THE TEAM

In over 30 years as finance professional, he has gained extensive competence and experience in business management, in evaluating and structuring investments, in asset management and in financial markets. He is an expert in risk and uncertainty analysis in the world of financial and industrial investments. He coordinated or supervised major infrastructure investments, strategic planning mandates for banks and insurance companies, M&A initiatives and corporate restructuring operations.

He is currently an independent director of the University of Padua.

Before assuming the role of CEO with Sinloc, he gained many years of experience as partner and senior manager with Prometeia SpA (1987-2005). From 1996 to 2005, he was Head of the Financial Intermediaries Division and, in recent years, a partner, board member and member of the Executive Committee (2000-2005).

Apart from Prometeia SpA, he experienced the role of director in various financial services companies, such as asset management (Independent Director of BCC Risparmio & Previdenza SgRpa from 2002 to 2011), private equity (Director of Gradiente SgR since 2009 to 2010), and public investment vehicles (Deputy Chairman from 2009 to 2012 of Veneto Sviluppo and from 2006 to 2008 with Ervet). He was also director of special purpose vehicles owned by Sinloc, like ISOM SpA and Portocittà SpA.

From 2001 to 2009, he was shareholder in Prometeia SpA and since 2001 he has been a shareholder in ASTAO-Adriano Olivetti Institute of Ancona.

He experienced lecturing in financial economic field at the University of Padua, the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Bologna Business School, CUOA Foundation and ISTAO. He published numerous articles in banking and finance and collaborated in books publication. In the same financial economic field, he speaks at conferences in Italy and abroad. For over 15 years, he has been responsible, and sometimes designer, of the main banking and insurance sector Prometeia Reports.

After graduating with honors in Economics from the University of Modena, the Bank of Italy conferred on him Bonaldo Stringher Scholarship in 1986. Thanks to this, he obtained a Master in Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences, in 1987. He subsequently attended advanced training courses at prestigious foreign universities such as INSEAD and Stanford.

He has acquired expertise in evaluation, structuring and management of infrastructure investments and urban transformation initiatives in public private partnership and project financing contexts. In addition to this, he benefits from managerial and origination competences gained over 25 years of professional experience.

Since 2016, he has been Sinloc SpA Deputy General Manager, after having been in charge of the Advisory and Investment Business Units since 2009.

Between 2006 and 2008 he was General Manager of Espada SAU, a Spanish investment company focused on urban regeneration and real estate projects with more than 60 million€ assets.

From 2002 to 2006, he was Prometeia SpA Senior Manager, initially covering managerial role in Business Planning and Marketing Banking Business Unit offer development. Subsequently he was Head of the Business Unit itself, as well as member of the Management Committee in Financial Intermediaries Area, of the Commercial Committee and of the Production Committee.

In 2000, he became founding member of InterValueNet SpA – a private equity, business incubation, and advisory investee by major credit institutions and industrial operators. There he was partner for Corporate/ SME Practice.

Between 1993 and 2000, he worked in manufacturing and real estate sector management consulting, first as free-lance consultant, from 1996 as Project Manager for System21. He subsequently worked for Cast Consulting mainly with foreign clients.

Since 1988, after a period of training, he conducted managerial activity in Administrative Financial Direction and Business Development of Yara Group, a holding company active in maritime works, offshore infrastructure, and real estate international market.

He is directory board member of several companies in Sinloc’s portfolio, like Labo Gest Srl (since 2013), ISOM SpA (since 2013) and he was director of Sister Srl (2010-2014). Since 2014, he has been a member of the Management Committee for the Green Building Council Italia. Before Sinloc, he served as a director for Main Contracting and EPC companies.

He gives lectures on the subject of infrastructure investments at conferences, seminars, and courses in Italy and abroad.

He graduated in management engineering at Oxford Brookes University (BSc Hons Building First Class Honors), and previously received National Diploma in Business and Finance from the Oxford College of Further Education (Distinction).

He gained his management skills through asset management, M&A, company restructuring, and risk management experiences acquired throughout his professional career of over 15 years in multinational companies in manufacturing, luxury, services, and teleco Infrastructure.

He is currently Head of Administration, Planning and Control, Finance and Asset Management (CFO) at Sinloc, where he deals with administration, planning and control and monitoring of Sinloc’s portfolio companies.

He developed an important and articulated experience with Siemens Group. From 2008 to 2012, he was Head of Finance and Control for various business units and Head of Business Development for Nokia Siemens Networks SpA Southern Europe region.

Previously he was Siemens IT Solution Group Performance and Control Manager (2007-2008) and Siemens Enterprise Communication Planning and Control Manager (2006-2007). He performed as team leader in a project for costs optimization (2005-2006). He was Headquarter Controller with Siemens Mobile Communications Microwave Division (2003-2004), Responsible for Controlling in Siemens Real Estate (2002-2003), and Siemens SpA Controller for portfolio’s companies (1999-2002).

During a restructuring process in 2004-2005, he was responsible of Controlling for Art’è FMR (company listed on Milan stock exchange).

He is Board of Directors member of several companies owned by Sinloc, as Euganea Sanità S.p.A (PPP in Heath Sector).

He graduated in Economics and Commerce from the University of Bologna.

He is skilled in direct investments evaluation, structuring and execution, in investment portfolios monitoring and management, M&A, business valuation, and business planning.

He has over 15 years of professional experience and he is currently Head of Sinloc’s Investment Team, aimed at executing direct investments in Italian infrastructure assets/companies.

From 2015 to March 2017, he was Head of the SME Development Fund managed by Friulia Veneto Sviluppo SGR SpA. There he actively participated in both fund rising phase (50 million euros collected) and investment phase. This latter phase focused on acquiring minority positions in SMEs located in Veneto and Friuli regions.

In 2008, he joined regional holding company Veneto Sviluppo SpA. In the beginning, he was Head of the Private Equity Analysis Office, while from 2011 to February 2015 he become responsible for the entire holding area. With this role, he managed investment phase and the following management and promotion phase of a risk capital fund. The fund accounted for 35-million€ and was dedicated to Venetian SMEs. Similarly, he managed a dedicated estate (20 million€) and a direct portfolio of Veneto Sviluppo (about 20 subsidiaries with a value of 30 million€). From 2013 to 2017, he covered directory role in some Veneto Sviluppo investee companies. These investees had been assumed by Risk Capital Fund. From 2014 to 2016, he was director of the Consultative Committee of Finest special autonomous section in Veneto. Even this role was on behalf of Veneto Sviluppo.

He started his professional career in 2001 at Finest SpA, a financial society that deals with companies’ internationalization in North-Eastern Italy. There, he performed as Investment Banking Office analyst. He followed numerous projects regarding tri-venetian companies’ internationalization into Eastern Europe with a specific focus on the Balkan area. On behalf of Finest, he was technical member with “Fondo Venture Capital Balcani” commission, created by the Ministry of Productive Activities. He is Mercato Solare Spa President.

He gave financial lectures at important professional training schools, including CUOA Foundation, Forema Unindustria and CNA-Catania.

In 2000, he achieved Bachelors of Art with Honors (BA) in International Business, with International Finance specialization at European School of Economics (Nottingham Trent University).

Since 2013, she has been performing human resource advisory, in particular as regards selection activity, resource development, performance evaluation, incentives planning, training project definition and implementation.

With Sinloc since 2016, she is Head of Human Resource Management and Development.

She coordinated and conducted research on territorial growth potentialities, and on enterprise innovation. This concerns, particularly, organizational aspects at Cofimp (now Fondazione Aldini Valeriani), a managerial training society owned by Unindustria Bologna (2009-2012), as well as developing and managing new training products.

She was Program Manager for the master in Business Administration Profingest (MBA) at Bologna Business School (2006-2009). There, she conducted candidate selection, taking advantage of leading consultancy societies. She constituted the group-class (with both junior and executive profiles). She prioritized selecting students with the aim of developing engaging and diverse classes, developing relationships with societies for placement and consultancy projects. In the latter activity, she took care of project identification and setting with the enterprise, and she followed both realization and presentation to client companies’ management. Moreover, during her experience in MBA, she coordinated personal development and professional orientation, projecting and managing, dealing with competence analyses, potential development and professional careers.

From 2004 to 2009 she chaired some Asfor commissions, where Asfor stands for Associazione Italiana per la Formazione Manageriale (Italian Association for Managerial Training), for educational processes monitoring and improvement at SDA Bocconi, at Accademia di Comunicazione (Communication Academy) and at ISTUD.

From 2001 to 2006, she was director of the Business Administration master in Profingest Management School. As master director, she settled and managed all activities that have subsequently characterized her professional profile at Bologna Business School, after the fusion of the two societies.

She was Banking and Finance Division Head at Profingest Management School (1998-2001).

She started her professional activity at publishing company Il Mulino, dealing with major economics and finance publications (books and journals), collaborating with leading Italian and foreign authors (1988-1997). Moreover, she took care of drafting and realization of economics publications adaptations to Italian context. She graduated with honors in Economics at the University of Bologna.

She developed her managerial and relational competences in multi-year experiences of direction at complex structures highest levels and in different organizational processes elaborations for societies, sectors and services. As regard human and economic resources management, she enriched these competences with evaluation experience deriving from chair in evaluation centers and simplification processes in more than 30 years of professional activities.

She is in Emilia Romagna Popular Bank Management Board (since 2014), where she covers even Chairwoman role in Remuneration Committee (since 2016 to present). She is as well in Nomination Committee (since 2014) and she is Chairwoman of Pension Fund Surveillance Committee. Moreover, she is the Chairwoman of AtriKe Spa (since 2013 to present).

In Sinloc, she is business development head, especially in Emilia-Romagna and central Italy area.

From 1999 to 2010, she was General Director of Modena municipality.

Previously, she was General Director of Atcm Trasporti Consortium (1995-1999), Administrative Director of Rimini Healthcare Agency (1995). She was healthcare sector Head of Section in Emilia-Romagna Region (1994) and ASL extraordinary Administrator (1993-1994). She was ASL Mountain Community General Secretary (1980-1993).

She was member of Management Board of Hera Spa (2005-2017), where she was even Component of Remuneration Committee (2014-2017). She was in the Management Board of Heracomm (2014-2017), Acantho (2007-2011), Uniflotte (2007-2009), Hera Trading (2006-2007), Metaservice (2003-2007), Meta Spa (2003-2005), where she was even Member of Internal Control Committee (2003-2005), and of Carpi Formazione (2000-2004). She was Chairwoman of Heracomm (2011-2014) and of Enzo Ferrari Birthplace Foundation (2013-2015).

She graduated with honors in law at the University of Modena.

He has reached an important professional growth with Intesa San Paolo Group, assuming increasing roles and responsibilities. From 2013 to June 2015, he was North-West Market Corporate Direction and Public Finance Head.

He was North-West Market Head for BIIS, a bank specialized in Public Finance. In 2005, he was the head of Grid Management Function inside Entities and Public Enterprises Direction of San Paolo Group. In 2006, he added to this role the responsibility for Local Entities and Public Utilities Office with OPI Bank. He was Capital Investment Head with Compagnia San Paolo, managing shares portfolio and defining investment policy in order to administer Foundation’s resources.

In 1997, he participated in Sanpaolo privatization project, whose consequence was rating on market by OPV and private placement for 45% of the capital.

In 1992, he was “Sanpaolo Bank Holding” Bank and Holding Companies Office Head, realizing different fusions by incorporation and a few projects in shares portfolio promotion and rationalization. He even cared for privatization projects evaluation of some important national groups (IMI, INA).

Previously, he took care of institutional transformation project with the passage to societal form for the bank and the following quotation in stock market.

He had different experiences in societal administration and he took part in investment programs evaluation, M&A and complex financial operations structuring.

Since July 2015, he is Business Origination Manager with Sinloc Spa North-West area. Moreover, he covers institutional positions for various investees of Sinloc Spa. He is in the Board of Directors of BRA Energia Spa.

Since July 2015, he is Chairman of SORIS Spa, a tax collection society in Torino municipality. Moreover, since February 2017, he is Chairman of ASPEL Consortium (Local Taxes Public Societies Association).

He graduated in Business Administration at the University of Torino. He achieved English language diploma at Dublin International School. He participated successfully in Strategic Management Class at CEDEP, Centre Européen d’Education Permanente of Fontainbleu, as well as having joined different after-degree training courses in financial subjects at SDA Bocconi in Milan, ISTUD at Stresa and LUISS Guido Carli in Rome.

He had a prestigious career with Cassa di Risparmio del Veneto, where he covered different positions, like Deputy General Director (2003-2005), Enterprise Market Head (2004-2005), Commercial Director (1998-2002), Headquarter Area Director (1989-1998). He acquired competencies in financial structuring, negotiation and risk evaluation during his more than 30 years professional career.

He has been with Sinloc since 2006 and, after having contributed to different activity areas development, he became Business Development Head in North-East area. Now, as Senior Advisor, he supports the society in financial structuring projects, enterprises and project companies’ support.

Moreover, he is Cassa di Previdenza del Personale President, at Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, and member of Confindustria Innovation and Technological Services sector Directory Board.

He is even in Management Board of some societies where Sinloc owns shares, like Mercato Solare SpA and Abitare Veneto. He is Belgest Spa President.

He is Order of National Merit’s Knight of Italian Republic (decorated in June 2003).

He was advisor with Lanza Foundation in Padova, Finser Spa, MIP Engineering and component of USI Bankers Technic Commission of Padova Board of Trade.

He graduated with excellence in Political Science at the University of Padova and he achieved a Master in Banking Management at SDA Bocconi in Milan.

He has developed competences in financial economic and procedural analysis, business planning, costs-benefits analysis, equity investments and financial management controlling. These skills relate mainly to transformation and urban requalification projects, due to more than 11 years of experience.

In Sinloc since 2006, he has coordinated and managed various investment projects, like Scuola di Biotecnologie in Torino and Porto Vecchio area in Trieste. He even dealt with advisory and technical assistance for local entities, like Chieti Towards 2020.

He currently operates in advisory and fund, management area.

He was a lecturer at professional high qualification class “Project Financing”, realized by CUOA Foundation and, previously, by Bologna Business School.

He graduated with honors in Politic Sciences at the University of Rome La Sapienza. He took a specialization in Project Finance Modelling at Amsterdam Institute of Finance and before he completed a master in Financial Intermediation at ISTAO.

Experienced in socio-economic analysis, cost-benefit analysis, impact assessment and evaluation of public policies and programs.

In Sinloc since 2019, he is part of the Advisory team focusing on “Foundations and other Third Sector Institutions”, where he is involved in developing models for the assessment of economic and social impacts.

From 2015 to 2019 he worked as Senior Consultant for Valdani Vicari & Associati in the Economics & Policy team (based in Brussels), dealing with the coordination and execution of consulting projects for the European Commission, European Parliament, European Agencies, national governments and business and trade associations. He has also spoken at conferences in South Korea and the United States.

Previously, he worked for the Economics & Statistics Service team of the European Agency for Intellectual Property – EUIPO (based in Alicante) and for the representative office of Raiffeisen Bank International in Milan.

He graduated at Bocconi University in Economic and Social Sciences (bachelor’s degree) and at Copenhagen Business School in Economics and Finance (master’s degree)

He has developed skills in financial, economic and budget analysis, project financing and cost-benefit analysis, mainly in Energy&Utilities and PPP sectors.

In reached the Equity Investment team of Sinloc in march 2019 with the role of senior analyst.

From 2011 to 2018, in Finlombarda, he carried out advisory projects to support regional policies in energy, utilities and infrastructures fields, as well as structured and managed financial instruments financed by EU, EIB and Lombardy Region, such as the Regional Energy Efficiency Fund. He managed EU projects promoted by the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme such as the EnSURE project, aimed to develop strategies and tools to support energy transition and urban refurbishment.

From 2008 to 2011, in AGICI, he coordinated the Observatory on Utilities and he carried out advisory projects in the energy field.

He obtained a Bachelor degree in Economics at the University of Pavia, and after two years of experience in a financial audit firm, he obtained a Master’s Degree in Economics and Management of Public Utilities at Bocconi University.

She has in economic, financial, procedural and risk analysis expertise. Moreover, she acquired substantial experience in business planning for investment projects, strategic planning, market analysis and fund management, including financial instrument knowledge.

She has been working for Sinloc since 2011 as Senior Consultant with several years of experience and significant knowledge regarding fund management and financial instrument structuring. She has experience in economic, financial, procedural analysis for Public-Private Partnership investment projects, mainly in energy efficiency and renewable energy sectors.

She is involved in management of the JESSICA Funds in Sicily and Campania (scouting structuring valuation and monitoring of the investments). During her experience she was involved as project manager in technical, economics and financial due diligence in energy efficiency sector (public lighting, district heating, public buildings energy efficiency) for international investment funds. She has experience in technical assistance to public administrations (ELENA Funds-EIB) and in advisory for international projects such as the CERtuS project. CERtuS is financed by Intelligent Energy Europe program, devoted to identification and evaluation of financial instruments dedicated to NZEB projects. Actually she is South Area Manager.

She graduated cum laude in Finance from “Federico II” University of Naples and attended a Master in Advanced Finance, Quantitative Methods and Informatic Applications at “IPE – Istituto per ricerche ed attività educative”.