was an M&A financial analyst with Dresdner Kleinwort Benson.
Mr. Chiara graduated from the Luigi Bocconi University in Milan (Italy), with a degree in Business Administration Cum Laude, and has a CEMS master’s degree in international management from the Bocconi University (with the University of Cologne, Germany as host school). Mr. Chiara is NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors) Directorship Certified. He also held the position of Chairman of the Italian Association of Corporate Treasurers (AITI) between 2004 and 2007.