Francesco is founder and CEO of Fasanara Capital. As CEO Francesco is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the company's operations, from setting strategic direction to managing financials and building a high-performing team. Francesco also is involved day to day in overseeing the portfolio management and research-related activities at Fasanara. Prior to co-founding Fasanara, Francesco was a Managing Director and EMEA Head of Mid Caps & Principal Investors Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In this role, he directed Bank of America Merrill Lynch operations across Europe, Middle East and Africa with responsibilities on multi- strategy, multi-assets portfolio solutions. Prior to this, Francesco worked at JPMorgan in Fixed Income and Derivatives. In this role, he traded and analysed fixed income and derivative securities, developed and implemented trading strategies, and managed client relationships. Francesco also published several research white papers covering areas such as derivatives modelling and fixed income / volatility strategies. Francesco is a graduate of Bocconi University in Milan and a Scholar of Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam.