Elisabetta Cafforio
Principal
Elisabetta combines broad sector industry experience with deep expertise in strategy and regulation to help clients in transaction processes, due diligence & regulatory strategy and positioning.

Areas of Focus
Education
Past Experience

Elisabetta is a Principal at Arthur D. Little, based in our Rome office, and a member of our global TIME (Telecommunication, Information, Media & Electronics) practice. In that position, she is also actively involved in three TIME-related global competence centers:
- Strategic Advisory Services for Competition and Regulation (SASCAR)
- Digital Media
- Transaction-related services
Since joining Arthur D. Little in 2010, Elisabetta has worked on many regulatory-positioning and market-analysis projects in different countries, for both fixed and mobile operators, included MVNOs.
She has also managed different transactional and M&A projects in media and telecommunications, feasibility studies, business planning and go-to-market strategies (i.e., MVNOs, start-ups, mergers in DTT Broadcasting and NGN Fibers, and private and public plan evaluations).
Elisabetta’s expertise goes from a broad 17+ years of regulatory experience to a deep knowledge of telecommunications & media industry dynamics, M&A processes, business strategy & organization, regulatory & management accounting, reporting & compliance.
Before joining Arthur D. Little, Elisabetta had another 7 years in management consulting and worked for Sky Italia as head of regulatory accounting and contracts with third parties.
Recent Publications

Smart regulation: The gateway to frontier innovation

Elisabetta is a Principal at Arthur D. Little, based in our Rome office, and a member of our global TIME (Telecommunication, Information, Media & Electronics) practice. In that position, she is also actively involved in three TIME-related global competence centers:
- Strategic Advisory Services for Competition and Regulation (SASCAR)
- Digital Media
- Transaction-related services
Since joining Arthur D. Little in 2010, Elisabetta has worked on many regulatory-positioning and market-analysis projects in different countries, for both fixed and mobile operators, included MVNOs.
She has also managed different transactional and M&A projects in media and telecommunications, feasibility studies, business planning and go-to-market strategies (i.e., MVNOs, start-ups, mergers in DTT Broadcasting and NGN Fibers, and private and public plan evaluations).
Elisabetta’s expertise goes from a broad 17+ years of regulatory experience to a deep knowledge of telecommunications & media industry dynamics, M&A processes, business strategy & organization, regulatory & management accounting, reporting & compliance.
Before joining Arthur D. Little, Elisabetta had another 7 years in management consulting and worked for Sky Italia as head of regulatory accounting and contracts with third parties.
Recent Publications

Smart regulation: The gateway to frontier innovation
More About Elisabetta
- University LUISS – Guido Carli (Rome)Economics
- Sky ItaliaHead of Regulatory Accounting and Contracts with Third Parties
- Ernst & YoungManager, TIME
- Arthur AndersenConsultant, TIME