Patrizia Canziani

Position in illimity: Independent director on the BoD and Member of the Risk Committee and of the Sustainability Committee

Professional experiences

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

Non-executive professional experiences

From 4/2021 to date: ILLIMITY BANK SpA, Independent director, member of the Risk Committee and the Sustainability Committe

From 7/2021 to date: KEXIM BANK (UK) Limited, Chair of the Board of Directors and member of the Control and Risks Committee

From 4/2016 to 4/2022: SOGEFI SpA, Independent director, member of the Control, Risk and Sustainability Committee and the Related Party Transactions Committee

Education

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.