Francesco Favaro

Investing and incubating companies that are building the next generation of digital infrastructure for the physical world

FTT is on a mission to transition the World to sustainable materials by developing cutting edge Type 3 fiber thermoforming machines. As GM of the Americas I am helping the company scale in the American continent.

I GMed Uber Freight new business incubation, with a particular focus on expanding Uber Freight’s marketplace business.

I headed the Market Access business at Uber Freight. Market Access is an AI powered marketplace platform enabling anyone who needs to move a shipment to directly access Uber Freight's carrier marketplace and source capacity competitively and in real-time. I previously led Uber Freight's large fleets strategy, including the launch of our Carrier Web Portal, a market-first load search & booking platform for dispatchers, and Dedicated Lanes, enabling fleets to sign-up to consistent freight and reduce empty miles. I also helped craft Uber Freight's pricing strategy and led Uber Freight's partnerships with autonomous trucking companies.

I led the development and financing of >1GW of renewable generation and battery storage assets including the Murra Warra wind farm project and the South Australia “big battery”. I also advised Sydney Motorway Corporation on a US$1.4b non-recourse debt raising for WestConnex, a 13km tollroad tunnel under the city of Sydney. I further advised SMC on strategic monetization options for WestConnex eventually resulting in its privatization. About Macquarie: Macquarie Group is Australia's #1 investment bank, the World's #1 corporate advisor in renewable energy and #1 infrastructure fund manager.

I managed the US$90m subsea work package for the Kitan Project, an offshore oil project located between East Timor and Australia. Subsequently I led technical due diligence on Eni’s acquisition of Shell’s stake in the Evans Shoals project including concept design of a market-first offshore carbon capture and sequestration project.

I oversaw the engineering, supply and offshore installation of the subsea control systems for 2 offshore projects in Egypt for a total value of US$30m.

I took a brief career break to learn about business and finance. During my time at AGSM I was the recipient of the 2012 Excellence Scholarship and 2012 Merit Award. I also led the Clean Energy and Sustainability club, bringing experts from industry, government and academia to AGSM to talk to students about building a sustainable economy. AGSM is the #1 business school in Australia

I was a student researcher in the Intelligent Autonomous Systems Laboratory and RobCup team. During my time at the IAS Lab I built a holonomic autonomous goalkeeper robot for RoboCup 2003. My master thesis: "Sensorless hard-disk spindle drive control using Extended Kalman Filter on DSP" was developed in partnership with ST Microelectronics hard-disk control chipset group, in Orange County CA

I received a 6 months scholarship to BU's graduate school of engineering. During this time I developed a steady state controller for a RoboCup robot approaching a ball.