The Carlyle Group has appointed Marco de Benedetti as a managing director and head of its Italian buy-out team, replacing Edoardo Lanzavecchia who resigned four months ago.

Benedetti, who until recently served as chief executive of Telecom Italia Mobile, joins the investment committee of Carlyle's second European buy-out fund, which held a €1.8bn ($2.1bn) final close in April. He also becomes a member of Carlyle's global telecom and media group.