Fabrizio came to coaching through 15 years inside global organisations, a Ph.D. in Chemistry, a deep fascination with human performance — and a burnout that stopped everything and made him start again. That arc is not incidental. It is the work.
For over 15 years, Fabrizio worked inside large global organisations — leading innovation, navigating matrix complexity, and carrying the kind of pressure that corporate life normalises until it isn't normal anymore. He was good at it. He was also, for a long time, running on an operating system that was quietly breaking him.
He experienced burnout. Not as a dramatic collapse, but as a slow arrival — the moment the body and mind say: that's enough. He had been telling himself the exhaustion was part of the job, part of being successful, part of performing at the highest level. The burnout was the moment that story stopped working. What followed was a period of real reckoning: stop, reflect, reassess, rebalance — and restart. The restart was as strong as ever.
That experience is not background. It is the lens through which Fabrizio coaches. He knows what it feels like to be driven by an outer engine rather than an inner one. He knows the cost. And he knows what it takes to find your way back to yourself — and lead from that place instead.
Credentials matter — but they are a floor, not a ceiling. What they signal is a baseline of rigour, ethics, and commitment to the craft. What happens in the room is something credentials cannot certify.
The path was not planned. It began with a scholarship, ran through laboratories and global boardrooms, was interrupted by a burnout, and arrived — with intention — at a coaching practice built on everything that came before it.
Studying Chemistry in Palermo, Fabrizio applied for a European exchange scholarship in his fourth year. He won it, and was sent to the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. He came for one year. He never left.
Seven years in academic research — a doctorate in Chemistry at TU/e, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Delft. The scientific method, the analytical mind, the discipline of rigorous inquiry: foundations that would later shape a very different kind of practice.
Sixteen years inside two of the world's leading materials and chemical companies. Global Innovation Catalyst, Project Manager, Subject Matter Expert — leading cross-functional teams across EMEA, APAC, and the US. And watching, up close, what sustained pressure does to people — including himself.
A growing interest in health and human performance led Fabrizio to become a certified nutrition coach — his first step into coaching. Then burnout arrived and made everything else secondary. A coach helped him see what he couldn't see from inside the experience. The realisation that followed became the founding logic of Nexum: you cannot change what you do not see.
Formal coaching credentials built on top of everything that came before them. A boutique practice serving senior leaders across Europe — in English, Italian, and Spanish. Confidential, deeply personal, and grounded in 25 years of living and working at the intersection of science, organisations, and what it actually costs to lead.
Most leaders Fabrizio works with are not short on intelligence, capability, or experience. What they have lost — often without noticing — is the ability to see themselves clearly under pressure. There is a default operating system running. When a trigger arrives, it fires automatically. The leader reacts. They know something isn't right, but they cannot see what it is.
That is where the work begins. Not with a framework, but with visibility. Fabrizio draws on his background in chemistry, neuroscience, and stress physiology to help leaders understand not just what they are doing — but what is happening inside them when the pressure is highest. What the nervous system does. How the body holds stress. What the automatic pattern actually is.
Because if you can see it — really see it, feel it, acknowledge it — you can change it. That is not a coaching principle. That is the logic of every scientific discipline Fabrizio has ever worked in, applied to the most important question in leadership: who are you when it costs something?
Sessions are direct, rigorous, and held in complete confidence. The approach combines evidence from coaching psychology, neuroscience, and stress physiology with the hard-won perspective of someone who has sat on the other side of the same table.
From the very first session, Fabrizio brought a rare combination of professionalism, warmth, and deep insight. He listens with intention, challenges thoughtfully, and creates a space where honest reflection feels natural. His guidance helped me understand the patterns behind stress and equipped me with tools I continue to use today.
I had some wonderful coaching sessions with Fabrizio while recovering from a burnout and looking for a career change — they were really empowering and insightful. He is a great coach who helps you see what you cannot see from the inside.
What truly sets Fabrizio apart is his ability to challenge limiting beliefs and gently but firmly encourage you to go beyond fear. He creates a safe space, asks the right questions, and helps you gain new perspectives. His encouragement motivated me to push beyond my comfort zone — both professionally and personally.
"You cannot change what you do not see. Most of the time we are on automatic pilot and because it is automatic, we cannot interrupt it. What I do is help leaders see what they have stopped seeing. Because the moment you can see it clearly, the change becomes possible."
Outside of coaching, Fabrizio shoots landscape and nature photography. The Netherlands — its flat light, its wide skies, its patient quality of stillness — turns out to be a remarkable place to practise seeing. His work has been recognised in international photography contests and exhibited in galleries in Italy, the Netherlands, and beyond.
The same quality of attention that makes a good photograph makes a good coach. Both require you to slow down, look carefully, and wait for what is actually there — rather than what you expect to find.