Bio

Andrea graduated magna cum laude in Business Administration from the Bocconi University in Milan and has attended postgraduate courses at New York University. He began his career in London, at Goldman Sachs International, where from July 1990 to May 1995 he gained experience within the Corporate Finance team, then in the debt capital markets department with responsibility for bond issues on behalf of Italian clients. Between July 1995 and January 2006 he divided his time between the Milan and London offices of Barclays, de Zoete Wedd (later acquired by Credit Suisse) and Credit Suisse, first as a member of the M&A team, then as Head of Equity Capital Markets for the Italian and Southern European markets. Subsequently, he held the position of Chief Operating Officer in 2002-2003 and that of legal representative of CSFB’s Italian Branch in 2004 to then oversee the management of customer relations on the entire range of investment banking products and execution of the orders received. Between April 2006 and December 2007, he worked as a freelance consultant for large industrial groups. In 2008 he joined Equita as head of the Investment Banking and currently holds the position of Chief Executive Officer of Equita Group and Equita SIM. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Equita SIM since 2009 and of the advisory board of Borsa Italiana.