References

Referenceable senior leaders.

Seven senior leaders who delivered programmes with Akhnaton at Google, UEFA, FIFA World Cup, and adjacent regulated environments. Reference contacts are available to prospective clients on request, as part of due diligence.

  1. 01
    Daniele Rizzetto Google - Global Head, Street View Operations

    Answers: "Does he operate credibly at senior scale?"

    Relationship: Direct senior stakeholder within Google Geo during Akhnaton's programme leadership period.

    Evidence theme: multi-market governance, partner execution, and senior-stakeholder confidence · reference available to qualified prospects on request.

  2. 02
    William Zaki Google - Head, Street View Expansion, EMEA & Africa

    Answers: "Can he manage multi-market partnership complexity?"

    Relationship: Akhnaton worked under William's leadership at Google on multi-market expansion and partner-governance programmes across EMEA, MENA, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

    Evidence theme: cross-border expansion, commercial judgement, and partner governance · reference available to qualified prospects on request.

  3. 03
    Marely Flores FIFA - Venue Operations Director · 2x Forbes México Top 100

    Answers: "Does he hold composure under public-deadline pressure?"

    Relationship: Worked with Akhnaton at UEFA's Match Operations Unit in Nyon, Switzerland, on high-profile competition delivery. Now a FIFA World Cup Venue Operations Director.

    Evidence theme: sports operations, composure, and delivery discipline under public deadlines · reference available to qualified prospects on request.

  4. 04
    Gabriele Guidoni UBS AG - Director, AI Observability & SRE Lead · formerly Google, Zurich

    Answers: "Can he turn governance into operating discipline?"

    Relationship: Worked with Akhnaton in Google's Zurich partner and programme environment, as an engineering-side counterpart on regulated market-readiness and vendor-governance work. Now Director, AI Observability & SRE Lead at UBS.

    Evidence theme: SOP design, cross-functional alignment, vendor compliance, and regulated-market readiness · reference available to qualified prospects on request.

  5. 05
    Carlos Reolid Google - Street View Programme Management

    Answers: "Can he stabilise difficult workstreams without unnecessary escalation?"

    Relationship: Programme manager of a workstream within Akhnaton's Google EMEA and CIS programme scope. Worked alongside Akhnaton on a high-risk, multi-team delivery.

    Evidence theme: high-risk workstream stabilisation, regional delivery under constraint, and multi-team operating cadence · reference available to qualified prospects on request.

  6. 06
    Pierluca Buono UBS AG - Associate Director, Business Risk Analytics · formerly Google, Zurich

    Answers: "Does he bring analytical discipline to delivery?"

    Relationship: Akhnaton's analytics counterpart in the same Google Zurich programme environment, covering risk visibility, reporting discipline, and data-led decisions. Now Associate Director, Business Risk Analytics at UBS.

    Evidence theme: risk analytics, data discipline, structured decision-making, and delivery control · reference available to qualified prospects on request.

  7. 07
    Germano Meier SYNBORA AG - CEO & Co-Founder · formerly Novartis, ONWARD, Bio-Rad

    Answers: "Is he trusted across time, cultures, and operating contexts?"

    Relationship: long-standing professional peer with regulated medical-device programme governance context. Fifteen years of shared context across multiple environments.

    Evidence theme: long-term trust, cross-cultural leadership, and regulated life-sciences context · reference available to qualified prospects on request.

Shared with permission. Contact details are not published. Prospective clients can request reference contact information through the channel below, as part of due diligence.

References reflect individual professional opinions and do not represent endorsement by current or former employers.

Request

Request reference contact details.

Reference contact details are provided to prospective clients on request, as part of due diligence before or during an engagement.