Overview
- AC Milan issued an official statement on June 26 announcing Massimo Calvelli as the club’s new chief executive officer.
- Calvelli will keep his RedBird titles as CEO International of RedBird Development Group and Operating Partner at RedBird Capital Partners while leading day-to-day operations at Milan.
- Gerry Cardinale gave Calvelli a clear mandate to “play to win,” instructing the club to shift from risk avoidance to an execution-focused drive for results on and off the pitch.
- Calvelli had already been acting with delegated authority after the management purge on May 25 and now formalizes responsibilities he has been exercising since that board decision.
- The appointment follows RedBird’s model of placing senior operating partners in portfolio firms and signals likely faster alignment of commercial, sporting and recruitment decisions under a single owner-backed executive.