Valencia, Spain · Globally Mobile
Niccolò
Porzio
di Camporotondo
Senior Advisor · No-Fail Environmets Strategist · Cross-Cultural Consultant · Mentor
45 years of high-stakes leadership forged at sea, refined in boardrooms across 32 countries. I help people navigate complexity — where the margin for error is small.
Leadership values were not
built in boardrooms.
They were forged at sea.
Senior executive and strategic advisor with 45 years of high-stakes operational leadership, cross-cultural negotiation, and multi-stakeholder management across UHNWI environments, elite sport, maritime operations, international events, and business transformation.
Career progression through 9 years of involvement in the America's Cup — a UHNWI favourite playground for 176 years — from Race Operations Manager to Senior Advisor to the CEO, spanning 6 countries and contributing to €6.25 billion in documented economic impact and 77,659 new jobs.
When responsible for others' lives, planning, accountability, calm under pressure, pattern recognition, and self-awareness stop being soft skills — they become the difference between success and catastrophe. After 45 years of building, executing, and delivering at the highest levels, now choosing to apply that experience selectively — where it creates the most value for people who genuinely need it.
Services delivered in English (native/multilingual), Italian (native/multilingual), and Spanish (proficient).
30 years of verified, responsibility-based
access to UHNWI environments.
A consistent and verifiable thread across 30 years — trusted operational and advisory responsibility within ultra-high-net-worth individual environments, managing their assets, their events, their safety, and their reputations at the highest level.
KIALOA III — UHNWI Owner
First Mate and Scuba Diving Director on a 3-year, 54,000nm globe circumnavigation. Foundational immersion in UHNWI lifestyle, decision-making, and expectations across 20 countries.
COURAGEOUS — Museum of Yachting
Captain and project manager of Ted Turner's iconic America's Cup yacht within a UHNWI donor and sponsor ecosystem. Operational stewardship of a significant reputational asset.
32nd America's Cup — Alinghi
Race Operations Manager for Ernesto Bertarelli's syndicate. €12M budget, 680 races across 4 countries.
33rd America's Cup
Director of Race Operations for the historic 1–1 competition between Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi and Larry Ellison's ORACLE USA.
34th AC — Superyacht Programme
Director of Larry Ellison's mandate to strengthen the connection with UHNWI through a dedicated superyacht programme spanning 6 nations across 4 continents.
34th/35th AC — ORACLE TEAM USA
Senior Advisor to the CEO within Larry Ellison's syndicate. CEO-level advisory across 28 host cities on four continents.
H2O Riders — Ongoing Mandates
Superyacht advisory and direct UHNWI client engagements across maritime, sport, and business transformation spanning 24 years.
iTsNoProblems
UHNWI individuals and private families as primary client segment for Senior Advisory and Strategic Decision Advisory services.
1:1 fractional engagements.
Never mass coaching or off-the-shelf packages.
Services are delivered through 1:1 fractional or placement engagements, carefully tailored to your individual context and level of responsibility. Fees reflect senior-level, experience-based support built on 45 years of real-world international work in complex, cross-cultural, high-pressure environments. All discussions and shared materials remain strictly confidential from initial contact.
Strategic Decision Advisory
Trusted Sounding Board · Senior Decision Reviewer · Retainer Advisor
Founders, senior professionals, and individuals navigating layered complexity who need trusted senior judgement at consequential moments.
Better decisions. Clearer priorities. Unique outside perspective. Steadier execution. An experienced challenger in moments that matter.
1:1 remote or in person. Defined access level, model, duration, milestones, and recurrence.
Cross-Cultural Consulting
Strategy · Stakeholder Alignment · Problem Solving · Negotiation
Entrepreneurs, organisations, and investors preparing for cross-border negotiations, multilingual partnerships, or complex multi-stakeholder situations.
Fewer cultural and linguistic misalignments. Better stakeholder alignment. Stronger frameworks for international negotiations. CQ built across 32 countries.
Written brief or full remote advisory support. Scope defined at outset. Project- or mandate-based.
Senior Advisory
Life & Business Wisdom Transfer · Senior Perspective
Young and older individuals, executives, founders, and leaders facing pivotal moments, transitions, or high-stakes decisions.
Direct access to 45 years of pattern recognition. One conversation can save months of costly trial and error.
1:1 by video, phone, or in person. Base 90-minute session with pre-call review and written summary. Single sessions, 3-session pack, or monthly retainer.
Career & Transition Mentoring
Executive Coach · Career Architect · Resilience Builder
Early-career professionals, athletes in transition, and adults reinventing direction. Emerging leaders and executives navigating change.
Growth in judgement, confidence, resilience, and direction over time. Stronger leadership maturity.
Bi-weekly 1:1 sessions over 3 or 6 months. Structured check-ins with written summaries and between-session support.
Board & Executive Advisory
Independent Board Perspective · NED · Fractional Advisor
Boards and governance bodies seeking senior perspective on risk, alignment, and direction. Organisations needing independent challenge at governance level.
Independent perspective on strategy, governance, and stakeholder complexity. Calm, credible, and clear senior voice in high-stakes discussions.
Board, NED, advisory, or fractional role. Scope and engagement model agreed at outset.
Superyacht Advisory
Programme Design · UHNWI Relations · Operations
Event authorities, marina developers, charter operators, and UHNWI principals seeking expert superyacht programme architecture or operational advisory.
Programme design, UHNWI relationship frameworks, crew wellness architecture, and operational strategy — backed by 30 years of verified access to this environment.
Project- or mandate-based. Written brief or full advisory support.
Sports & Youth Programme Design
Performance Strategy · Team Dynamics · Resilience
Sports academies, teams, federations, and youth organisations preparing high-performance environments or navigating athlete transitions.
Structured programme design, performance strategy, safety and resilience frameworks grounded in real high-pressure operational experience.
Project- or programme-based. Keynote, workshop, or embedded advisory.
Pro Bono Window
Same quality of engagement — different fee arrangement
Underprivileged young adults, early-career professionals without institutional support, and individuals facing sudden hardship.
1:1 phone or video call. Limited annual allocation. Awarded by direct application only.
All engagements begin with a free Alignment Call — no obligation, no pitch. Just an honest conversation about what you need and whether I'm the right person to help.
Book Your Free Alignment CallA career built on the water,
refined in the boardroom.
Current & Recent
2018–Present
Senior Advisor & Mentor
2024–PresentiTsNoProblems — Valencia & Global
Delivering 1:1 advisory, mentoring, and cross-cultural consulting to UHNWI principals, leaders, and organisations in transition. Services span Senior Advisory for Life and Business, Career and Transition Mentoring, Cross-Cultural Consulting, and Strategic Decision Advisory retainers. Engagements conducted in English, Italian, and Spanish.
Programme Designer & Governance Architect
2025–2026iTsNoProblems — Europe
Conceived and governed the 3×3 Urban Challenge — a multi-country EU funding-ready programme integrating sport, arts, and community storytelling to connect underprivileged youth and elders across 5–6 countries. Authored a 31-article governing Protocol establishing dual-key authority, IP protection, dispute resolution, and EU-compliant financial governance across a multi-party consortium. The governance framework was licensed and sold for use as the backbone of a separate EU-funded project.
Chief Strategy Officer
2018–2019Malta Altus Challenge — 37th America's Cup · Global
Built a complete America's Cup campaign architecture from scratch and led strategic negotiations for a bid to compete in the 37th edition.
America's Cup Operations
32nd · 33rd · 34th · 35th Editions · ORACLE TEAM USA · Alinghi
Senior Advisor to CEO — Venue Procurement
2012–2013ORACLE TEAM USA — 35th America's Cup · Global
Senior advisory role within Larry Ellison's America's Cup syndicate. Managed CEO-level venue strategy across 28 candidate host cities on four continents. Aligned governance cultures, political realities, and commercial expectations at principal level. Negotiated the successful strategic partnership model adopted for the Venice and Naples America's Cup World Series events.
Director — AC World Series Italy
2011–201234th America's Cup Event Authority — USA & Italy
Delivered €25M in sales, increased revenue by €5M, and reduced operational costs by 40%. Led negotiations between the America's Cup rights holder and stakeholders from each host city. Chaired the Steering Committee and oversaw the successful delivery of Local Organising Committees in Naples and Venice in high-profile UHNWI and political environments.
Director — Superyacht Programme
2010–201134th America's Cup Event Authority — Global
Designed and delivered a dedicated UHNWI programme for America's Cup principals and sponsors spanning 6 teams from 6 countries across 4 continents. Generated €550M in direct spending and a €1.37B economic impact for the host city and region. Re-established the America's Cup brand with UHNWI and the superyacht industry. Served as spokesman at all major superyacht events. Ran the host-city candidacy pre-selection process and negotiated with government institutions in Spain, Italy, Sweden, and France.
Director of Race Operations
2009–201033rd America's Cup — UAE & Spain
Led shore and on-the-water operations for the historic 1–1 competition between Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi and Larry Ellison's ORACLE USA. High-visibility global event held across UAE and Spain — operational failure was not an option. Served as Race Official throughout.
Race Operations Senior Manager
2004–200832nd America's Cup — Alinghi (Ernesto Bertarelli) · Spain, Italy, France, Sweden
Managed €12M budget, 15 major events, and 680 races for Alinghi — Ernesto Bertarelli's syndicate. Led 33 multilingual staff and coordinated 880 volunteers across 4 countries and 4 legal jurisdictions.
Advisory, Venture & Management
2000–Present
CEO & Founder
2000–2023H2O Riders Science & Management S.L. — Global
24 years advising CEOs, UHNWI clients, and public-private stakeholders across maritime, sport, and business transformation. Directed superyacht advisory mandates, maritime projects, and international sports-event IP development. Led Valencia's 38th America's Cup host-city bid and multiple cross-cultural innovation mandates.
CEO & Co-Founder
2016–2017Strax Technologies Inc. — USA, Spain, Italy, India
Cross-functional leadership across the USA, Italy, and India. Achieved 60% cost reduction through operational restructuring and strategic realignment.
Strategist & Mentor
2019–2022Pacific Boys Rowing Team — USA
Supported strategy, safety, resilience, and team dynamics through a 3,135nm Atlantic crossing effort — applying offshore experience directly to youth high-performance sport.
USCG Captain & Project Manager
1998–2004COURAGEOUS — Museum of Yachting, Boston · USA
Captain, restoration project manager, and operational steward of Ted Turner's iconic America's Cup yacht (two-time winner, 1974 & 1977) within a UHNWI donor and sponsor ecosystem. Secured sponsorship and delivered programme activity around an asset of significant reputational value.
PADI MSDT & Dive Shop Manager
1995–1997Cane Bay Dive Shop — USVI & Venezuela
Certified 310 divers and managed two dive shops and a live-aboard operation across the US Virgin Islands and Venezuela.
100,000 miles and 1,000 dives
is not a hobby. It is a reference.
"The skills I bring to every client engagement are not professional competencies acquired in a corporate setting. They are survival disciplines forged in environments where nature does not negotiate, does not accept excuses, and does not offer second chances."
KIALOA III — Globe Circumnavigation
1992–1995 · UHNWI OwnerFirst Mate and Scuba Diving Director on a 3-year, 54,000nm circumnavigation of the globe for a UHNWI owner. Surveyed WWII wrecks in the South Pacific across 20 countries. Foundational immersion in UHNWI environments, cross-cultural dynamics, and extreme operational planning.
Professional Sailing — Racing & Ocean Passages
893 Sailing Competitions893 sailing competitions over a professional career spanning ocean racing and cruising. 100,000+ nautical miles total logged. Competed across major international circuits — learning where ambition crosses the thin line between fast and catastrophic.
Scuba Diving — Technical, Cave & Wreck
PADI MSDT · Cave Certified · 310 DiversOver 1,000 dives worldwide including cave diving and technical decompression dives. Certified 310 divers as PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer. Surveyed WWII wrecks globally. In overhead environments, there is no improvisation — preparation is absolute.
Foresight, planning, anticipation,
and practical problem-solving
when the margin for error is small.
I support three types of clients: Institutional — cities, public agencies, and universities; Private leaders — founders, investors, and executives facing complex cross-border decisions; Sports & youth — teams, academies, and young professionals preparing for high-pressure environments.
When Nature Set Your Standards
All services offered are rooted in what was built here. Over 35 years as a professional sailor and scuba instructor, I logged 100,000+ nautical miles and 1,000+ dives — including cave, decompression, and WWII wreck surveys in the South Pacific. In these environments, planning, anticipation, and problem-solving are not corporate competencies — they are survival disciplines. Nature does not negotiate. This is the most important reference I can offer any client.
34th America's Cup — Italy Programme
Delivered €25M in sales — growing revenue by €5M while reducing operational costs by 40% — across the inaugural AC World Series events in Italy. Chaired the Steering Committee for both Venice and Naples, aligning UHNWI principals, political stakeholders, and local organisations. Proved that cost discipline and commercial ambition are not opposites when the right frameworks are in place.
34th America's Cup — Superyacht Programme
Designed and delivered a dedicated UHNWI superyacht programme for the 34th America's Cup generating €550M in direct spending and a €1.37B economic impact. Re-established the event's brand with UHNWI and the superyacht industry. Served as the official spokesman at all major superyacht events globally. Ran the host-city pre-selection process for the next edition, negotiating with governments in Spain, Italy, Sweden, and France.
3×3 Urban Challenge — EU Governance Framework
Conceived a multi-country EU funding-ready programme integrating sport, arts, and community storytelling. Authored a 31-article governing Protocol establishing dual-key authority, IP protection, and EU-compliant financial governance across a multi-party consortium spanning 5–6 countries. The governance framework was subsequently licensed and sold as the backbone for a separate EU-funded project — demonstrating its value beyond its original context.
35th AC — Venue Procurement Strategy
Led CEO-level venue strategy for ORACLE TEAM USA across 28 candidate host cities. Aligned governance cultures, political realities, and commercial expectations across 4 continents — navigating the unique complexity of a global event where every candidate city carries its own institutional dynamics, language, and stakeholder politics. Delivered the partnership model that was ultimately adopted for Venice and Naples.
Pacific Boys Rowing — Atlantic Crossing
Mentored a youth rowing team through strategy, safety planning, team dynamics, and resilience building for a 3,135nm Atlantic crossing attempt. Applied offshore experience — anticipation, risk planning, calm under pressure — directly to the sport and leadership development context. Demonstrated that the skills forged at sea translate precisely into high-performance youth environments.
Numbers tell part of the story.
"After 45 years of building, executing, and delivering at the highest levels, now choosing to apply that experience selectively — where it creates the most value for people who genuinely need it, rather than where it merely fills a role."
Start with a free
Alignment Call.
No obligation. No pitch. An honest conversation about what you need and whether I'm the right person to help. Available for consulting, mentoring, advisory, and keynote engagements — globally.
All discussions and shared materials remain strictly confidential from initial contact. Upon request, the engagement itself can remain private.