European CEO of the Year Awards 2025

Aug22136 51. Disruptive Marketing CEO of the Year 2025 (Italy): Francesco Galvani Deep Marketing is a boutique Italian marketing agency trusted by SMEs and multinationals alike. Specialising in services including branding, websites, advertising, and SEO marketing strategies, the agency has grown incredibly fast since first opening its doors in 2021. Behind Deep Marketing is a team of industry experts, many of whom worked in executive positions for leading corporations, resulting in a lean, fullservice approach rooted in a client’s DNA. Francesco ‘Frank’ Galvani, the award-winning CEO behind the agency, was on hand to tell us more. All too often, companies struggle to capture what makes them unique in their industry and market this in a way that helps them to attract and retain customers. This, combined with the rise of immoral marketing ‘gurus’ who deliver convoluted, impractical advice and then leave businesses to fend for themselves, can make navigating today’s digital marketing landscape a stressful undertaking for businesses of all shapes and sizes. Enter Deep Marketing to help restore calm and guide clients to the marketing outcomes they seek. Comprising 30 professionals and a series of hyper-lean processes, Deep Marketing’s track record includes transforming an investment of €20K in Google Ads into more than €2M in sales, in just 30 days. Impressive figures like this highlight what makes the agency such an esteemed figure in this space, but Deep Marketing is about more than just performance and numbers – its essence lies in the calibre of those who rely on it. Working with leading brands such as Passione Beauty, Midaticket, and Duomo di Milano, Deep Marketing delivers a flexible approach complete with an intense focus on both attention to detail and a client’s specific needs. Bucking the pushy, commercialdriven approach that is the current trend of marketing agencies in Italy, the agency offers management across every marketing channel – from branding and press offices to online advertising – and nurtures long-term relationships with clients that are built on trust and results. Preserving Deep Marketing’s status as the best marketing agency in Italy is something left to its CEO, Frank Galvani. With more than 15 years of experience as a marketing manager to his name, Frank has worked in some high-pressure environments, including managing marketing for brands such as RayBan during a four-year stint with Luxottica. These previous roles paved the way for Deep Marketing’s almost overnight success. Despite the company becoming so respected in such a short time, the story of Digital Marketing actually dates back further, this to an Amazon bestseller, Digital Deep Marketing, authored by Frank in 2018. It was the stories of triumph that Frank heard from the entrepreneurs and professionals who had applied the principles used in this book that encouraged this future CEO to dedicate himself to consulting full time. In the years since, Frank has worked tirelessly to improve both his knowledge and his reach, as seen through him becoming the most popular author on Quora Italia (with around 60M views), delivering evidencebased marketing conferences, and writing numerous books exposing the scams inherent in this space. Frank explained: “This has, of course, attracted annoyances and many legal warnings from fake gurus and their followers, but I have gained many more likes and much appreciation from influential people.” Even with his professional life outside of Deep Marketing thriving, Frank has still found time to build a talented team and a loyal, recurring client base for the agency. Frank has also honed a number of internal management systems, resulting in a margin that is now above 50% and a pool of clients that is always at least 50 strong at any one time. This capped off Phase One of Deep Marketing, with Phase Two having now begun. Frank told us: “For the next four years, I intend to grow significantly, especially internationally. I also plan to bring in partners and co-owners who will add great value in their areas of expertise, as well as creating stronger, more extensive partner networks and providing exceptional AI tools.” A plan to develop a SaaS that will see outsourced marketing services provided to other agencies is also in the works, reflecting Frank’s personal aim to rebuild confidence in the digital marketing industry as a whole. Balancing a vision for a brighter future with a leadership style that sees him as ‘Frank’ – not a distant or theoretical figure – Frank has spent his career setting a bar that must always be kept high. This is something Deep Marketing has continued to uphold over the last four years, cementing itself as a leading Italian international marketing agency. Contact: Francesco Galvani Company: Deep Marketing Web Address: https://www.deepmarketing.it/ c

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