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Francesco Cotrone

Principal

Principal, member of the TIME practice, focusing on strategy development, organizational transformation, and operations management

Areas of Focus

Education

University of Rome Tor Vergata
Master’s Degree in Management Engineering

Past Experience

Mercer
Co-Head Organization Development & Effectiveness Practice

Francesco is a Principal at Arthur D. Little, based in our Dubai office. He is affiliated with the Telecommunications, Information, Media & Electronics (TIME) practice and advises clients on strategy development, organizational transformation, and operations management.

Throughout his career, he has worked across multiple industries, with a focus on Telecommunications and Energy & Utilities, in both Europe and the Middle East, on a wide range of functional topics (including strategic planning, organizational design, and transformation, workforce planning, capability development, operations management, performance improvement, cost optimization, customer excellence, international arbitrations).

Francesco holds a Master’s Degree in Management Engineering from the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

Recent Publications

Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
Monetizing investments in telecom network infrastructure
Vincenzo Basile, Francesco Cotrone, Christoph Uferer
In an investment-driven industry such as telecommunications, optimizing investment decisions has always represented a key competitive advantage for operators. However, in a market characterized by stagnating growth rates and increasing competition, where many telecommunication companies are facing flat or even decreasing revenues, keeping up with the latest technologies in order to ensure differentiation and meet the increasing demands of interactive services becomes binding.
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Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
Beyond the best network operations!
Vincenzo Basile, Dr. Karim Taga, Lokesh Dadhich, Bernd Schreiber, Francesco Cotrone
Current international industry trends predict mid-term reductions of profitability margins for telecom operators, in particularfor mature markets. This is a result of huge investments (GSMA estimates that telecom operators will invest $1.7 trillionon capex during 2014-2020) that are required to build next-generation networks in order to satisfy the data- demandexplosion and revenue reduction caused by mobile price wars and competition from OTT.
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Francesco is a Principal at Arthur D. Little, based in our Dubai office. He is affiliated with the Telecommunications, Information, Media & Electronics (TIME) practice and advises clients on strategy development, organizational transformation, and operations management.

Throughout his career, he has worked across multiple industries, with a focus on Telecommunications and Energy & Utilities, in both Europe and the Middle East, on a wide range of functional topics (including strategic planning, organizational design, and transformation, workforce planning, capability development, operations management, performance improvement, cost optimization, customer excellence, international arbitrations).

Francesco holds a Master’s Degree in Management Engineering from the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

Recent Publications

Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
Monetizing investments in telecom network infrastructure
Vincenzo Basile, Francesco Cotrone, Christoph Uferer
In an investment-driven industry such as telecommunications, optimizing investment decisions has always represented a key competitive advantage for operators. However, in a market characterized by stagnating growth rates and increasing competition, where many telecommunication companies are facing flat or even decreasing revenues, keeping up with the latest technologies in order to ensure differentiation and meet the increasing demands of interactive services becomes binding.
Find out more
Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
Beyond the best network operations!
Vincenzo Basile, Dr. Karim Taga, Lokesh Dadhich, Bernd Schreiber, Francesco Cotrone
Current international industry trends predict mid-term reductions of profitability margins for telecom operators, in particularfor mature markets. This is a result of huge investments (GSMA estimates that telecom operators will invest $1.7 trillionon capex during 2014-2020) that are required to build next-generation networks in order to satisfy the data- demandexplosion and revenue reduction caused by mobile price wars and competition from OTT.
Find out more

More About Francesco
  • University of Rome Tor Vergata
    Master’s Degree in Management Engineering
  • Mercer
    Co-Head Organization Development & Effectiveness Practice