Position in illimity: Independent director on the BoD and Member of the Risk Committee and of the Sustainability Committee
From 4/2018 to 10/2020
KNG Securities LLP, London, Partner and Head of Structured Finance, responsible for setting up and leading all activities related to financings, assets sales and investments
From 12/2017 to 12/2019
Devon Capital LLP, London, Financial Crime Consultant and Bank Monitor, head of investigations and monitoring remediation
From 3/2016 to 3/2018
MUFG Securities EMEA, London, Structured Finance Business, head of financing products and structures, asset management and capital optimisation for European banks and financial companies
From 6/2014 to 2/2016
Commerzbank AG, London, Structured Finance. Guiding Commerzbank’s return to structured finance. Origination and execution of transactions for clients in Europe and emerging countries
From 3/2010 to 3/2014
Nomura International, London, Credit and Structured Finance. Responsible for the origination and execution of financing transactions secured by illiquid assets. Originated and executed some of the few structured finance transactions in post-crisis Europe
From 9/2008 to 2/2010
Augustea SpA, Group Finance, London. Worked closely with the company’s CFO and performed a key role in the development and execution of a new strategy for optimising the company’s financial management
From 9/2005 to 2/2008
Merrill Lynch, London, Head of Structured Finance for the Southern European countries. Set up and managed a new team, designing the group’s strategy and budget. Led her team’s origination and execution activities, achieving unprecedented results for Merrill Lynch in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece in terms of volumes, number and types of transaction
From 4/2001 to 8/2005
Deutsche Bank AG, London. Head of Structured Finance for Italy, European Securitisation Group. Responsible for raising the Italian team’s profile and making it one of the leading teams in the Italian structured finance market. Originated and executed several high-profile transactions, including the first real estate securitisation for the Italian Treasury (‘SCIP1’), the first covered bond issue for Cassa Depositi e Prestiti and many other transactions for financial institutions in Italy, Portugal, the UK and the US
From 1/1998 to 3/2001
JP Morgan, London. Recognised as one of the few professionals who opened up the Italian securitisation market in the late 1990s. Significantly contributed to setting up the standards for the product in Italy, working assiduously with the regulator, leading law firms and large financial institutions in Italy
From 9/1996 to 12/1997
London School of Economics, London. Lecturer on the Advanced Macroeconomics course and Research Officer at LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), specialising in Macroeconomics and the Labour Market
In 6-9/1994
International Monetary Fund, Washington DC, USA. Europe 1 Department. Focus on the Italian Pension System and simulation of alternative reform options. Publication of an IMF recommendation paper on the Italian Pension System
2021, CFA Certificate in ESG Investing.
2019, Executive course in Sustainable Finance, Oxford University, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment.
1996, PhD in Economics, MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA.
1991, University Degree, Faculty of Political Economics, Bocconi University, 1991.