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Speakers at the events

MARCO ALVERÀ

CEO, Snam

Marco Alverà, born in New York in 1975, has been the CEO of Snam, one of the world’s leading energy infrastructure companies, since April 2016.

Marco has more than 20 years of experience in Italy’s most relevant energy companies.

He holds a degree in Philosophy and Economics from the London School of Economics and began his career working at Goldman Sachs in London before moving to Enel and subsequently joining Wind. Afterwards, he moved to Eni, where he worked for over 10 years holding positions of increasing responsibility.

Since 2017 he has been non-executive Director of S&P Global, where he is also Chair of the Finance Committee. He is also a member of the Executive Board and of the Steering Committee of the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice, a member of the Board of the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) and a Visiting Fellow of the University of Oxford.

He is Vice President of Fondazione Snam, Snam’s no-profit entity committed to the social development of territories, and co-founder of the Kenta Foundation, active in promoting gender balance and combating educational poverty.

Marco wrote the books ‘The Hydrogen Revolution’ (Hodder Studio) and ‘Zhero’ (Salani) on hydrogen’s potential in the fight against climate change.

GIOVANNI B. ANDORNINO

Assistant Professor of International Relations of East Asia at the Department of Culture, Politics and Society of the University of Torino

Dr Giovanni B. Andornino is a tenured Assistant Professor of International Relations of East Asia at the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society of the University of Turin (IT), where he heads the TOChina Hub, coordinating research, advanced training and track-1.5 policy-oriented outreach with China in cooperation with ESCP business school and the Torino World Affairs Institute (T.wai). He is the Vice President of T.wai, with responsibility over the “Global China” research program and the Editor of the “OrizzonteCina” academic journal. Since 2019 he has been serving as General secretary of the China-Italy Philanthropy Forum (Turin, IT and Beijing, CN).

Dr Andornino holds a Ph.D. in Political representations and behaviour from the Catholic University of Milan. He is the author of “Dopo la muraglia. La Cina nella politica internazionale del XXI secolo” (Vita & Pensiero 2008) and the editor of “”Cina. Prospettive di un paese in trasformazione” (Il Mulino 2021) and co-editor of “Italy’s encounters with modern China. Imperial dreams, strategic ambitions” (Palgrave Macmillan 2014).

A former visiting research fellow at the European Institute for Chinese Studies (Paris 2020), the China Research Centre of the University of Technology Sydney (Sydney 2011), and the Transatlantic Academy (Washington D.C. 2010), Dr Andornino has published in “Global policy”, “China & World Economy”, “The International Spectator”, “Mediterranean Quarterly”, “Mondo Cinese” , “Teoria Politica” and for working paper series of the Italian Parliament, the EU-China Research and Advisory Network, and the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he completed with distinction an MSc in Global History in 2005. Dr Andornino is a member of the advisory board of the China Competence Center of the Polytechnic of Torino, a member of the Centro Studi Matteo Ripa e Collegio dei Cinesi of the University of Naples “L’Orientale”, and a member of the Editorial Board of the “Mondo Cinese” journal.

CAROLA ANTONINI

Partner, Chiomenti

Carola, head of the Energy Business Unit, advises Italian and international clients in project development and acquisition in the energy and infrastructure fields, with a focus on renewable energy (wind, biomass -including WtE-, biofuel, photovoltaic, geothermal, solar heat, hydroelectric), energy from conventional sources (oil and gas), infrastructure and public tenders on energy and gas transport and distribution, infrastructure concessions and contracts, acquisition, and leveraged finance.

TOMMASO ARENARE

Egon Zehnder

Based in Milan, Tommaso Arenare helps investment banking, retail banking, infrastructure, and financial services clients reshape their businesses. He advises on CEO succession, leadership development, corporate governance, and board consulting. Tommaso is also active in Egon Zehnder’s Infrastructure, Legal and Regulatory & Compliance Professionals, and Board Consulting practices.

Before joining Egon Zehnder, Tommaso had nine years of corporate and investment banking experience, first in corporate banking with HSBC in Milan and then as part of Citi’s Global Relationship Banking team in Milan and London. Within Citigroup, he was part of Schroder Salomon Smith Barney’s European Investment Banking business and contributed to equity capital markets transactions for Italian companies. Tommaso then moved to the Equity Capital Markets desk of JPMorgan and continued to focus on IPOs, rights issues, and convertible bonds for Italian companies.

Tommaso earned a cum laude Degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University in Milan. He is an Italian Chartered Accountant and has completed the International Executive Programme at INSEAD. He is passionate about improving corporate governance and board performance.

FREDERIC AZEMARD

Managing Partner TR Capital (Hong Kong)

Frederic Azemard is a Managing Partner at TR Capital. He joined the firm in 2012 and focuses on deal screening, quantitative analysis, due diligence, deal monitoring and exit of transactions. Mr. Azemard is a board member of a number of TR Capital’s investee companies. Mr. Azemard began his career at Bain & Co. in Los Angeles. In 2005, he joined Electra Partners in Europe, before becoming the CEO of Sunnco GC. Mr. Azemard is also a former Officer of the French Navy.

Mr. Azemard holds a Master in Electrical Engineering from UCLA, and graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and ENST

FRANCESCO BANFI

Founder and Chief Executive Officer brumbrum

Degree in Electronic Engineering at the Milan Polytechnic, MBA at the INSEAD in Paris, in 1999 he joined McKinsey & Company, a leading company in strategic consulting, where he became partner in 2009. During this period, he specialized in Retail, Marketing & Sales, and in the Telecommunications sector.

Afterwards, he approached the world of tech start-ups and Venture Capital funds, providing support as well to large groups focused on digital transformation, particularly in the field of e-commerce. In 2016 he founded brumbrum, the first Italian direct online car retailer of used cars and private long-term rental. The brumbrum website, supported by innovative technologies, allows the purchase, financing, and rental of certified cars entirely online, as shown in detail in the virtual showroom on www.brumbrum.it.

EMANUELE BARBERIO

Account Executive, SS&C Intralinks

Emanuele Barberio is an Account Executive at SS&C Intralinks as he’s responsible for the corporate development sector in Italy. With a Bachelor at Bocconi University, Emanuele’s background varies from M&A, Higher Education and Fintech industries in Italy, Hong Kong and France. He joined SS&C Intralinks at the beginning of 2021 and has already worked with clients on some of the largest Italian M&A deals in recent history.

ORLANDO BARUCCI

Managing Partner, Vitale & Co

Orlando is a founding partner of Vitale with more than 30 years’ experience in the investment banking industry.

Across the years he has built a unique network of relationships with key decision makers across all the market sectors and with institutional clients.

He successfully completed several M&A and financial restructuring transactions dealing with private, public and listed companies as well as a large number financial investors.

Orlando has a unique experience in complex financial restructuring transactions, also in the framework of procedures provided for by bankruptcy law for the management of corporate crisis.

Prior to founding Vitale, Orlando was responsible for Planning and Control in Montedison Group, also taking care of the Group’s extraordinary financial transactions and worked for KPMG in Milan and Lazard in Paris.

PAOLO BASILICO

CEO, Samhita Investments

Upon graduating from Bocconi University in Milan in 1984, Paolo Basilico began his career at IMI Group, first as a financial analyst and later in sales, before moving on to Mediobanca to start their equity brokerage business. In 1991, he joined Giubergia Warburg, where he served as CEO and member of Warburg London’s European Equity Management Committee. In 1999, together with other founding partners, Basilico established Kairos, serving as Chairman and CEO until April 2019. Under his guidance, Kairos – which would go on to be acquired by Julius Baer – became one of the Italian market’s leading asset management companies, growing assets under management from €35 million to €12 billion.

In 2019, Basilico established Samhita Investments, a private investment holding company. In April 2019, his book Uomini e soldi was released. Published by Rizzoli, it is part autobiography, part financial instruction manual. In April 2020 he produces a videoclip: “Salvare il risparmiatore italiano”, a short and animated version of his book. Since January 2020 he has been part of the Cariplo Foundation’s Investment Advisory Committee. In June he has been appointed to the Board of Directors of De Agostini Spa and in the same month he become Senior Advisor of Equita. In July 2021 he has been appointed to the FIA Foundation’s Investment Committee. Since 2005, he has headed the Oliver Twist Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that he founded together with Leonardo del Vecchio to help disadvantaged children and young people in Italy. The many initiatives funded by the foundation include the Oliver Twist School run by the Cometa Association, providing young people between the ages of 14 and 21 with professional training courses and experimental programs to discourage them from dropping out of school by offering hands-on learning experiences. He has been member of Cometa Advisory Board since its establishment in 2012.

CLAUDIO BERRETTI

General Manager and Executive Director, TIP – Tamburi Investment Partners S.p.A.

He graduated in Business Management from the Libero Istituto Universitario Carlo Cattaneo (LIUC). He started to work in the FIAT group (Fiat UK and Magneti Marelli UK) where he spent about a year in the finance and treasury area in London and Birmingham. He then joined Tamburi Investment Partners S.p.A. (TIP, at the time, Tamburi & Associati) at the end of 1995 and spent his entire career with them. After the evolution of the group from advisory boutique to group holding company, and subsequent listing in the Star section of the Italian Stock exchange, he became General Manager and Executive Director in 2007. During the course of his time with TIP, it made investments of more than Euro 5 billion, directly and through club deals, becoming the leading independent, private Italian investor. Over the years, he has been appointed to many boards of directors of associated companies, both listed and non-listed, on behalf of TIP, thus gaining considerable experience in various fields of business. He is also the author of several specialist papers including Attività, Tempi e Costi del Processo di Quotazione (Activities, Times and Costs of the Listing Process) in co-operation with Borsa Italiana S.p.A.

MASSIMO BIANCHI

Head of Special Situations Real Estate, illimity Bank S.p.A

Massimo is Head of Special Situations Real Estate of illimity Bank S.p.A., where he pursues investments in the asset backed loans space vis-a-vi a single borrower or concentrated pools of borrowers. Massimo’s group seeks asset-specific mispricings related to asset complexity, market opacity, or other idiosyncratic opportunities, and pursue various resolution strategies like consensual restructurings, as well as judicial or extrajudicial resolutions or asset swaps.

Before joining illimity in 2019, Massimo spent twelve years at the D. E. Shaw Group, an investment and technology firm with more than $50bn of AUMs, where he held various positions including as Co-Head of the European Corporate Credit unit. Massimo started his career with Lehman Brothers’ mergers and acquisition group, where he operated from London and focused on transactions in the European telecommunications sector. He received his degree in the economy of financial markets, with honors, from Università Bocconi.

CARLO BOSCO

Managing Director, Co-Head of Capital Solutions – Pan Europe and Head of Italian Private Debt, Muzinich & Co

Carlo is Co-Head of Capital Solutions and Head of Italian Private Debt at Muzinich, a New York investment firm specialized in corporate credit.

He contributed to the development and launch of Muzinich’s strategy for corporate rescue finance, called Capital Solutions, and is now involved with investing the first fund and fundraising. He also supports the wider Muzinich effort in private debt and parallel lending through marketing, portfolio review and management, with responsibility for the Italian private debt portfolio.

Before joining Muzinich, he was Managing Director and Co-Head of Financing Advisory and Restructuring for Europe at Greenhill, an American investment bank. Prior to that, Carlo worked at Lazard, another investment bank, in New York and Milan. During his career at Greenhill and Lazard, he advised corporates and credit funds on complex financing and restructuring situations in and out-of-court, with more than 30 completed transactions in North America and Europe (including Italy and Spain) across a wide number of sectors.

Carlo has a bachelor degree in International Economics and Management and a Master of Science in Finance from Bocconi University. He was selected by Financial News as one of the top 40 “Rising Stars” in the investment banking industry in 2016.

BIAGIO CALABRESE

Global Head of Structured Finance, Intesa Sanpaolo – IMI Corporate & Investment Banking Division

Executive senior manager with 20+ years of experience. Built up over the years a diversified profile with high sophisticated managerial capabilities as well as deal making ones. Led, as a team leader, key m&a transactions, managed various complex business platforms. Built up a unique and integrated set of technical skills.

Strong and natural relationship attitude with the ability to manage clients at the highest level, forge partnership among peers/senior executives and build consensus among team members. Leadership attitude, inspiring colleagues to
excel and encouraging a positive work environment, managing ~170 professionals across Milan, London, New York, Hong Kong, Sidney and Singapore.

ARABELLA CAPORELLO

Partner, L Catterton

Ms. Caporello joined L Catterton Europe in 2021 as a Partner based in Milan. Ms. Caporello has been in Private Equity for over 20 years with previous positions at Advent International and Investindustrial with a focus on Concessions businesses, Financial Services, and Luxury industries in Southern Europe. Most recently, from 2016 until 2018, she was the General Manager of the Milan Municipality, running the operations of the city with a yearly budget of €3 billion. Ms. Caporello has served as a non-executive independent director of several companies such as SEA Milan Airports, Anima, GVS, and Credito Fondiario, and has recently served as an advisor and club deal arranger of Italian small-cap buyouts.

Ms. Caporello holds a Degree in Economics from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

MIRJA CARTIA D’ASERO

Head of Real Estate, Guber Banca SpA

Mirja has over 25-years experience in the financial sector with a focus on Real Estate Finance.

Following her law degree she worked for ten years as a lawyer in the Banking & Finance Departments of top tier law firms, such as Clifford Chance and Allen&Overy in Italy and London.

From 2005 to 2017 she was a Director in Lehman Brothers in the Global Real Estate Group, being in charge of the Group’s Extraordinary Administration for Italy as from 2008.

In 2015 she co-founded Restar, a company operating in the market of non performing exposure (NPE), and acted as CEO until the company’s merger with Guber Banca last November 2019. She is currently acting as Head of the Real Estate Department of Guber Banca, covering also investments in the hotellerie segment.

As from 2014, she is consistently appointed in the boards of directors of several listed companies as Independent Director, having responsibility for various internal Committees (Prelios, Damiani, Italmobiliare, FNM, Zurich, IlSole24Ore).

As personal investments, she owns a boutique hotel in Scicli, Sicily, the Sanbartolomeo Casa e Putìa and is currently involved in a more ambitious project of valorization of an ancient monastery (Il Ritiro) with the purpose of converting it into a luxury hotel.

GIUSEPPE CASTAGNA

CEO, Banco BPM

Giuseppe Castagna has held important positions with the Intesa Sanpaolo Banking Group, where he worked from 1981 to 2013, taking over the management of Banco di Napoli, Banca dei Territori Division and covering the position of General Manager of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group. From 2003 to 2013 he was Board Member in several banks and other financial intermediaries. After resignation from Intesa Sanpaolo Group in June 2013, Giuseppe Castagna was appointed as chairman of Italian Private Debt Initiative of Muzinich & Co. From 2014 to December 2016 he was General Manager and CEO at Banca Popolare di Milano and since January 2017 he has been CEO of the new Group Banco BPM. In 2020, Giuseppe Castagna is awarded the title of Cavaliere del Lavoro by the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella.

PAOLO CIRANI

CEO & Founder Arkios Italy

Paolo boasts more than 15 years of senior M&A experience as CEO and Founder of Arkios Italy, one of the most dynamic Italian Investment Banks focused on the Mid-Market, offering integrated corporate finance services in the M&A, Equity Capital Market and Debt Advisory.

In these 15 years he has followed more than 50 M&A deals as Advisor to medium-sized Italian companies and Private Equity Funds. He is also currently Vice President of Integrae Sim, a leading company in IPOs on the Euronext Growth segment of Borsa Italiana, part of the group, acquired in 2020.

Previously he had significant corporate experience in Business Development and M&A in the Seat Pagine Gialle Group, where he followed several of the numerous acquisitions carried out by the group.

Paolo has a strong background in Strategic Consulting, with a deep knowledge of the dynamics of numerous industrial sectors. He also has held relevant managerial roles in various industrial and service groups.

He has worked with a large number of Entrepreneurs, supporting them during the most important strategic choices of their life, from the search for investors / partners, to the most complex corporate transactions. Particularly aware of the needs of Entrepreneurs and attentive to the ‘industrial value’ of the operations.

ALBERTO CIRILLO

Managing Director, Goldman Sachs International

Alberto is responsible for the PWM business in Italy and manages a team that serves both private clients and family offices across Milan, Frankfurt and London. Alberto joined Goldman Sachs in 2000 as an associate in London and over the next six years he built and developed the firm’s PWM business and presence in Italy from the London office. In 2006 he relocated to Milan and opened the Italian office of Goldman Sachs in Italy. Alberto was named managing director in 2009. Prior to joining the firm, Alberto worked at McKinsey & Company in Milan for three years, focusing on banks and asset managers. Alberto earned a BA (Hons) in Finance from Bocconi University in Milan and an MBA and MA in Financial Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

GREGORIO CONSOLI

Managing Partner, Chiomenti

Head of the Finance and Regulated Entities department, Gregorio advises Italian and international companies and financial institutions on legal and regulatory profiles of ordinary and extraordinary transactions and of day-by-day transactions. His practice has a particular focus on corporate finance, structured finance, capital markets and asset finance. He also advises banks, funds and asset managers on regulatory issues concerning the structuring and execution of financial transactions. Gregorio is a member, as the legal expert for Italy, of the ECBC task force, which supports the European Banking Authority (EBA) in prudential supervision.

ILARIA DALLA RIVA

Head of People & Culture Unicredit Italia

Ilaria Dalla Riva is Head of UniCredit People & Culture Italy and member of the Board of Aquafil. She comes from Vodafone Italy where she held the role of Human Resources and Organization Director and member of the Executive Committee since September 2019. She held positions of increasing responsibility until she held the role of Chief Human Capital Officer at Montepaschi Group. She began her consulting career at Faber and subsequently took on leading roles in major international groups. In the Sky Italia Group she was Vice President Human Resources and Facility Management.

In Ceva Logistics BU she was Human Resources Director with responsibility for Southern Europe, Middle East & Africa and in TNT Post Group with the role of Human Resources, Organization and Internal Communication Director for Europe and South America. She was a member of the Board of Directors Widiba of the Montepaschi Group, Board Member of the MPS Leasing and Factoring Bank for Financial Services for Companies, in the Board of Consel Consorzio Elis Scarl and in the Coordination Committee of the Permanent Young Publishers Observatory.

She has a degree in Philosophy, she is married and has a daughter.

GIANLUCA DE MARTINO

Managing Director – Group Distressed Asset Solution, UniCredit

Gianluca is a Managing Director at Unicredit and has more than 25 years’ experience in Capital Markets as Structure products Sales and Trading working for various investment banks such as Banca IMI, Citi and RBS, with a special focus on Italian Financial Institutions. He currently runs at group level Single Name and Platforms NPE disposals within Group Distressed Asset Management. Gianluca holds a Degree in Economics from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

MATTEO DEL FANTE

CEO & General Manager, Poste Italiane

Born in Florence in 1967. Matteo Del Fante is married and has two children. He graduated in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan.

He has attended specialization courses in international financial markets at the Stern Business School, New York University.

He began his career at JP Morgan in 1991 in the Research Department and then held various offices in Milan and London before being appointed Managing Director in 1999.

In his last position at JPMorgan he was in charge of EMEA (Europe-Middle East – Africa) Public Sector clients until 2003.

In 2004 he joined the newly privatized Cassa depositi e prestiti S.p.A. (CDP) as Head of Finance and M&A, launching in the following years CDP’s Real Estate practice and becoming CEO of the Group’s asset management company in 2009 (CDP Investimenti SGR S.p.A.), where he then took the President office until August 2014.

From June 2010 until May 2014 he was Managing Director of CDP.
He also served as a Board Member of several companies of CDP Group, including STM Microelectronics (both in STMicroelectronics N.V. – from 2005 until 2008 -, and in STMicroelectronics Holding – from 2008 until 2011-) and in the European Energy Efficiency Fund (EEEF) from 2011 until 2013.

From May 2014 he was CEO and Managing Director of Terna S.p.A. , where he held the office of Director on the Board of the Company since April 2008 and was a member of the Control and Risk Committee until May 2014.

Furthermore, from June 2015 he served as Vice-President of ENTSO-E, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity.

Since July 2017 until May 2020 he was Chief Executive Officer of Poste Vita.
Since April 2017 is Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Poste Italiane.

GIOVANNA DELLA POSTA

Chief Executive Officer, Invimit Sgr

With a solid experience in the TLC and Energy sectors, Giovanna Della Posta has led for the past decade insurance and Real Estate turnaround projects, supporting companies in rethinking their business model. Since January 2019 she is CEO of Invimit SGR, a company 100% owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance. She graduated in Economics, then earned a master’s degree in Economics and Finance and ultimately achieved a General Management program at Harvard Business School (2016). She won the Marisa Bellisario Prize (2012), within the Young Talents category, granted to women who distinguish themselves in management and economy. In 2019 and 2020 Financecommunity selected her among the 50 most influential people in Italian finance.

FRANCESCO DI CARLO

Co-Managing Partner, FIVELEX Studio Legale e Tributario

Co-Managing Partner of FIVELEX Studio Legale e Tributario, Francesco Di Carlo began practicing in 1995 and, after significant experience at leading Italian firms – where he was equity partner since 2000 – he co-founded FIVELEX in 2014.

He has longstanding experience in advising financial institutions and Italian and foreign funds on banking, financial, insurance and company law matters. His expertise is mainly focused on the incorporation and authorization of financial industry players and funds, M&As and Italian and international corporate reorganizations, the provision of cross-border reserved transactions, the structuring of remuneration plans and policies, the structuring of financial products and club deals and the support to family offices and private bankers in relation to issues and needs of private clients. He has also developed significant experience with the regulatory supervision of listed companies, with particular regard to the protection of minority shareholders, corporate governance, related-party transactions, reporting obligations and market abuse. He has assisted major international institutional investors in the management of their shareholdings in listed companies at the various stages of their investments, including with respect to governance issues and damages claims. He has been working for years with the major Italian and international Authorities. Lecturer in conferences in his areas of specialization.

He has held and holds offices in major companies and in a no-profit foundation.

RODOLFO ERRORE

CEO, Sace

Chairman of SACE since December 2019, past member of the Board of Directors from 2017 to 2019 and of the company’s Related Parties Committee, Errore has wide experience in Investment Banking, Strategic Advisory, and Finance. Chairman and founding partner of CAN Italia and Senior Partner of Cartesius Advisory Network, a global merchant bank focused on Strategic Advisory and Investment Banking activities. Member of the Strategic Board of Global Investors Alliance, of the National Task Force on Financial Liquidity Covid-19 emergency, of the Governing Council of ANSPC (the National Association for Credit Problems research), of the Governing Council of the Association India-Italy for Cooperation and Partnership, of the “Scuola Politica” Fondazione Nuovo Millennio [“Politics School” New Millennium Foundation] technical, scientific, and academic Supervisory Board, and board member of ISPI (the Italian Institute for International Political Studies). Previously, he was Senior Advisor for Ernst & Young in the Infrastructure, Energy, and Oil & Gas sectors and Equity Partner at Simmons & Simmons and DLA Piper. He has worked for several international and national banks and financial institutions, in the Banking, Project Finance and PPP, Real Estate Finance, and Acquisition Finance sectors (loan contracts, syndicated loans, bond issues, structured finance, guarantee issues, and security packages). He has cultivated experience in privatization processes, with particular reference to deregulated sectors: energy, water, and essential public services. He was board member of Sofipa, Arena, Metro5, and Aurelys Asset Management

MARIO FERA

CEO, Clessidra Capital Credit SGR

Mario is Chief Executive Officer at Clessidra Capital Credit, an independent asset management company focused on alternative investment in Private Credit, based in Milan. He joined Clessidra in 2016.

From 2009 to 2016, Mario spent two years at italmobiliare, a publicly listed investment holding company and six years at Italcementi Group, an Italian based global cement producer.

Previously, he spent over 12 years in London where he began his career in Investment Banking first at Lazard and thereafter at HSBC and UBS.

Mario holds a degree in Business Administration from L. Bocconi University.

STEFANO FOCACCIA

Managing Director UTP, Prelios

Stefano Focaccia is Managing Director at Prelios Credit Servicing, the leading Italian UTP platform with over €10bn of unlikely to pay exposures under management towards companies ranging among all type of industries. Stefano holds a solid background in turnaround and special situations thanks to his past experience as restructuring advisor at EY, as head of special situations at BNL BNP Paribas and as partner of QuattroR sgr. He started his career as a consultant in an international advisory firm and then moved to the capital markets team of GE Capital.

Stefano holds a master degree in Economics from the University of Bologna.

ANDREA FOTI

Managing Director, Head of M&A and Transaction Solutions Southern Europe, Aon

Andrea Foti is Managing Director in the Aon M&A and Transaction Solutions team since 2020. He leads the Southern European region, advising Italian and international financial sponsors and corporates on managing risks & enhancing return in M&A transactions. Prior to joining Aon, Andrea spent 20 years in Investment Banking, having advised private equity funds and corporates in M&A, Equity & Debt Capital Markets transactions. Andrea worked in EY, Vitale&Co and was one of the Founding Partners of Eidos Partners, an independent investment bank in Italy. He previously worked in London and New York in Citigroup, JP Morgan and Accenture. Andrea is Member of the AIFI M&A Committee and holds a degree in Business at LUISS – Guido Carli University in Rome.

NICOLA FRANCESCHINA

Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Head of the Italian Real Estate practice, in the context of the Global Transactions group, Nicola has built up a wide experience of advising international and domestic clients on acquisitions, management and disposals of real estate assets and portfolios, as well as on development projects and leasing activities. Nicola’s capabilities cover all relevant transaction structures, including asset deals, share deals, investment funds, joint ventures and the full spectrum of asset classes.

ANGELA GAMBA

Family Officer, FPS Investments

Angela set up and currently manages the activities of a single family office, holding direct responsibility for investments in private assets.

Prior to becoming a family officer, Angela gained in-depth experience in equity investments and financial management for strategic growth. Based in London, she worked in Private Equity/Venture Capital for the internal divisions of leading international investment banks and was CFO of a privately held leading provider of software solutions for electronic trading, where she executed strategic acquisition and supported the implementation of several organizational changes aimed to consolidate rapid growth. She was then Italian portfolio manager for a UK private equity fund active in the clean energy sector.

Angela serves as independent director on the board of listed and private companies. She holds a degree in Economics from L. Bocconi University.

FRANCESCO GIANNI

Founding Partner, Gianni & Origoni

Francesco Gianni is the head of the Corporate/M&A department and one of the founding partners of Gianni & Origoni. Francesco is considered one of the top experts in M&A in Italy, as well as the rest of Europe. His focus is on corporate finance transactions, particularly general public M&A and public to private M&A. He also has extensive experience in the arbitration field. Due to his position at the pinnacle of the M&A field he is frequently asked to represent some of the largest companies and investment banks in Europe. He was involved in almost all of the major privatization processes of the Italian state-owned companies.
After graduating in Law “maxima cum laude” from the University “La Sapienza” of Rome, he obtained an LL.M from the University of London, King’s College and an LL.M from the University of Michigan Law School. Early in his career, Francesco gained experience working in the U.S. for top law firms.
He delivers lectures at conferences all over the world and has been a contributor to many of the most prominent legal publications. He is a practicing member of the Italian Bar and is a member of the New York Bar.
Immediate Past Chair of the Southwestern Institute for International and Comparative Law, he’s currently Co-Chair of the IBA Senior Lawyers’ Committee. He speaks Italian, English and French.

ENRICO GIOVANNINI

Minister of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility

Enrico Giovannini (born June 6th 1957) is an Italian economist, statistician and academic. He has sworn on February 13th 2021 as Minister of infrastructures and transport, now Minister of sustainable infrastructures and mobility, in the Government led by President Mario Draghi.

Enrico Giovannini is full professor of Economic statistics and Sustainable development at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, of Sustainable development at LUISS and at the National School of Administration (SNA). He is the co-founder and director of the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development, a coalition of more than 240 organisations established to implement in Italy the UN 2030 Agenda 2030. He was Director of Statistics and Chief Statistician of the OECD (2001-2009), President of the Italian Statistical Institute (2009-2013) and Minister of Labour and Social Policies (2013-2014). In October 2014, the President of the Italian Republic made him “Cavaliere di Gran Croce al Merito della Repubblica”, the highest ranking honour of the Italian Republic. He is the author of more than 100 articles and five books on statistical and economic topics.

GIULIA MARIA GOVERNA

Director, Lazard

Giulia is a Senior Director at Lazard. She has more than 15 years of experience working both for the Milan and the London office where she spent more than 3 years. Focused on strategic and financial advice to corporates and private equity funds on M&A transactions, Giulia has a significant track record in the Consumer & Retail sector in particular in the Luxury/Branded Goods.
Among others, over the last years he advised: Investindustrial in the creation of Design Holding through the combination of Flos, B&B Italia and Louis Poulsen, Neuberger Berman in the disposal of Vini Farnese to the US fund Platinum Equity and DeA Capital (De Agostini Group) in the disposal of Gruppo La Piadineria to Permira.

Giulia Maria holds a BSc. in Economics from University of Turin. Giulia also worked as assistant lecturer at the Private Law and Business Administration Departments at the University in Turin.

FRED HU

Founder, Chairman and CEO, Primavera Capital Group

Fred is Primavera Capital Group’s Founder, Chairman, and CEO. He oversees the firm’s overall strategy, talent development, and culture, and assumes the primary responsibilities in establishing and maintaining the firm’s long-term partnerships with global investors. Fred chairs Primavera’s Investment Committee. He initiated and led investment transactions such as Alibaba Group, Cainiao Smart Logistics Network, Ant Group, Yum China, ByteDance, Xpeng Inc., Kuaishou Technology, SenseTime, and Mead Johnson Greater China.

Prior to forming Primavera, Fred was Partner and Chairman of Greater China at Goldman Sachs and a member of Goldman’s Partnership Committee. He previously served as an economist at the International Monetary Fund. He also served on the Hong Kong Government’s Strategic Development Committee and the Advisory Committee for the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, and was an independent director of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited.

Fred is currently the non-executive chairman of Yum China Holdings Inc. and serves on the boards of ICBC, Ant Group, and UBS Group AG. In addition, he is the co-chair of the Nature Conservancy’s Asia Pacific Council, a trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) and the China Medical Board, a member of the Global Advisory Board of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business at Columbia University, Harvard Kennedy School’s Dean’s Leadership Council and Harvard University’s Global Advisory Council.

Fred holds a Master in Engineering Science from Tsinghua University and a Master and PhD in Economics from Harvard University.

RENATO LIMUTI

Managing Director Alantra, Head of Credit Portfolio Advisory Italy

Renato leads the Firm’s Credit Portfolio Advisory (CPA) business in Milan.

Prior to Alantra, Renato worked at EY as Associate Partner, responsible for coverage of prime international financial sponsors on Italian opportunities (private equity, credit and distressed funds).

Previously he worked as Chief Investment Officer for an Italian institutional asset manager, and in the capital markets and financing division of Lehman Brothers and Société Générale in London, Commerzbank in Milan.Renato obtained a degree summa cum laude in Economics and Social Subjects (DES) from Università Commerciale L. Bocconi, Milan.

FRANCESCO LOMBARDO

Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Head of the Italian Financing and Capital markets practice, Francesco focuses on value-add and highly complex structured finance and distressed debt related transactions. He regularly acts on challenging NPLs and repossessed asset acquisitions as well as UTPs and single names’ acquisitions in the context of restructurings. He has wide experience of advising sponsors, investors, corporates and banks on leveraged acquisitions and refinancing transactions as well as on real estate financing transactions, restructurings, syndicated loan facilities and capital markets exits.

GUIDO LOMBARDO

CEO, Gardant Investor

Prior to becoming the Chief Executive Officer at Gardant Investor, Guido was the Chief Investment Officer at Credito Fondario for 8 years.

His past roles include CEO of Credito Fondiario, Founding Partner at Harvest Investment Partners, Managing Director at Fortress and Managing Director at Morgan Stanley.

Guido is an MBA Graduate from Neoma Busines School.

PAOLO LUDOVICI

Partner, Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici

Paolo Ludovici has been a partner of GPBL since 2021 following the merger with L&P – Ludovici Piccone & Partners, a firm he founded in 2014. Previously, he worked for twenty-three years at Maisto e Associati since its establishment, becoming a partner in 2000. He advises on all areas of tax law. His expertise includes domestic and international corporate reorganizations, M&A and structured finance transactions, tax planning for high net-worth individuals and trusts. He often acts as an expert in criminal and tax proceedings. He regularly writes for Italian leading financial newspapers as well as for other major tax reviews and magazines. He regularly speaks at tax conferences and lectures in post-graduate specialization courses. He is a member of the Tax and Legal Committee of Italian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AIFI) as well as of the Legal Committee of the Italian Private Banking Association (AIPB). He is full member STEP Italy. He graduated Cum Laude in Business Administration at Bocconi University. He is admitted to the Italian Chartered Accountant Association in Milan.

ALBERTO MAGLIONE

Executive Vice President and Board Member, Farmaè

Alberto Maglione (Director and Deputy Chairman): born in Pietrasanta (LU) on 23 January 1979. He began his professional career with more than fifteen years of experience in the field of Communication and Marketing in all its evolutionary paths with particular reference to the new digital communication and new technologies. In 2003 he founded Valnan Communication of which he is General Manager and member of the Board of Directors. Since January 2013 he is part of the Farmaè Group of which he is currently a member of the Board of Directors and Vice President with operational responsibilities in the areas of Business Development, M&A, Group Retail, Communication & Public Affairs, CSR, Project Management and Investor Relations.

LUCA MALIGHETTI

Co-founder and Senior Partner, HOPE SB Sicaf Retail

Luca Malighetti is co-founder and Senior Partner at HOPE SB Sicaf Retail, a long-term, private and independent, sustainably managed investment fund to support the transformation and development of Italian real assets. Before joining HOPE, he was Managing Director of Värde Partners, responsible for real estate investments in Italy. Luca joined Värde in 2014 and set up the office in Italy. During his tenure at Värde the group invested over €1 billion in several transactions in the real estate and NPLs sector in the country. Luca is currently on the board of Borio Managiarotti (a Milan based homebuilder) and Impreme SPA (a Roman based homebuilder). He was also board member of Dedica Anthology (former Boscolo Hotel Group), acquired by Värde in 2017 through a distressed for control transaction and sold to Covivio Hotel in September 2020. Prior to joining Värde, Luca worked for 11 years at The Carlyle Group for their pan European Real Estate Fund. During his tenure at The Carlyle Group he generated €200 million in closed acquisitions and secured €1.5 billion in total sales. Before that, he worked for Lazard in their real estate team. He also seats in the investment committee of Trastor REIC, a Greek real estate investment company listed on the Athens Stock Exchange. Luca holds a Bachelor of Science – Economics from the University of Bergamo (Italy) and spent a full academic year at the University of Reading (UK)

FRANCESCO MANTEGAZZA

Co-Managing Partner, FIVELEX Studio Legale e Tributario

Francesco Mantegazza is a Co-Managing Partner of FIVELEX Studio Legale e Tributario since 2021. He began practising in 1997 in a leading Italian tax and law firm, where he was made equity partner since 2012. He specialised in domestic and international taxation for investment funds, banks, financial intermediaries, asset managers, insurance companies, multinational groups, private equity investors and institutional investors in the real estate sector. Recognised as one of the tax advisors more active on real estate taxation and financial taxation. He has developed a significant experience in tax aspects of M&A, private equity and capital markets. He serves as Statutory Auditor and Non-Executive Director for financial intermediaries, insurance companies and for national and multinational group companies, including listed companies. Lecturer in seminars on international taxation, taxation of investment funds and real estate taxation and author of publications on international taxation and financial taxation and real estate taxation.

SANDRO MARCUCCI

Chief Financial Officer Alba Leasing

Sandro’s career in the financial sector started at Banca Commerciale and then Biver Banca. Subsequently, he worked in the Corporate and Investment Banking division of Intesa Sanpaolo and, since 2010, he has joined Alba Leasing, a leading independent leasing company as head of Treasury Department.

At Alba Leasing he currently holds the position of CFO, before head of Legal Compliance and AML Manager.
Sandro obtained a degree in Economics and Commerce from the University of Pavia, where he subsequently completed a master’s degree in accounting and corporate financial control.

MICHELE MAROCCHINO

Managing Director, Lazard

Michele has more than 20 years of experience in M&A transactions. His main clients include companies in the consumer goods, food and beverage and industrial sectors, as well as domestic and international corporates often owned by international PE investors.
Among others, in the last year he advised: Blackstone in the disposal of its stake in Versace to Michael Kors, Investindustrial in the creation of Design Holding through the combination of Flos, B&B Italia and Louis Poulsen and Chequers and Igi in the disposal of Rollon to Timken. Michele is also a contract professor since 2005 at the ESCP Europe University in Turin. He holds a BSc. in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan, and studied at the London School of Economics.

GIUSEPPE MARSELLA

Managing Director & Head of Research of Alantra ECM Italy

Giuseppe Marsella’s career has focused on equity research for 20 years. Before joining Alantra, Giuseppe spent 13 years in Exane BNP Paribas, leading pan-European equity research house. He was Head of the Italian Midcap research team, part of the European MidCap team, which achieved top position in Extel Survey between 2013 and 2018. Giuseppe was #1 European MidCap analyst in 2018 Extel Survey and was ranked many times within the top 3 analysts in Italian country research. Before joining Exane BNP Paribas, Giuseppe was equity research analyst at Mediobanca for 5 years. He started his career in 1999 as investment banking analyst at Schroders (Citi).

Mr. Marsella is an Italian Mid Cap specialist. He has developed expertise in many sectors with focus on consumer, luxury, infrastructures, media and industrials. Giuseppe took part to many IPO deals during his career on the Italian market.

His professional education includes a degree cum laude in business management at Università Commerciale Bocconi. Giuseppe granted a sponsorship for all the study period, during which he was visiting student at Lancaster University (UK) and summer intern in the investment banking division at Schroders (London).

ROSARIO MAZZA

Managing Director, Head of Ardian Infrastructure Italy

Rosario is Managing Director and Head of Ardian Infrastructure Italy. He joined Ardian in 2010 and since then he has been involved on all major investments of Ardian in Italy (2i Rete Gas, 2i Aeroporti, ASTM, Inwit and Ardian renewable investments in Italy).

Today he leads Ardian Infrastructure business in Italy overseeing a portfolio of investment with over €3.0bn in AUM.

Rosario graduated cum laude from Polytechnic of Milan in industrial engineering.

Rosario is a board member of portfolio companies such as Inwit, ASTM, 2i Rete Gas and SEA Milan Airport.

ATTILIO MAZZILLI

Partner, Orrick

Attilio Mazzilli is a partner in the Milan office, member of the international Technology Companies Group and Head of the Italian Tech Group.

He focuses his practice on advising high growth technology companies and Venture Capital firms in several areas, including corporate and securities law, mergers and acquisitions, and listings. Several standout technology companies and their founders have turned to Attilio, who currently represents the same at all stages of their life-cycle.

PIETRO MAZZA MIDANA

Founder and Member of the Board, Fenera & Partners SGR

Pietro Mazza Midana has been involved in selecting direct and indirect real estate investment since he joined Fenera Holding SpA in 2008. Since 2017 he has been, with Giacomo Stratta, one of Fenera & Partners SGR founding partners. He’s now an active manager of the investment team of the company. With a passion for innovation and technology, he is part of the investor network called “Club degli Investitori” based in Turin and specialized in start-ups. He is the president of Immobiliare 18 Srl and honorary partner of 1caffè ONLUS a no-profit organization with the goal to make charity in a pleasant daily habit. He holds a Master Degree in Family Office from AIFO (Associazione Italiana Family Officer -2017). He has a degree in law from University of Turin.

FILIPPO MODULO

Managing Partner, Chiomenti

He advises Italian and international clients in complex extraordinary transactions with a focus on deals involving regulated entities and regulated sectors, as well as listed companies and private equity funds. Filippo has been a Partner since 2005 and Managing Partner since 2015. He has been appointed together with Gregorio Consoli as Managing Partner for the three-year period 2021-2023.

Elected in May 2021 by the World Motor Sport Council (on the mandate of the General Assembly) of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (“FIA”) as Judge of the FIA Cost Cap Adjudication Panel (CCAP), for a four-year period.

Filippo has developed an unparalleled know-how in managing major cross-border M&A transactions both inbound and outbound the Italian market, assisting purchasers, sellers, majority and minority shareholders, financing banks, financial advisors, and liaising with competent Authorities, entrepreneurs, boards of directors and leadership teams of different institutions, listed companies and private equity funds.

LUCA MORI

Portfolio Manager, Algebris Investments

Luca joined Algebris in 2017 to develop our expertise in the Italian equity market.

Prior to this, he was CIO of Zenit SGR where he also directly managed funds focused on Italian stocks.

Before 2008, he covered the role of Equity Fund Manager for both Capitalia Asset Management and Fondicri SGR, with lead responsibility for investments in the Italian equity market. He started his career in the Finance department of Banca Popolare di Sondrio.

Luca graduated com Laude in Economics and Business Administration University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy. He lives in Rome with his wife and daughter. He loves skiing, sailing, mountain biking and has a passion for motorbikes.

CLAUDIO MORPURGO

Morpurgo e Associati

Claudio Morpurgo is the founding partner of Morpurgo e Associati. He assists some of the most important business realities in the country by offering his experience and expertise in the field of Labour Law, Trade Union and Social Security. His specialization goes beyond the traditional commercial and industrial areas, having handled for years labour relations in sectors such as transport, credit, fashion, journalism, advertising and healthcare. Morpurgo is also constantly active in the management of executive employment relations in the area of financial mediation. He has also acquired considerable expertise in the field of remuneration policies and incentive schemes, as well as in the ‘mapping’ of skills.

Morpurgo exercises in Labor Litigation too, also thanks to a long attendance of the courtrooms throughout the national territory. Prior to founding Morpurgo e Associati, he was a Partner in several international law firms and was, among other things, President of the Union of Italian Jewish communities, member of the European Council of Jewish communities and Undersecretary to the presidency of the Lombardy region. He is a member of national labour law associations, as the Italian Labour Law Association (AGI). He regularly participates, as speaker and lecturer, in conferences and seminars on Labour Law.

EMANUELE MUSSO

Head of Institutional Sales and Member of the Board, Fenera & Partners SGR

Emanuele Musso joined Fenera & Partners SGR in April 2020 as Head of Institutional Sales and he is also a board member. Fenera is an independent AIF Asset Manager focused on alternative investments within the private markets’s space. He is an experienced professional with over 18 years of alternative investments experience in London. Emanuele Musso joined Fenera & Partners SGR from Elm Capital Associates, a London based advisory boutique active in private markets, where he spent over 10 years arranging and syndicating private equity and private debt funds as well as advising on secondary market transactions. Prior to joining Elm Capital, he was at HQ Capital focussing on business development and marketing for their private equity and hedge fund businesses. Before HQ Capital, Emanuele Musso spent five years as hedge fund analyst at Belgrave Capital Management, a fully owned subsidiary of the Gruppo Ceresio. Emanuele Mussoholds a MSc from the London School of Economics and a degree in Business Administration from the University of Turin in Italy. He is an Italian and British citizen.

FABRIZIO PAGANI

Global Head of Economics and Capital Market Strategy, Muzinich & Co

He is currently Global Head of Economics and Capital Market Strategy at Muzinich & Co., a New York investment firm specialized in corporate credit. He is based in Paris and Milan, with responsibilities to expand the firm’s global franchise. He teaches at SciencesPo, Paris and he is the founder of the Association M&M – Idee per un Paese migliore.

From 2014 to 2018 he was Head of the Office of the Minister of Finance, supervising economic policies at domestic, European and international level. He devised policies to enhance competitiveness and innovation, reform the banking sector and facilitate private investment. He created “Finance for Growth”, a government plan on alternative means of financing for business. He led the government’s privatization program (Poste, ENAV, etc… ) and engaged extensively with stakeholders on economic policies.

Previously, Fabrizio Pagani served as Italy’s G20 Sherpa and senior economic counsellor to the Prime Minister. In this capacity, he devised and promoted “Destinazione Italia”, a major government plan to attract foreign investment and foster innovation.

During and after the great financial crisis, as Head of the OECD Sherpa Office in Paris, he coordinated the OECD contribution to the G20 and the G8.

Previously, he worked for the Italian government, including for the Prime Minister Office, being in charge of the preparation of the Council of Ministers and the coordination of economic projects, including in infrastructures and energy. He studied at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa and at the European University Institute in Florence. He was visiting scholar at Columbia University and University of Maryland.

CORRADO PASSERA

Founder & CEO, illimity

Corrado Passera was born in Como, Italy, into a family of entrepreneurs. Following a degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, he began his career at McKinsey. Inspired by innovation and challenge, his career path took him from Olivetti to Poste Italiane S.p.A., Intesa Sanpaolo and the Italian Government. At Olivetti, he was challenged by the shift from traditional IT to ICT, which led to two extremely successful start-ups: Omnitel and Infostrada.

At Poste Italiane, between 1998 and 2002, he succeeded in transforming an inefficient public entity into a modern postal service provider, and one of the most successful postal banks worldwide. The creation of Poste Vita, which then gained national leadership, dates to this time. In the banking sector – where he served first as CEO of Ambroveneto, then of Banca Intesa and finally of Intesa Sanpaolo – he helped build one of the most solid European banks.

Among the startup worth mentioning at the time, there was Banca Prossima, a bank dedicated to social entrepreneurship and impactful financing and remains one of the most effective models of its kind worldwide. As the Minister of Economic Development, Corrado introduced start-up-friendly legislation, revolutionising the incentive to innovate. In 2018, he launched a bank start-up via Spaxs, the largest special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in Europe, with deposits of €600 million. The objective was to create a new “paradigm bank” specialising in SMEs that face challenges in accessing loans, as well as digital and mobile banking services for SMEs and families. The new bank illimity, of which he is CEO, has been listed on the STAR segment of the Borsa Italiana from September 10th 2020. Corrado is married to Giovanna and they have five children: Sofia, Luigi, Luce, Giovanni and Eugenia.

LORENZO PIETROMARCHI

Managing Director, AlixPartners

Lorenzo applies more than 25 years of expertise in both industry and advisory by developing structuring plans, implementing recovery plans, and driving financial and operational turnarounds for domestic and international companies. Clients benefit from his taking over several management roles in order to personally deliver ambitious programs with tangible results. He was previously with Morgan Stanley in London as vice president in the derivative products group and then partner at Italian restructuring firm Poli e Associati in Milan. Lorenzo has an academic degree in business and economics from Sapienza University of Rome.

ALFONSO ROBUSTELLI

Country Manager Italy, SS&C Intralinks

Alfonso Robustelli joined Intralinks in 2016 bringing with him extensive experience in the M&A and Fintech industry. Based in Milan, Alfonso manages the Italian team and has supported many major M&A transactions in Italy. Alfonso specialises in developing and nurturing relationships with key Advisory clients , PE funds, Law Firms and Corporate clients in the region. He holds a Bachelor degree and a Master of Science in Management from Bocconi Business School.

MAURO ROVERSI

Partner e CIO, Ambienta Sgr

Mauro is Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Ambienta and is based in Milan. He is among the promoters of Ambienta and joined the firm in 2008. At Ambienta he has been involved in a number of transactions including Lakesight Technologies, IPC, Nactarome Group, Pibiplast, Caprari, Tower Light, Envirogen, AICO and Energy Wave. Prior to Ambienta, Mauro spent seven years in SG Capital Europe, a pan-European mid market buyout fund and five years at Groupe Zodiac. Mauro sits in the Board of AIFI and is Member of the Mid-Market Council at Invest Europe.

MASSIMO RUGGIERI

Elliott Advisors

Massimo Ruggieri does Structured Credit at Elliott Advisors. He has more than 20 year experience in finance where he has been working for leading global financial institutions. He’s career started in 1988 at the Morgan Stanley and later he moved to USB Investment Bank. Prior to joining Elliott Advisors in 2014 , Ruggieri was Managing Director at Deutsche Bank for eight years, from 2006 to 2014.

Ruggieri has been graduated at the Luiss Guido Carli University in Economics.

ROBERTO SAMBUCO

Partner, Vitale & Co

Roberto Sambuco is the investment banker expert in identifying and generating growth opportunities. He presided over impactful corporate finance operations; managed public/private partnerships, networks and regulated markets. In particular, he dealt with TLC and energy which lead to his distinct track record in the infrastructures sector. M&A, turnaround and business strategy are the focus of his action. He also had noteworthy experience as a public manager. He has academically taught and continues to follow the opportunities related to the development of the digital economy.

GIAMPIERO SCHIAVO

CEO, Castello SGR S.p.A.

Giampiero is currently Chief Executive Officer at Castello SGR S.p.A.

With more than 20 years of experience in real estate and finance, he has managed over 10 billion euros of acquisitions in the last 10 years.

Giampiero was actively involved in Castello SGR’s foundation and development, and he is a minority shareholder of the company.

Before joining Castello SGR in 2007, Giampiero worked for 7 years at E. Capital Partners, where he was partner and member of the Board of Directors. He began his career in 1997 at Gruppo RE.

Giampiero holds a degree in Business Administration from Università L. Bocconi. He has collaborated with Università L. Bocconi and SDA Bocconi School of Management.

LAURA SEGNI

General Counsel, Intesa Sanpaolo – IMI Corporate & Investment Banking

GIACOMO STRATTA

Founder, CEO, and CIO, Fenera & Partners SGR

Giacomo Stratta is founder and CEO of Fenera & Partners SGR, an independent asset management company focused on alternative investment in global Private Equity, Private Debt and Real Estate assets born in 2017 in Turin, Italy. He has started selecting alternative investments in Fenera Holding S.p.A. since beginning of 2000’s building up is know-how and expertise on private markets. He is also the President of the Board of Alkemis SGR, a Milan based asset management company specialized in absolute return investments. He is also president and CEO of PKP 1939 Investments S.p.A., his family investment holding with a diversified portfolio of assets in Italy and worldwide. He has an degree in Economy from the Bocconi University.

UMBERTO SIMONELLI

Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer, Brembo S.p.A

Umberto Simonelli is Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer of Brembo Group, Board Secretary (focus on M&A, Governance, Business Transactions, IPR, Complex International Contracts and International Compliance), Member of CEO’s Business Committee and Group M&A Committee, Board Memberships: Corporacion Upward 98 (Spain), Asimco Meilian Ltd. (China), Brembo Nanjing Automotive Components Ltd. (China). From 2005 to 2009, Asia Business Development Director, India and China Subsidiaries Managing Director. Since October 1999 up to 2005, Business Development and Legal Manger.

From April 2017 to April 2019 Chairman of the Board of E. Novia S.p.A, from April 2018 to April 2020 Member of Board of Directors – Independent Board Member and Member of Investment Committee of Fondo Poli 360.

Among the former Professional Activities: Legal Affairs Director of Versace Group, Legal and Corporate Affairs Manager of Swiss Group and General Secretary Assistant for legal matters of ISMES (ENEL Group).

In 1987: Admittet to Italian BAR (2008). He holds a Master Degree in Law-Milan Law School.

PAOLA TONDELLI

Head of UTP & Turnaround Funds, illimity SGR

Head of UTP & Turnaround Funds, illimity SGR – Managing Director of illimity Credit & Corporate Turnaround Fund, the first fund launched by illimity SGR.

Degrees in Law and Business Economics, MBA from Milan’s Bocconi University and a Masters in Global Affairs from Rutgers University in Newark (USA). Substantial experience in restructuring and turnarounds in multiple industries, such as energy, building, textiles and automotive. Until December 2019, she was a partner at Vitale, a leading independent advisory firm. During 17 years there, she focused mainly on financial restructuring operations, advising both sides of the transaction (i.e. banks and companies). She was previously a Director and Board member at Lazard Italia, a leading international investment bank. Member of the board of directors of AIFI (Italian Association of Private Equity, Venture Capital and Private Debt). Member of the board of directors of TMA Italia, the Italian branch of the Turnaround Management Association, which is an international organization that focuses on turnaround, and a fellow member of EACTP, European Association of Certified Turnaround Professionals, which brings together leading turnaround and business crisis experts in Europe.

SILVANA TOPPI

Controls and Compliance Finance Director, HP

Silvana brings 25+ years of international experience in finance, business intelligence, customers’ insights, strategy, M&A, supply chain, digital, executive project management, both at multinational group and local levels.
Silvana, after graduation at Bocconi University and MBA at Henley Business School – Oxford (UK), matured finance experience in banking, and pharmaceutical sectors before working at Accenture leading retail industry projects.
After having joined Vodafone, Silvana worked as regional controller, business intelligence manager, customer insights manager, scm manager, bid manager, digital manager in different countries for long periods of time coordinating different teams across the world and acquiring a deep Telco / Utilities sectors dynamics knowledge.
Currently Silvana serves HP in Italy as Controls and Compliance Finance Director.

ALBERTO VIGORELLI

Alberto Vigorelli, Senior Advisor UTP

Master degree in Business Administration at Carlo Cattaneo University – LIUC

Worked for several years at Oliver Wyman in the Financial Service Sector, managing projects for top European Banking Institutions.

In 2008 he joined UniCredit in the Risk Management and, shortly after, he assumed the role of Senior Vice President Head of Group Credit Risk Management, with responsibilities on Credit Strategies & Policies, Models and Credit Processes. In 2013 he concurred in the creation and management of the Group’s Distressed Assets Management function, to reduce the Non-Core Portfolio through the sale of assets/ credits. In 2016 he was appointed as Chief Risk Officer of UniCredit Leasing company to manage the turnaround of non-core portfolio. In 2019 he joined Fire Credit Management, as Group CEO and GM. Now is in the process to start a new innovative initiative in the NPE arena

STEFANO VECCHI

Head of Wealth Management & Private Banking Italy, UniCredit

Stefano Vecchi was born in 1979 and graduated in Corporate Finance at Bocconi University in 2002. After graduating, he worked for more than ten years at UBS private banking.

In 2011 he joined Credit Suisse Italy, where he held various roles before becoming Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse SpA, being in the meantime Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and as member of the Management Committee of AIPB.

In September 2019 Stefano Vecchi joined the UniCredit Group as Head of Wealth Management Italy, being also appointed as member of the Group Wealth Management Executive Committee and of the Board of Directors of Cordusio SIM, of which he became Chief Executive Officer in April 2020. Starting from 1st October 2021, Vecchi leads the new UniCredit Wealth Management and Private Banking division.

Stefano is also a member of the Supervisory Board of UniCredit International Bank (Luxembourg) and he actively collaborates with SDA Bocconi.

MAURIZIA VILLA

Managing Director, Korn Ferry

In 2010 Maurizia Villa joined Korn Ferry as managing director Italy. In 2016 she has been appointed managing director of Korn Ferry and Hay Group Italy, based in the Firm’s Milan office. Since December 2019 she has been acting as managing director & country chair Italy of Korn Ferry (IT). Ms. Villa brings to Korn Ferry over twenty years of executive search experience. She assists clients in C-suite and Executive search projects as well as in consulting assignments in the financial services, private equity, infrastructure, telecommunications, energy industries. Ms. Villa has successfully conducted assignments for international and domestic financial institutions, such as major domestic and international banks, investment funds, asset management companies, insurance companies and international legal firms. Her main focus is on the recruitment of CEOs, CFOs, Board members, heads of financial products and other senior[1]level executives operating in any financial area.

Prior to her current position, she served as vice chairman and managing partner, Italy for another leading executive search firm. She also held the roles of partner, financial services practice and principal upon joining the firm in 1995. Previously, Ms. Villa was head of the private equity investment department and corporate finance of Cofilp for eight years, which is now operating as Gruppo Banco Popolare. In particular, she was responsible for portfolio investment activity. Earlier, she served as director of corporate finance at Cominvest, a private financial company, and as manager of FIG corporate clients at Barclays Bank. She began her career at Banque Bruxelles Lambert Milan as a relationship manager for corporate clients. Ms. Villa graduated from L. Bocconi University, Milan with a degree in business administration, specializing in finance. After graduating, she taught finance, industrial policies and stock market at Bocconi University.

KASPER WICHMANN

Senior Portfolio Manager of Private Equity, Nykredit Asset Management

Mr. Wichmann is a PE professional with over a decade of experience in investing. He has managed the full investment process from origination over execution to portfolio management. He’s been involved in positions spanning from advisory over financing & investing to product, business, and project management.

He’s actually a Senior Portfolio Manager in Nykredit Asset Management with the responsibility for design, development, and implementation of a Private Equity Fund of Funds investment program including investment execution, portfolio construction, and monitoring, pipeline development, fundraising.

Previously he’s been head of Multi-Manager Private Equity Asia Pacific at UBS Asset Management in Hong Kong developing the Private Equity platform in APAC for fund investments and fundraising. It was a member of the Global Private Equity Investment Committee. He’s been co-founder of Mercury Capital with the vision of creating a platform for alternative investments in the Nordic countries using both debt and equity. Before he was a Private Equity Consultant to Asian Development Bank (Manila), analyst in Credit Suisse.

Kasper Wichmann has a degree bachelor of science in Economics at Aarhus University and a MSC at Copenhagen Business School.