Meet our People
ARC Real Estate retains 29 people: 24 employees in different business functions, 5 founding members, who form the Board of Directors and 7 effective collaborators.
The Management
Massimiliano De Castro
ARC Real Estate’s founder since 1993, today Mr. Massimiliano De Castro is CEO, President and Head of HR, Organization and Marketing.
Born and educated in Molise, his homeland, and now based in Milan, he holds a degree in Management from the University of Turin, an international Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master Expert qualification in Corporate Crisis Management. In 2000, he was awarded an honorary degree in Business Administration by Constantin University (Rhode Island, USA).
He has consolidated expertise in finance, credit information, real estate valuation and the management of Non-Performing Loans (NPLs). He is a member of A.N.C.I.C. (the National Association of Commercial Information and Credit Management Companies) and ASSOVIB (the Association representing companies providing independent real estate valuation services).
Michele Pignataro
Mr. Michele Pignataro after having reached the scientific diploma and studied Law in Bari University, is a shareholder in the Board of Directors. In 1993 he joined ARC as founder and commercial director of the Company.
Currently Mr. Pignantaro is the manager in charge of commercial and marketing activities, relating to financial institutions. He deals confidently with major clients.
Armando Gianfagna
After getting his high school diploma from ITC L. Pilla in Campobasso and having gained extensive experience in important notary offices, he joined ARC Real Estate in 1993 as a founding partner and expert in property and property listing.
Today, he is a shareholder, a board member and manager in charge of the legal services office, with more than 25 years of experience in real estate inspections during executive processes of enforced collection, related to bank loans secured by real estate assets, and in the management of single claims and secured NPL portfolios.
Alessandro Zocco
Having obtained the professional diploma in ICT from ITIS Zuccante of Mestre, Mr. Alessandro Zocco is an expert software developer. A shareholder and a member of the Board of Directors, he is also a manager in the company, in charge of the Reasearch and Development department. In 1992 he joined ARC-System, developing new software and database for financial institutions. Since 2004, Mr. Zocco is the manager in charge of the Research & Development area for ARC Real Estate.
Mario Colella
After getting his high school diploma from ITC L. Pilla in Campobasso, in 1998 Mr. Mario Colella joined the ARC’s technical team. Expert in hardware and systems, data processing, internal processes development and business information data integration systems, today he is in charge of the ICT department.
Matteo Pagani
Matteo Pagani joins our Team, Graduated in 2004 in LAW and with a MASTER in MARKETING & MANAGEMENT II level at the University "Cattolica del Sacro Cuore" in Milan. Experienced Sales Manager (Chief Sales Officer) of the Banking Sector, Para-banking (Financial, Leasing, Consumer Credit and Insurance) and Corporate (BTB) with experience in American and Italian multinationals (Dun&Bradstreet, IBM, Crif) and important companies in the Italian market (Tinexta, tecnoinvestimenti, REValuta, Cribis, Ribes). In March 2023 he joins ARC Real Estate as COO & Sales.
