In over 30 years of experience in the M&A industry he executed over 250 M&A transactions with industrial companies, private equity funds and family business, both domestic and internationally. Moreover, in coordination with other foreign financial boutiques, he successfully facilitated the closing of further «cross-border» transactions».

CURRENT ROLES:

• Founding Partner of Cross Border (1990)
• Founder of Cross Border Capital Finance (London), a corporate finance boutique
• Founder of Cross Border Biosalus, an advisory boutique with special focus on the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector
• Vice President of Insead Italian Council, a committee made up of leading members of the Italian entrepreneurship, the finance industry and the economy

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:

• Past Chairman and co-founder of Global M&A
• President of the Italian Alumni Association of Insead
• Manager of the M&A and ipo department of Sopaf, a listed Italian investment bank
• General Manager of Ciba Vision a new division created through a series of acquisitions in the optical industry
• Head of New Business Development of the Healthcare division of Ciba Geigy in Italy
• Consultant at Gea Consulenti Associati

EDUCATION:

• Laurea cum laude in Business Administration at Bocconi University, Milan – Italy
• MBA at Insead, Fontainebleau – France