Impact Investing
ION Analytics Influencer Closed-Door Event
The global Impact investing market was estimated to be worth around USD 715bn in 2021. However, there remains a need for defining industry-standard criteria, metrics, outcome and success. Bringing together practitioners, advisors and academics, this close-door event will discuss the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities around Impact investment.
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"Livia Amidani Aliberti graduated in Economics and Commerce at LUISS (Rome, Italy) and holds a Master level Diploma from FT-Pearson (UK). She is registered with the Albo dei Dottori Commercialisti (Association of Chartered Accountants) of Rome and a member of the Scientific Committee of NedCommunity. She is a consultant in corporate governance and her specialties include Corporate Governance Assessment and Redesign, Strategic Evaluation of Boards, AIM Listings; she is also engaged in gender diversity research and consulting. She is the author of several publications on gender diversity and directors. Experience in the dualistic, monistic and traditional governance system, chair/member of board committees (risk, rem, nom, RPT). Balance work to interests of the company with appropriate Board contextualised behaviour – while sensitive to group dynamics and diversity issues. "
"Mr. Bedina is the Head of Energy and Infrastructure for the EMEA region, within the Investment Banking and Capital Markets division, based in London
Mr. Bedina joined CS in 2021 from Guggenheim Partners where he was Senior Managing Director and Head of European Power, Energy and Renewables, with a focus on energy transition. At Guggenheim, he fostered the Firm’s Investment Banking development in Europe and cross border activity, leveraging on more than 20 years of M&A, Equity and DCM experience in the power, energy and renewables space.
Mr. Bedina has worked with several of Europe’s largest power corporates including Enel, EDP, Naturgy, RWE and Snam on strategic M&A and equity assignments. Mr. Bedina has advised on numerous energy transition transactions, including EDP’s acquisition of C2 Energy Capital’s distributed generation platform, Apollo’s acquisition of off-shore wind developer US Wind, Hecate’s disposal of a minority interest in its renewable development business to Repsol, and four transactions involving Enel X, including its e-buses and charging infrastructure JV with AMP Capital. Mr. Bedina also leveraged on a model tailor built for Enel and replicated the JV structure that was consistently used across all Enel X’s transactions"
Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in Asset Management, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Financial Structuring, Corporate Finance. Strong business development professional with a University degree in Business Engineering at Politecnico di Milano.
Ilaria Calabresi joined Marshall Wace in 2021 and is Head of Sustainable Investing and Stewardship. She is responsible for designing the firm’s Sustainable Investing (SI) and stewardship framework and policies, coordinating the integration of SI principles across Marshall Wace’s investment strategies, as well as managing stewardship efforts and interactions with investee companies at a firm level, and proxy voting activities.
Prior to joining Marshall Wace, Ilaria was Head of Sustainable Investing for EMEA, Asia and Latam for J.P. Morgan Private Bank. Previously, she was part of J.P. Morgan Private Bank’s portfolio management team for the sustainable multi-manager portfolios acting as a lead for the International Private Bank.
Ilaria was a post graduate researcher in Finance at Imperial College Business School and gained a double Master’s Degree (cum laude) with a specialisation in Finance from LUISS University, Rome, and Fudan University, Shanghai. She speaks English, Italian and French. Ilaria was named one of the Hedge Fund Journal’s 50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds in 2022.
"I have a solid financial background and competences in corporate banking with more than 20 years of experience on Corporate Relationship with italian and international counterparts. I’m able to interact with CEO’s and CFO’s of assigned Key Accounts, developing commercial relationship and discerning the customers needs customizing suitable solutions to their financial requirements (structured finance, woca financing, derivatives, GTB , leasing and factoring).
I have an extensive comprehension of ESG matters in terms of main European standards (ICMA, LMA, Eu Taxonomy, Social Platform, GRI, SFRD, Green/Susteinable Principle Loans/Bond), susteinable finance value chains, business and market trends. I often attend as a speaker at forums, congress, webinars, summit to represent UniCredit Italy ESG approach and strategy roadmap."
" Born in Milan on 8 February 1966, after a degree in Chemical Engineering from La Sapienza University of Rome and a Master's degree in International Politics from ULB at the Centre des Etudes Internationales et strategiques in Brussels, he studied Advanced Management at the MIT Sloan School in Boston.
He has extensive international management experience in the sectors of industry, finance, energy and sustainability. He has been Chairperson of Snam, Executive Chairperson of Renovit, CEO of ENEL Energia and E.On Italia, member of the Board of Directors of Terna. In addition, he was Deputy Chairperson of the Snam Foundation, Deputy Chairperson of Assoesco and Aiget and headed the Far East desk of the Istituto Affari Internazionali.
He is currently Chairperson of the European ESG Institute, Deputy Chairperson of the Circular Economy Network, adjunct professor at LUISS University and associate professor at LUM University. He published in 2017 the book “L’economia del Girotondo” (The Circular Economy) on issues regarding the circular economy and in March 2022 the essay “ESG - La Misurazione della Sostenibilità” (ESG - Measuring Sustainability) published by Rubbettino"
"Alfonso Del Giudice is a Full Professor of Corporate Finance at the Catholic University in Milano. He teaches a undergraduate class on corporate finance, a graduate class on advanced corporate finance (financial management themes) and sustainable finance. The main research interests are in the areas of M&A, empirical corporate finance and sustainable finance. He published books and articles on both Italian and International journals (Journal of Corporate Finance, European Financial Management, Financial Management). He has presented and discussed research papers at several international conferences. He holds a Ph.D. in Financial Markets from Catholic University.
Specialties: M&A; Empirical Corporate Finance; Sustainable Finance."
"Alberto Dell'Acqua is an Associate Professor of Practice of Corporate Finance and Real Estate at SDA Bocconi School of Management. He is a Professor of Financial Management and Corporate Banking at Università Bocconi.
At SDA Bocconi, he was the Director of the Master in Corporate Finance (MCF) and Co-Director of the Executive Master in Corporate Finance & Banking for two editions. He has conducted research and education projects for some of the major Italian economic associations and institutions.
His research activities focus on corporate finance, on private equity and venture capital and on corporate governance. Recently, he has developed five major topics: the dynamics of the credit market and its influence on the cost of debt, the relationship between corporate governance and the equity cost of capital, the relationship between the adoption of principles of social responsibility and corporate/fund performances, the dynamics of corporate debt and the effects of disclosure on stock price dynamics.
He is the author of numerous books and articles on his topics of interest. His works have been published in European Financial Management, Corporate Governance, the International Journal of Business in Society, the International Review of Financial Analysis and Applied Financial Economics, among others. He has run many teaching and research projects in international universities, including École supérieure des affaires (ESA) in Beirut (Lebanon), the University of Benghazi (Libya) and the University of Technology in Sydney (Australia). He has been awarded numerous prizes for teaching and for applied research projects, among them: the “Research Award 2016” by the Accounting, Control, Corporate and Real Estate Finance Department at SDA Bocconi; the prize “DIDASCO challenge 2014” for the best professor in knowledge management at SDA Bocconi. He also received a “Special Mention” in the national contest “An idea for the Country 2011”, promoted by the association Italia Camp, under the High Patronage of the Italian President of the Council of Ministers. He is the Vice Chairman of a financial advisory company and of an investment company specialized in small and medium enterprises with high growth capabilities. He acts as a member of the board of directors in various companies in commercial and services industries and is a member of the Advisory Board of an international multi-family office.
Alberto earned a degree in Business Administration with full marks from Università Bocconi and a Ph.D. in Corporate Finance from the Università degli Studi di Trieste. He is a civil servant, with roles in the administration of local entities and previously he also served as a member of Ministerial committees, all of which are conducted on a pro bono basis. He actively serves as a mentor for start-ups with a particular focus on Fintech initiatives. He is a keen squash player."
Accomplished professional with 20+ years of ratings and capital markets experience. Excellent understanding of debt instruments, structural elements of credit and associated documentation. Robust understanding of European rating and banking regulation.
Stefanie joined THCP in June 2021 from Bridges Fund Management, where she led the team that delivered the impact firm’s sustainability strategy across its multi-fund platform. She is a founding member of the Impact Management Project, a global forum to define and set impact measurement, management and reporting standards. An economist by training, Stefanie previously worked as a management consultant at Bain & Co in London, focusing on financial services and private equity. Stefanie sits on the board of the Next Generation Impact Investment Network as well as the investment committee of the London Business School Impact Ventures Fund. s Head of ESG and Sustainability at THCP, Stefanie will oversee the firm’s sustainability strategy at both portfolio and firm level, including the wider ESG efforts of Atypical Partner, THCP’s controlling entity. She will play an integral role in investment selection, engagement, value creation and reporting to investors, working with both investment and management teams across the investment cycle to build more sustainable businesses
"Francesco is a Partner and is based in Milan. He joined Ambienta in 2011. He has been involved in a number of transactions including IP Cleaning, Safim, In.Pack Machinery, Calucem and Tower Light. Prior to this, Francesco spent three years with Barclays PE (now Equistone), a mid-market private equity firm, and four years in London at Goldman Sachs (M&A) and Monitor Group (consulting). He graduated with a degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University (Milan) in 2003, attending part of the programme at Ivey Business School in Toronto. Francesco speaks Italian (native) and English (fluent).
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Leading Board adviser on over $100bn M&A deals and $20bn capital raisings. Creating stakeholder value by originating strategic opportunities for industry transformation & growth. Asian, European and American markets. Biotech, healthcare, technology, communications, industrials, chemicals, agriculture and financial services.
Portfolio Manager of Fenice 190, Antonello Lovascio is responsible for the investments’ selection and implementation of the Generali umbrella fund “Fenice 190”, the first multi-assets sustainable art. 8 fund launched by Generali in the alternatives: € 2.5bln commitment over 5 years (2021 – 2025). Investments in Private Debt and Private Equity instruments, across the real estate, infrastructure and SMEs sectors
Paola Mercogliano. she is a senior researcher with more than 16 years of research experience. She works at CMCC Foundation as head of the Research Division REMHI (Regional Model and geo-Hydrological Impacts) and she is also adjunct Professor at the University of Naples “Parthenope” of the “advanced meteorology” course and member of the board of the S.I.S.C. (Italian Society of Climatology). Her main areas of competence include: development and use of statistical tools and dynamical models for localization of the weather condition and climate change scenarios up to local scale, development of tools for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the soil impact induced climate change. She is also the manager of the dataclime platform (www.dataclime.com) working in GIS environment, for pre- and post-processing and visualization of observed and simulated climate data. She collaborates with private sectors industries for the assessment of the climate change impacts on critical infrastructure and with public bodies for the preparation of SECAP and SEA and other relevant documents to support policies for adaptation to climate change. She also collaborates with the scientific network leaded by Joint Research Centre (JRC) working on adaptation of structural design to climate change. She is currently the principal investigator of the Copernicus contract “Sectoral Information System to support Disaster Risk Reduction” (C3S_430) aims at developing a service supporting the risk assessment of extreme events with a special focus on urban areas. She is member of the COSMO Consortium, CLM Assembly, MENA CORDEX and EURO-CORDEX. Previously head of the laboratory of Meteorology at Italian Aerospace Research Center with the goal to implement forecast tools using satellite and NWP data for support to the aviation sector. Over the years he has carried out various activities as a meteorological forecaster. Authors of more than 60 scientific publications, she collaborates in various national and international research projects.
Giovanni Meschia is a partner in the firm’s Milan office where he is a member of the Investment Management practice group. His practice focuses on transactional private equity and fund formation across a wide variety of industry sectors.
"Roberto joined Macquarie in 2005 and leads the Complex Opportunities team globally, focused on large and complex transactions in the infrastructure sector. With a broad and flexible mandate the team looks at capitalising on special situations often working alongside with other Macquarie Operating Groups and external partners.
Roberto has over 20 years experience in the finance industry and has worked across many jurisdictions in Europe, the Asia-Pacific and US/Latam regions.
He has advised a number of well-known clients from both the public and private sector on transactions across the infrastructure asset class spectrum ranging from Utilities (power and renewables, water and waste) to Transport and Social Infrastructure assets. He manages the relationship with some key large corporates and leads Macquarie coverage in Italy.
In 2017 Roberto led the Macquarie acquisition of the Green Investment Bank from the UK Government and more recently expanded the business to Latam"
"Riccardo Sallustio specialises in banking and finance. His expertise includes leverage finance, debt restructuring, private placements and bond issues, green and sustainable finance and real estate finance.
Riccardo regularly advises lenders, financial sponsors, private debt and distressedfunds in lending and bond transactions and investors in the structuring and execution of acquisitions of single name NPLs and UTPs, debt-to-own and debt restructurings also in the context of distressed M&A
transactions related to industrial and real estate assets.
Riccardo has also a strong expertise in green and sustainable finance, where he advises clients on ESG due diligence aspects and methodologies, green and sustainable financial and banking products and on social and governance best practices.
He is Adjunct Professor (Professore a contratto) of Green and Sustainable Finance in the MSc ‘Law, Digital Innovation and Sustainability’, at LUISS ‘Guido Carli’, Rome, for the academic year 2021/2022."
Luigi Tommasini è Senior Partner di Fondo Italiano d’Investimento SGR, dove è arrivato a novembre 2010. In precedenza, ha lavorato ad AXA Private Equity nell’ufficio di Londra nel team di fondi-di-fondi, dove è stato responsabile per l’individuazione, finalizzazione e gestione di investimenti per oltre €1 miliardo di commitment in fondi di private equity sia nel mercato primario che secondario. Luigi è stato membro di diversi advisory board sia di fondi italiani, che esteri ed era parte del comitato di investimenti del fondo di small buyout / expansion di AXA Private Equity. Precedentemente, ha lavorato in Apax Partners. Ha iniziato la propria carriera come consulente direzionale presso McKinsey&Company negli uffici di Milano, São Paulo (Brasile) e San Francisco (USA). Luigi si è laureato cum laude presso l’Università Luigi Bocconi e ha conseguito un MBA alla Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania e un MA in International Studies dal Lauder Insitute of the University of Pennsylvania.
"Valerio Camerano is Managing Director at Algebris Investments, where he leads the new Business Unit dedicated to the energy and environment transition and is overseeing the launch of a private equity fund dedicated to the green transition. Working alongside the investment teams at Algebris Investments, he is currently focusing on the Italian market, with a view to expanding the investment offering and scope in the future.
Valerio has gained major experience in the infrastructure, energy and environmentally-focused industries during his career. From 2014 to 2020, he was CEO of A2A Group, one of the prominent players in the Italian utilities and renewable energy industries. Before that, he held similar roles for over 10 years at Engie, Enel and Camuzzi and worked 10 years in the financial sector for Citibank.
He is also an independent member of the COIMA ESG City Impact Fund Steering Committee, Business Angel for Start Up and Professor at Luiss University in Rome.
Valerio graduated cum laude in Economics, Financial Engineering and Corporate Finance, at LUISS University in Rome. He attended an Executive Program at INSEAD. He is a passionate photographer, loves jazz, enjoys trekking and wines"