Board of Directors

The members of the Board of Directors are Francesco Moglia, Patrizia Polliotto, Fereshteh Pouchantchi,  Alessandro Spada and Galeazzo Pecori Giraldi which shall hold office for a period not exceeding three years.

 

Francesco Moglia

Mr. Moglia has been a Director since the date of incorporation of the Issuer. Other than being a Director of the Issuer, he currently is head of operations for the Renaissance fund, director of NB Renaissance Partners Holdings and conducting officer of the AIFM responsible for the portfolio management function and the monitoring of the Italian Branch of the AIFM. Mr. Moglia was a member of the board of directors of Private Equity International, an Intesa Sanpaolo group company in Luxembourg which manages investments in international private equity funds and joint ventures, as well as other traditional and alternative Luxembourg funds; he also presided the investment committee of that company. Prior to joining the private equity group, he was General Manager of Société Européenne de Banque, in Luxembourg.
He received his Master in Finance from the London Business School.

 

Mrs. Patrizia Polliotto

Mrs. Patrizia Polliotto (Independent Director) has been a Director since 23 July 2018. Other than being a Director of the Issuer, she is a cassationist lawyer specialized in business law, corporate law and contract law, she is the owner of the homonymous law firm based in Turin, Milan and Rome, that deals with civil and administrative matters, with particular reference to banking, corporate and insurance law. Alongside her main professional activity she is also Independent Director in listed and non-listed companies, member of ODV, Director in the Management Committee of Banking Foundation and Liquidator Commissioner appointed by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, as well as speaker in conferences specialized in the sector.

 

Mrs. Fereshteh Pouchantchi 

Mrs Fereshteh Pouchantchi has been appointed as Director since 26 April 2021.  Other than being a Director of the Issuer, she is a finance professional with extensive experience in auditing, financial processes, financial administration and compliance. She worked at the Société Européenne de Banque (Luxembourg) for more than 20 years, where she was director in charge of the compliance department. Prior to this, she had more than 10 years' experience in internal and external auditing (with PWC). From 2004 to 2020, she was an Associate Professor in Finance at the University of Luxembourg.

She is currently member of the Luxembourg Bar.

She holds a Doctorate degree in Economics from the Université de Paris II and a Master's degree in European Private Law from University of Luxembourg.

 

Mr. Alessandro Spada

Mr. Alessandro Spada (indipendent Director) has been a member of the Board of Directors since 23 July 2018. Other than being a director of the Issuer, he is graduated in law. In 1992 he joined the VRV Group, the family owned company specialized in the design and manufacturing of pressure vessels and heat transfer equipment for the oil and gas, chemical, petrochemical and cryogenic industries, where he covered the position of Commercial Director, CEO and President.

Today VRV Srl is part of Chart Industries Inc., and he holds the role of Vice President.

He has been a member of the executive board of Confindustria (Italian Entrepreneurial Association) since May 2009 and vicar vice-president of Assolombarda Confindustria Milano Monza Brianza for Medium Enterprises since June 2017.

He is also President of Confidi Systema! since June 2019 and President of Parcam from July 2017.

 

Mr. Galeazzo Pecori Giraldi

Mr. Galeazzo Pecori Giraldi (Independent Director) has been a Director since 02 December 2019. Other than being a Director of the Issuer, he is Chairman of the Board of Hedge Invest SGR, an Italian independent asset management company with over €1 billion AUM. Prior he was the Global Head of Private Investment Banking at Société Générale, based in Paris, responsible for relationships with major holding companies and family offices for Europe and Middle East. He was also Deputy Chairman of the Investment Banking Committee and Member of the European Strategic Committee. Previously he spent 24 years at Morgan Stanley as Vice Chairman Europe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Italy & Switzerland, Member of the Global Investment Committee of MSREF (real estate funds). He also spent 7 years at Citibank in London at the start of his banking career. He covered non-executive roles at Bridgepoint Capital where he serves on the Advisory Board since 2007, at Clessidra SGR (Italian mid-cap private equity) as independent Deputy Chairman. He serves as member of the board of non-profit organizations: FAI (National Trust), Accenture Foundation. Mr. Pecori Giraldi graduated in international law at Padua University and attended graduate courses in Business Economics at Cambridge and Harvard Universities.