Bio

Lorenzo Baraldi is a Managing Director at Neuberger Berman and former member of the Investment Committee at Fondo Italiano d’Investimento, which he joined in February 2011. Lorenzo began his career in 1994 in the Investment Banking and Corporate Finance of Banca Commerciale Italiana (Comit), managing several listings of company in the Stock Exchange and M&A transactions. He joined the private equity team of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group in 2004, completing numerous equity investments/divestments in various industrial sectors, as well as restructuring projects, and in the last couple of years he was in charge of PE for IMI Investimenti SpA (AUM of about € 300 mln). Lorenzo graduated with a first class degree in Economics and Business from the University of Bologna. He is a Chartered Accountant since 1995 and has served as (or he is currently member of) the boards of directors of Imaging SpA, Esaote SpA, Fila SpA, Ilpea SpA, Infracom SpA, Turbocoating SpA, Sanlorenzo Spa, Surgital SpA and Sira. He has also been a member of the Advisory Committee of Fondo Centro Impresa and Fondo Mezzogiorno and a member of the Investment Committee of the French Fund FCIR.