Our Team

Founders

The three partners behind MENTAT

Cabiria Granchelli

Cabiria Granchelli

Co-founder · Brand & Communication Partner

EMBA, SDA BOCCONI · 2025

20+ years of experience in communication across mobility, luxury, and lifestyle sectors. Skilled in brand positioning, stakeholder alignment, and integrated marketing. Led multi-market communication initiatives across EMEA, delivering measurable business impact across premium brands.

Based in Italy.

I created MENTAT because during our EMBA journey, we were inspired by the extraordinary richness of the people we met — their different professional expertise, experiences, and human perspectives. We saw an opportunity to bring that richness together and make it accessible to companies, combining the right minds to create meaningful impact and a different kind of value.”
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Daniela Figlioli

Daniela Figlioli

Co-founder · Pharmaceutical Strategy & Execution Leader

EMBA, SDA BOCCONI · 2025

13+ years operating at the intersection of pharmaceutical strategy and commercial execution in the CDMO space. Senior expertise in business development and client growth across EMEA and APAC, partnering with biotech and pharma companies to support their drug development and manufacturing journeys at a global scale.

Based in Switzerland.

I created MENTAT because I believe in bringing together brilliant minds from different worlds — not to agree with each other, but to challenge and update one another. The Think Tank is where distant visions and perspectives meet, turning into shared thinking, and then action.”
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Ioana Hategan

Ioana Hategan

Co-founder · Legal & Corporate Development Executive

EMBA, SDA BOCCONI · 2025

Founder of international law firm and Board Member of multiple entities. Deep expertise in M&A, governance, and regulatory compliance. 20+ years in international business law, helped structure dozens of cross-border M&A transactions with a total value exceeding €160M.

Based in Romania.

An MBA is more than a credential — it shapes traits like openness, resilience, creativity, and a broader understanding of business. My motivation when we found MENTAT was to bring together in our platform consultants who carry both: sharp professional competency and the human qualities that make it truly work for the companies we serve.”
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