About
Donato Di Gilio is a business consultant and corporate advisor, based in Warsaw since 1992. Over more than thirty years, he has built solid experience in business internationalization toward Central and Eastern European markets, with a specific focus on Poland, supporting Italian and European companies through their market-entry and consolidation processes — from preliminary analysis through to the operational coordination of local and international teams.
Following the recent sale of his historic company, CORE, he has opened a new chapter, channeling this experience into CECS – Central Europe Corporate Services, his own advisory practice. Through CECS, he takes on a role he has effectively played throughout his career, and now formalizes: that of a “sherpa” — a privileged point of contact and facilitator for companies approaching Poland and the wider CEE region for the first time, or seeking to consolidate an existing presence. Where market entry can feel unfamiliar and exposed to risk, his role is to provide orientation, open the right doors, and guide the path from first analysis to operational reality.