Speakers at the Italia Congress 2010

Andrea Montanino, Director General, Department of Treasury, ITALIAN MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE

Andrea Montanino is currently Director General at the Italian Treasury in charge with several economic policy initiatives. Among others, the Fondo Italiano di Investimento, the Banca del Mezzogiorno and initiatives to support SMEs.

After obtaining his Ph.D. in economics from Università di Roma “La Sapienza” and his M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, he was senior economist at Confindustria, the Italian Prime Minister’s Office and the European Commission (1998-2005). He served also as economic adviser of the Italian Minister of Economy and Finance.

He published several papers on labour economics and public finances and is currently lecturer in Political Economy at the LUISS University of Rome.

Vito Gioia, Managing Partner, AMROP ASA

Vito joined Amrop ASA (previously TASA and TMP) in 1988 and since 1994 he is Chairman and Managing Director.

Vito has gained professional experience in different sectors: Public Relations (for Ruder & Finn Inc., New York), Auditing (for Price Waterhouse), Consulting and Human Resources (for Price Waterhouse Management Consultants Italy and UK), and Executive Search (Carrè Orban).

Educational background in Commerce and Economics, MBA from Ashridge Management College (UK), Master in Business Administration from Loyola University of Chicago.

Certified Public Accountant, Auditor, Canova Club, Founder and President of Cenacolo della Buona Impresa, Board Member of Lazio Family, FERPI, AIDP, Board member ADICO.

Anna Gervasoni, General Manager AIFI and Professor UNIVERSITA CARLO CATTANEO

Anna Gervasoni is General Manager of AIFI – Italian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association - the Association that represents institutionally the most important private equity e venture capital players.

She is independent Board Member of Fondo Italiano di Investimento Sgr SpA.

Mrs. Gervasoni is also Professor of Corporate Finance at Carlo Cattaneo University of Castellanza (VA) – LIUC. At the same University she is Director of Master in Merchant Banking, President of Private Equity Monitor (PEM®) and Director of Research Center in Transport and Infrastructure, specialized in Project Financing.

In 2002 she was given the Honorary title of “Ufficiale” by the President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.

Francesco Aldorisio, Director, AKINA PARTNERS

Salvatore Bragantini, Chairman, PRO MAC, Non Executive Chairman, I2 CAPITAL PARTNERS

Salvatore Bragantini is the Chairman of Pro MAC S.p.A., promoter of MAC, Italy’s Alternative Capital Market. He is also Non Executive Chairman of I 2 Capital Partners S.g.r., private equity investments
in special situations.

Mr. Bragantini is independent board member of Interpump Group S.p.A. and Sabaf S.p.A. (where he is also a member of the Audit Committee).

Member, designated by Consob, of the “Market participants’ consultative panel”, assisting the Committee of European Securities Regulators in implementing measures for EU laws and regulations.

Regular contributor to the “Corriere della Sera” since 1994.

Raffaele de Courten, Founding Partner, ALTOPARTNERS

In private equity since 2000. In Alto Partners, Raffaele de Courten focuses on deal origination, debt structuring and relationships with investors, with significant expertise in debt financing and corporate lending. He has particular expertise in the consumer goods, and industrial and commercial machinery sectors. Prior to joining Alto Partners, Mr. de Courten worked for the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg as the personal counsel to the Italian Executive Vice-Presiden.

Prior to joining the EIB, Mr. de Courten worked for 11 years in the corporate finance department of Mediobanca in Milan, where he first worked on equity transactions and later had responsibility for the funding strategy of the bank on the debt capital markets side as well as the organisation of debt operations for the bank's clients (including Enel, Ferrovie dello Stato, Assicurazioni Generali, Italcementi, the EIB and the World Bank).

Mr. de Courten holds a degree in Business Administration from LUISS University in Rome. He is a member of AIFI's executive committee.

Carl Nauckhoff, Partner, INVESTINDUSTRIAL

Mr. Nauckhoff is a Principal at Investindustrial and responsible for investor relations. Investindustrial is the leading Southern European private equity firm with approximately €2.3 billion in AUM and 45 professionals.

Prior to Investindustrial he was a Partner at Garrison Investment Group, a US asset-based investment firm. Before he was a Partner with MVision, a leading global placement agent, both in London and New York, and in the M&A group of Lehman Brothers.

He holds a M.Sc. in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, and attended Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. He speaks Swedish, English and Italian.

Andrea Bonomi, Chairman and Founder, InvestIndustrial

In 1990 Mr. Bonomi established Investindustrial, the leading Southern European investment group with approximately €2.3 billion in AUM and 45 professionals.

Previously Mr. Bonomi was responsible for the monitoring of Saffa group investments in Europe and the USA. He has been a director of companies such as Inversiones Ibersuizas, 21 Investimenti S.p.A. and 21 Centrale Partners. Before, he was employed at Kleinwort Benson in London, where he was responsible for Spain and Italy, and at Lazard Frères & Co. in NY.

He received a BSc in Business Administration from NY University (1985), and speaks English, French, Italian and Spanish.

Paolo Gambarini, Founding Partner, WISE SGR

Carlo Mammola, Managing and Founding Partner, ARGAN CAPITAL; Board Member EVCA and Deputy Chairman of its European Mid Market Platform Council

Carlo Mammola leads Argan's investment activity in the Italian market and heads Argan's Milan Office. Mr. Mammola has over 20 years of private equity experience and joined the Argan team in 2000. Since then he has, inter alia successfully led and realised the investments in Alfatherm and N&W Global Vending and led the investment in Faster where he is currently a board member.

He is also a member of the European Mid-Market Buy-out Platform Council and a member of the Board of Directors of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA).

Before joining the Argan team, Mr. Mammola worked at Paribas Affaires Industrielles (PAI) where he was the Managing Director responsible for Italy, prior to which he worked with Sopaf, the Italian merchant bank, and the Olivetti Group.

Since 1987, Mr. Mammola has been a Professor of Management at the Bocconi University in Milan and, since 1999, a member of its Advisory Committee.

Mr. Mammola holds an MBA from the Bocconi University in Milan and graduated in engineering at the Polytechnic of Turin.

Janet Brooks, Managing Director, Monument Group

Monument Group was established in 1994 and is a leading independent placement agent with offices in Boston and London. Over the last 15 years the firm has helped its client raise more than $67bn for a range of alternative investment strategies ranging from buyouts to energy and real estate. Recent fund closes include the €2bn Altor Fund III and the $1bn Cerberus Institutional Partners International (Series One).

Janet joined Monument Group in 2007 and is based in the London office. Prior to this, Janet was a Director and board member of ECI Partners, a UK mid market buyout investor, with responsibility for the firm’s investor relations and fundraisings. During her 15 year tenure at ECI, Janet oversaw the successful fundraising of four institutional funds and also developed ECI’s firm-wide marketing strategies for deal flow, investor relations and general strategic direction. She is currently a member of the British Venture Capital Association’s Investor Relations Committee and has previously served in a similar capacity for the European Venture Capital Association.

Daniele Candiani, Managing Director and Country Head Italy, IKB Deutsche Industriebank

Daniele joined IKB in February 2006 as General Manager of the Italian Branch (Country Head Italy) and Head of Leveraged & Structured Finance Italy.

He has more than 18 years of overall experience in Leveraged & Structured Finance, M&A Advisory, Debt Advisory and Consultancy.

Prior to IKB, Daniele worked in:

- KPMG Corporate Finance (Director M&A and Head of Debt Advisory), Milan
- Dresdner Kleinwort (Acquisition & Leveraged Finance), London, Frankfurt, Milan
- The Sumitomo Bank Ltd (Leveraged Finance), London, Milan
- Banca IntesaSanPaolo (Acquisition & Structured Finance in the formerly BCI-Banca Commerciale Italiana)

Daniele's sector expertise is in Acquisition & Leveraged Finance (deals sponsored by Private Equity), M&A, Debt Advisory and Debt Restructuring.

Lorenzo Salieri, Buyout Partner, 3i

Lorenzo Salieri joined 3i in 1998 and currently heads the Italian buyouts team. He has led a number of successful buyouts, including Azelis, ABX- Saima Avandero, Faber, Farmigea, Novotema, Monviso and Seves-Vetroarredo.

Mr. Salieri started his career in 1993 as an auditor with PWC and then worked for four years as an associate at Unicredit Banca Mobiliare in the equity capital markets department.

He holds a degree in Business Economics from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan and an MBA from Clemson University, USA. He is also a CFA.

Eugenio Morpurgo, CEO, FINEUROP SODITIC

Eugenio Morpurgo is Managing Director and founding partner of Fineurop Soditic, company of Fineurop Group which focuses on M&A and debt advisory services. He is also a board member of Fineurop SpA.

Before joining Fineurop he was Head of M&A and Privatisations at SOPAF, private financial group listed at Milan Stock Exchange. He started his career at financial group Matuschka in Munich, before moving to Deutsche Bank where he worked in the corporate finance and capital markets areas in London, Frankfurt and Milan.

Eugenio Morpurgo is Professor at LUIC, University of Castellanza, for the Master in Merchant Banking. He has a degree in economics from Milan based Bocconi University.

Matteo di Montezemolo, CEO, MONTEZEMOLO & PARTNERS / CHARME INVESTMENTS, Vice-president, ALTAGAMMA

Nino Tronchetti Provera, CEO, AMBIENTA SGR

Nino Tronchetti Provera graduated at Luiss (Rome) and gained a MBA at Insead (Fontainebleau). Formerly in McKinsey, since he graduated in 1991 he dealt with environmental business, founding in 1997 Cam Tecnologie (Camfin Group), now Pirelli Eco Technologies, developing several “green” businesses among which Gecam, a low environmental impact fuel. He was among the founders of the Kyoto Club, which he chaired from 1999 to 2004.

He also covered several roles in Telecom Group: CEO and Deputy Chairman in Finsiel (from 2002 to 2004) and General Manager in Olivetti (2007).

In 2007 Mr. Tronchetti Provera founded Ambienta Sgr, the first Italian asset management company created to invest exclusively in the environmental sector. The first fund, Ambienta I, is the largest European private equity fund devoted to the environmental business, as far as collected capital is concerned (€ 217.5 mln).

Edoardo Lanzavecchia, Partner and CEO, ALPHA ASSOCIATI

Edoardo Lanzavecchia is partner and CEO of Alpha Italy. Edoardo began his career in ABB as Export Manager in the Energy Division, in 1991 he was a strategic consultant with the Mac Group. In 1992 he joined SO.PA.F. as Partner, where he managed the firm’s direct private equity investments as well as its private equity partnership. In 1998 he founded and was head of The Carlyle Group Italy. During his career he was author of some topical deals like the acquisition of Fiat Avio (aerospace) in 2003 for 1.6 billion Euros, that sold 3 years later for 2.5 billion Euros. Edoardo has Degree in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico in Milan, and MBA from Bocconi University in Milan.

Gabriele Cappellini, Director General, MPS VENTURE SGR, Managing Director, FONDO ITALIANO DI INVESTIMENTO PER LE PMI

Mara Caverni, Partner, Transaction Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers Italy

Giuseppe Salamone, Associate, GREENPARK CAPITAL

Giuseppe is responsible for deal management, evaluation and execution. Giuseppe spent four years as an Investment Analyst at Merrill Lynch before joining Greenpark Capital in 2007. He also completed internships in Unicredit Markets and Investment Banking in London and Epta Fund (San Paolo Group) in Milan. He received the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2007.

Giuseppe holds a degree in Institutions and Financial Markets Management from Bocconi University and a Masters in Finance from the London Business School.

Fabio Sattin, Chairman and Founding Partner, PRIVATE EQUITY PARTNERS SGR

Michele Semenzato, Founding Partner, WISE SGR

After being a manager in Bain and Company and an executive director at ABN Amro M&A department, Michele Semenzato founded Wise in 2000, Private Equity operator with an Italian SMEs focus, together with Paolo Gambarini. Wise has since invested two funds, Wisequity (fully divested) and Wisequity II and is currently fundraising Wisequity III.

Michele Semenzato holds an Electrical Engineering degree and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley.

Raymond Abbot, Managing Director, ALLIANCE TRUST EQUITY PARTNERS

Raymond Abbott is Head of Private Equity for Alliance Trust and the Managing Director of Alliance Trust’s private equity division, Alliance Trust Equity Partners Ltd.

After qualifying from Edinburgh University, Raymond trained as a Chartered Accountant and became an Insolvency Practitioner with KPMG between 1980 and 1987. In 1987 he joined Bank of Scotland and was one of the Bank’s team in their move into MBO debt funding.

Raymond moved into private equity in 1991 with Friends, Ivory & Sime and covered MBOs, Development Capital and Venture Capital. After building up a portfolio of venture investments with British Linen Bank in 1999 he then founded Albany Venture Managers in 2000 and raised a fund in 2002 focused on Healthcare and IT.

Alliance Trust acquired Albany Ventures in 2006 in order to add private equity experience and Raymond is now implementing a long term private equity investment program for the Trust.

Robert Tomei, Chairman and Founding Partner, AC PRIVATE EQUITY PARTNERS

Robert Tomei is Chairman and CEO of Advanced Capital Group. He is responsible for the approval of every Group investment, for evaluation and investments in Venture Capital, Private Equity, Secondary and Debt Strategy partnerships. Some of his investments include partnerships such as NEA, ACCEL, Blackstone, BC Partners, Whitney, Summit, TPG, Bain, Cerberus and Matlin Patterson.

Mr. Tomei is a member of the CFA Institute and of the AIFI institutional investor board, he is also Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Peggy Guggenheim Foundation and member of the YPO (Young Presidents' Organization). He has a NASD Series 7 and 3 and is a Registered Representative of the British Securities and Futures Authority (now FSA). He is also an Aspen Institute member.

Mr. Tomei is a longtime collector and supporter of contemporary art. He is a Board member of various museums and is Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Peggy Guggenheim Foundation, Trustee of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, member of: the Tate International Council, Contemporary Arts Council of the New York Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), the Committee of Friends of the Rivoli Castle.

Robert Tomei received his degree ad honorem in Logic and Analytical Studies from St. Bonaventure University and pursued his graduate studies in the same fields at both Yale and Columbia Universities. He regularly writes for and is interviewed on alternative investments by various financial media.

Giuseppe Donvito, Head of Private Equity, FUTURIMPRESA SGR

Mr. Donvito is responsible for Private Equity investments at Futurimpresa SGR. He began his career at Telecom Italia in their Strategy division. He has more than 12 years investments experience gained in SOFIPA, 3i Group and HSBC Bank London, where he was also involved in leveraged and infrastructure finance in Europe and the Middle East.

Mr. Donvito holds an AEP from the Kellogg School of Management in Chicago and graduated in engineering at the Pisa University.