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SYMPOSIUM BOOKLET

BOCCONI STUDENTS ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS SYMPOSIUM

18 - 19 November 2013 OUR MISSION

The Bocconi Students’ Alternative Investments Symposium (BSAIS) is a two-day, student organised Symposium with the aim to bridge the world of Private Equity & Hedge Funds with Academia. BSAIS will be held on November 18th and 19th, 2013 in , for the first time, on the Campus. Bocconi University is the leading institution located in the heart of southern-Europe’s economic and financial capital – Milan. BSAIS is organised by the Bocconi Students’ Alternative Investments Society and aims to foster the dialogue between international leaders in the alternative investment industry and the brightest students interested in it. The aim of BSAIS is educational – cutting edge speakers will present and debate their view in panel discussions and keynotes – in such students have the opportunity to learn about the alternative asset management industry. Students can enroll in real-industry workshops, form valuable relationships with other students and network with professionals to enhance their career prospects in the Private Equity & Hedge Fund industry. BSAIS serves as a platform for internationalism – we encourage dedicated undergraduate, master, MBA and PhD students from all over the world to register for a place at BSAIS. The Bocconi Students’ Alternative Investment Society is committed to attract students who are passionate about the management of alternative investments and are keen on developing a deep understanding of these fast-paced industries. Our main focus is to educate our members and create a platform that enables our members to network with like-minded students and leading-edge industry professionals so that they can realise their career ambitions. Organising the Bocconi Students’Alternative Investment Symposium (BSAIS) is the necessary outcome of our mission and the principles we believe in.

2 CONTENT ! • BRIEFING

• AGENDA

• SPEAKERS

- Private Equity Day - Hedge Fund Day

• PATRONAGE ! • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

- Travel to Bocconi University (SYMPOSIUM)

- from Malpensa Airport - from Linate Airport - from Serio Airport (Bergamo)

- Travel to Borsa Italiana / Palazzo Mezzanotte (DINNER / COCKTAIL PROLONGÉ)

- Important Phone Numbers

• TEAM 3 BRIEFING

4 BRIEFING

• LOCATION

• The Symposium will be held at Bocconi University in Aula Magna (Via Ulisse Gobbi 5, 20136 Milan). • The dinner will be held on 18 November 2013 at Borsa Italiana / Palazzo Mezzanotte (Piazza degli Affari 6, 20123 Milan) and starts at 08:00 pm.

BADGE

• Please register in the foyer of Aula Manga where the sing indicating “Speaker” can be seen. Upon registration you will receive your badge.

WIFI-ACCESS

• Network: wifi-guest / User: sais / Password: bocconi876

LUNCH & COFFEE

• We will provide buffet lunch, coffee and beverages at the venue on both days.

5 AGENDA

6 AGENDA Symposium Location: Bocconi University / Aula Magna (Via Ulisse Gobbi 5, 20136 Milan) Dinner Location: Palazzo Mezzanotte / Borsa Italiana (Piazza degli Affari 6, 20123 Milan)

Private Equity Day - 18 November 2013 Hedge Fund Day - 19 November 2013

Time Topic Time Topic

08:40 - 09:00 Registration 09:00 - 10:00 Next Generation Dialogue 100WHF / Networking Session CAIA & Kea Consultans

09:00 - 09:10 Introduction 10:00 - 10:20 Hedge Fund Investing in Italy and new trends Stefano Gaspari The Impact of Private Equity on the Wider Economy and its Growing Role for the Future 09:15 - 10:00 10:20 - 11:05 The increasing relevance of portfolio diversification Vincenzo Morelli Fabio Bariletti

10:00 - 11:00 Private Equity Investing in Italy 11:05 - 11:30 Break Fabio Sattin, Carlo Mammola, Stefano Caselli, Giovanni Tinuper, Enrico Ricotta Comparing Financial Intermediaries: Hedge Funds, Banks and the Importance 11:00 - 11:15 Break 11:30 - 12:20 of Failure / Antonio Foglia

11:15 - 11:55 Regulatory Challenges for Private Equity investing in Europe 12:20 - 13:05 Fixed-Income Panel Dörte Höppner Paola Bissoli, Andrea Pescatori, Fabrizio Biondo

12:00 - 12:40 Private Equity: An attractive and evolving industry 13:05 - 14:00 Lunch Francesco Loredan 14:00 - 14:50 Global Macro Strategies 12:40 - 13:35 Financial assistance and leveraged buy-out techniques: a European outlook Stefano Ruggerio, Keith Black, Patrick Ranzijn G. Fantacchiotti, J.Twentyman, O. Assant, S. Oppenländer 14:50 - 15:40 Long/Short Equity Strategies 13:35 - 14:30 Lunch Gianmarco Mondani, Massimo Figna, Massimo Morchio, Elena Simonova

14:35 - 15:20 Distressed Private Equity / Special Situations Investing Panel 15:40 - 16:00 Break Enrico Ceccato, Raffaele Legnani, Renzo Cenciarini 16:00 - 16:45 Hedge Fund Investing in uncertain times - an outlook 15:20 - 16:00 Ducati Case Study Max von Bismarck Andrea Bonomi 16:45 - 17:15 Harvard, Yale, and Alternative Investments: A Post-Crisis View 16:00 - 16:20 Break Keith Black

16:20 - 17:10 Realizing value creation in Portfolio Companies Giampiero Mazza, Roberto Italia, Giancarlo Aliberti, Stefania Peveraro

17:10 - 18:00 Private Equity Exit Strategies Paolo Colonna, Claudio Sposito, Eugenio Morpurgo, Jim Coulter, Pamela Barbaglia

18:00 - 18:45 Private Equity: The leading Edge Jim Coulter

20:00 - 23:00 Cocktail Prolongé / Dinner at Palazzo Mezzanotte 7 SPEAKERS

8 SPEAKERS - PRIVATE EQUITY DAY

• VINCENZO MORELLI - TPG CAPITAL / EVCA

Vincenzo Morelli is Partner Emeritus and Senior Advisor at TPG Capital, having served as Operating Partner in the Firm’s London office from 2005 until 2012. During this period, he has served as Chairman of Mey Içki and of Bally International SA, as well as a Director of TIM Hellas SARL and is currently Vice Chairman of Télédiffusion de France SA (TDF) and Chairman of Republic Retail Limited. Prior to joining TPG, Mr. Morelli was a Partner at Alvarez and Marsal, a Senior Advisor with Clayton, Dubilier and Rice, CEO of Kontron Instruments NV (a company owned by BC Partners) Executive Vice President of FIAT Group – in charge of New Holland, and President of GE Medical Systems-Europe and of Compagnie Générale de Radiologie (CGR). He started his career at the Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Morelli has also been active in co-ordinating the industry’s public affairs and is presently Chairman of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) having previously chaired the European Private Equity Roundtable (EPER) for three years, since its formation in 2009. Mr. Morelli holds an MBA from Stanford University, where he was a Miller Scholar, and an MA with Honours in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, of which he is a Foundation Fellow. Mr. Morelli is also a Founder Board Member of Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme. • FABIO L. SATTIN - PRIVATE EQUITY PARTNERS

Fabio L. Sattin is Executive Chairman and Founding Partner of Private Equity Partners SGR S.p.A., previously Vice President and Managing Director at Chase Investment Bank (now JP Morgan) operating in London, New York and Milan and before at Olivetti in the corporate strategic planning. Together with the professional activity he has always covered a role as University Professor. Graduated with honours in Business Economy at the University Cà Foscari in Venice (winner of the “Cafoscarino of the year 2008” award by the Association of Venice University Cà’ Foscari Graduates) where he has been professor of “Business Strategy and Policy”. He is Senior Contract Professor of “Private Equity and Venture Capital” at Bocconi University in Milan. He is currently vice-chairman of APE (Association for the Economic Development), member of the Innovation Board of the Cà Foscari University Foundation and member of the Foreign Investors Committee of the Italian Industrial Association (Confindustria). He has been Chairman of the EVCA (European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association) and is currently member of the Past Chairman Group. Having served as expert and advisor for the EBRD, World Bank and various European Commissions, has written a considerable number of publications regarding Private Equity, Finance and Business Economy. 9 SPEAKERS - PRIVATE EQUITY DAY

• CARLO MAMMOLA - ARGAN CAPITAL

As a Managing Partner, Carlo Mammola is co-responsible for driving the strategic and operational direction of Argan and is a member of Argan’s Investment Committee. 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. He serves on the boards of Faster and GCE. 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. Mr. Mammola speaks fluent Italian, English and French. • STEFANO CASELLI - BOCCONI UNIVERSITY

Stefano Caselli is Vice Rector for International Affiars and Full Professor of Banking and Finance at Department of Finance of Bocconi University in Milan, whereas is the Academic Director of MSc in Finance and the Academic Director for Bocconi University of CEMS-MIM. He is the Head of the start-up project of MISB Bocconi Mumbai International School of Business, the Indian branch of Bocconi University whereas is the Director of the PGPB, Post Graduate Program in Business. He’s member of the board of Directors of SDA Bocconi School of Management, whereas he has been the Director of Executive Education Custom Program for Banks and Financial Institutions from 2006 to 2012. He has been awarded with the Bocconi Teaching Award in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and with Bocconi Research Award in 1997, 2004 and 2011. He is conducting research at domestic and international level developing several publications on private equity, SME’s and family business financing, corporate finance, corporate banking and banking strategy. He’s member of the scientific committee of: CER, ECMI, EVCA, ENTER and CAREFIN. He is serving as independent director in several boards of corporations and financial institutions. Moreover he has been supporting many companies and institutions as strategic consultant (among them, Borsa Italiana for Elite Project, ABI Associazione Bancaria Italiana, OCSE, Consob for the working group devoted to incentives for stock exchange). 10 SPEAKERS - PRIVATE EQUITY DAY

• GIOVANNI TINUPER - PwC

Giovanni Tinuper is a partner of the Transaction Services department of PwC in Milan and is primarily dedicated to private equity houses; he heads the Deals retail and consumer practice in Italy. From 1995 to 1996 Giovanni worked as equity analyst in London and joined PwC’s Transaction Services in Milan in late 1996. Before moving to PwC’s TS in Paris in 2003, Giovanni worked for two years as investment manager for a private equity fund. After more than two years in Paris, Giovanni moved back to Milan in summer 2005. Giovanni graduated in Business Administration from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano (1994) and is chartered auditor in Italy (Revisore Contabile). He speaks Italian (native) and is fluent in English and French.

• ENRICO RICOTTA - MANDARIN CAPITAL PARTNERS

One of the founding partners of Mandarin Capital Partners, Enrico Ricotta has 30 years of previous experience in corporate finance, consultancy and private equity. As a Partner of DrKB Fund Italia, he performed 9 investments and served as board member in 11 companies. He was previously General Manager for IMI-ABN Amro (a private equity J.V. between ABN Amro and the Italian bank IMI), where he invested, managed and exited 6 portfolio companies. Prior to this, he was partner of S&A (M&A boutique), CEO of Start-Montedison, Project Manager at Montedison and Marketing Manager of Merloni. Enrico Ricotta is a cum laude graduate of the University of in Economics, holds an ISTAO MBA and is author of some publications in the Industrial Policies field. He speaks Italian, English and French.

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• DÖRTE HÖPPNER - EVCA

Ms. Dörte Höppner is a Managing Director at Bundesverband deutscher Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaften e.V. Ms. Höppner serves as Secretary of The European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. She became Secretary General at EVCA in early 2011. She has been involved in EVCA’s 12 person public affairs executive since its inception and was an active member of the executive committee of public affairs of EVCA. She is also a Member of the advisory board to the German Federal Minister of Education and Research, where she holds responsibility for the “financing of innovation“. Before joining the BVK, Ms. Höppner served as Head of Communications at influential think tank the German Institute of Economic Research.

• FRANCESCO LOREDAN - BC PARTNERS

Francesco Loredan is a Managing Partner and Co-Chairman at BC Partners. Francesco joined BC Partners as a senior partner when he opened the Milan office in 1989 which he co-led for 14 years. He opened the BC Partners Geneva office in 2003. During his 23 years at BC Partners, Francesco has led or had significant involvement with many of the Firm’s successful investments and as a member of the Investment Committee, which he chaired for three years, he is actively involved in all investment decisions made by the Firm. Prior to joining BC Partners, Francesco worked for the Boston Consulting Group in Paris, where he was a manager working on assignments in France and Italy. Previously he spent three years in corporate finance with the Bank of America-BAI in Milan as a credit officer. Francesco has an MBA from INSEAD and a bachelor of science degree in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He speaks Italian, French, English and Spanish.

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• GIORGIO FANTACCHIOTTI - BONELLI EREDE PAPPALARDO

Giorgio Fantacchiotti is a corporate partner at Bonelli Erede Pappalardo and the head of its Private Equity Practice Group. Giorgio has been a partner of the firm since January 2004 and he plays an active role in many aspects concerning the running of the firm. Giorgio has actively participated to many of the most important corporate finance transactions in which the law firm has been involved, specializing in local and cross border M&A, with particular reference to acquisitions and dispositions of shares and assets, leveraged buy-outs, private equity transactions, joint ventures, tender offers, etc., and has gained considerable experience in handling increasingly complex deals and in leading the relative negotiations. He regularly advises Italian and international private equity funds in their M&A activity.Giorgio is qualified in Italy and in the UK as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales; he is currently a member of the London Law Society. Giorgio has been ranked in “Band 2” for Private Equity by Chambers Europe, 2013, and has been listed as a “Leading/ Recommended Lawyer” for Corporate/M&A by The Legal 500, 2013.

• JEFF TWENTYMAN - SLAUGHTER AND MAY

Jeff Twentyman is a partner at Slaughter and May as well as the Head of the Private Equity Group. Jeff undertakes a broad range of corporate and commercial work for both corporate and private equity clients, advising on acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, mergers and public takeovers, flotation’s and equity capital markets and private equity investment. He has recently advised Chesapeake and its private equity owners, Oaktree Capital and Irving Place Capital on the disposal of paperboard packaging business to the Carlyle Group, Terra Firma on the sale of and refinancing of Phoenix Natural Gas, Oaktree Capital and Apollo Management on the sale of Countrywide plc, Stock Spirits Group on their initial public offering and more recently Corsair Capital and Centerbridge Partners on their pre-IPO deal with The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc. He is listed as a leading individual for ‘Corporate/M&A; High-end Capability’ and for ‘private Equity: Buyouts’ in Chambers UK, 2013; for ‘Corporate/M&A: High End Capability’ in Chambers Europe 2013; and for Corporate/M&A in Chambers Global, 2013. He is also listed for ‘Private Equity: transactions’ in The Legal 500, 2012. He is named as one of the Top 100 lawyers in the UK by Chambers. Jeff has previously worked in both retail banking and investment banking. 13 SPEAKERS - PRIVATE EQUITY DAY

• OLIVIER ASSANT - BREDIN PRAT

Olivier Assant is a partner at Bredin Prat, specializing in transactional work with a focus on cross-border public and private M&A and private equity transactions. He regularly advises French and international funds. In particular, he has recently advised Tiger Global Management on the disposal of AlloCiné, TowerBrook Capital Partners in connection with its takeover of Metallum, French public fund FSI on its investment in Supersonic Imagine and Sagard on the acquisition of Eurodough from Sara Lee. He has also recently advised Eurazeo, Apollo, Goldman Sachs and Axa Private Equity (now called Ardian). Olivier Assant is a member of French Stock Exchange Regulator (AMF) Listed Issuers Consultative Commission. He holds a business degree from the Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC, 1992) and a Master law degree from the University of Paris-Assas (in business law and tax, 1993). He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1995 and became a partner of the firm in 2001. His native language is French and he is fluent in English.Olivier Assant has been listed as a ‘Leading’/‘Recommended Lawyer’ for both Private Equity and M&A by Chambers Europe, 2013 and The Legal 500, 2013.

• STEFFEN OPPENLÄNDER - HENGELER MUELLER

Steffen Oppenlaender is a partner at Hengeler Mueller. He is specialized in transactional work with a focus on M&A and private equity transactions. Steffen has advised numerous German and international corporates, family businesses and private equity investors on M&A transactions and joint ventures. His most recent private equity assignments include the acquisition of ista by CVC and the sale of KabelBW by EQT. Steffen has advised further leading PE funds such as Blackstone, KKR and Bain Capital. He studied law in Munich and holds a PhD in law. Steffen joined Hengeler Mueller in 2003 and became partner in 2008.

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• ENRICO CECCATO - ORLANDO MANAGEMENT ITALY

Enrico Ceccato is a private equity investment professional with direct experience of executive management in industry with focus on turnarounds. For the last 15 years he worked as CEO/General Manager on a number of substantial and complex acquisitions and transformation programmes, including Sector Group (Watches), Direct.it (E Commerce), Autogrill/HMS (Food Catering),Fila Italia (Sportswear) and Killer Loop (Sunglasses and Sport Equipment). He received a degree in political science and economics from the and a masters degree in hospitality services from Cornell University.

• RAFFAELE LEGNANI - ATLANTIS CAPITAL SPECIAL SITUATIONS

Raffaele is Managing Partner and founder of Atlantis Capital Special Situations, the first independent institutional investor focused on investments in Italian companies in “Special Situations”. Raffaele has invested for more than 17 years in Special Situations both directly and through specialized private equity funds (in particular the London based Stellican and the US vulture fund Wexford Management). Among the deals he closed it’s worth mentioning: Cantieri Riva, Vicenza Calcio and Desa/MCS, awarded with the “Demattè Turnaround of The Year” prize in 2012. Previously he worked in the Investment Banking Department of Goldman Sachs in London. Raffaele holds a degree (with honors) in Business Administration from the Luigi Bocconi University in Milan.

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• ANDREA BONOMI - INVESTINDUSTRIAL

Mr. Andrea C. Bonomi is the Founder, President, Head, Senior Principal, and Chairman of Investindustrial Holdings Limited. Mr. Bonomi founded the firm in 1990. He serves as the Chairman of Management Board of Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl. Previously, Mr. Bonomi was responsible for the monitoring of the Saffa Industrial Group investments in Europe and the United States, which included acquisitions, divestments, disposals, and fund raising. Prior to that, he served at Kleinwort Benson, where he was responsible for Spain and Italy, and at Lazard Frères & Co. He serves as a Director of a number of companies including 21 Investimenti S.p.A. and 21 Centrale Partners. He also serves as Member of Management Board of Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl. Mr. Bonomi served as a Director of Ing. Castaldi SpA. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Inversiones Ibersuizas and Permasteelisa SPA. Mr. Bonomi taught Economics at the . Mr. Bonomi has a B.Sc. in Business Administration from New York University in 1985.

• GIAMPIERO MAZZA - CVC CAPITAL PARTNERS

Managing Director, joined in March 2010 from BC Partners where he was a Partner focusing on the Spanish market. Prior to BC Partners, Giampiero worked at MidOcean Partners (fka DB Capital Partners) focusing on Southern Europe. Prior to his career in Private Equity, he worked as an M&A adviser for J.D. Wolfensohn in New York and as a Management Consultant for Bain & Co. in Dallas, Texas. Giampiero holds a BA Degree from Rice University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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• ROBERTO ITALIA - CINVEN

Mr. Roberto Italia is a Partner at Cinven Limited. He heads the firm’s operations in Italy. Mr. Italia joined the firm on March 11, 2005 and focuses on investments in industrial sectors in United Kingdom and Italy. Previously, he worked at Henderson Private Capital in Italy, where he was the local Partner in charge of the firm’s business in Italy and Spain. While at the firm, Mr. Italia led the purchase of Redecam. Previously, he was employed at Warburg Pincus for eight years latterly as a Partner and Managing Director, focusing on the communications industry as well as Italy and Spain. Prior to joining Warburg in 1994, Mr. Italia also served at the Telecom Italia Group. He is a Director of Associazione Italiana degli Investitori Istituzionale Capitale di Rischio. He has also served as a Director at Grapes Communications and Pharm@Idea. Mr. Italia was also a Member of the Supervisory Board of Netia Holdings S.A. Mr. Italia received an M.A. and M.Sc in Economics from LUISS in Rome, Italy and an M.B.A. from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.

• GIANCARLO ALIBERTI - APAX PARTNERS

Mr. Giancarlo Rodolfo Aliberti is a Managing Director and Partner, Tech & Telecom and Financial & Business Services Sectors – Italy at Apax Partners. He joined the firm in 2000. Mr. Aliberti leads the firm’s activities in Italy, Turkey and Greece. He specializes in investments in the telecommunications and technology. Previously, Mr. Aliberti spent 11 years at Monitor Company, where he was a Senior Vice President of Monitor Company Europe, Eurasia, and South Africa and a Manager of the Milan office. Mr. Aliberti has advised European, Asian, and North American clients on numerous strategic issues in a wide variety of industries and has worked at Telecom Italia and Telecom Italia Mobile, IBM, Ferragamo, and BASF. Prior to Monitor, he worked at Montedison for two years in a staff position to the Chief Executive Officer. Currently, Mr. Aliberti is a Director of Tim Hellas Telecommunications S.A., Sisal SpA, Farmafactoring S.p.A., Associazione Italiana degli Investitori Istituzionale Capitale di Rischio, Kelyan S.R.L., HAL Knowledge Solutions, and Azimut. He has a degree, Summa Cum Laude, in Economics from the University of Rome, Italy and an MBA from Harvard Business School. 17 SPEAKERS - PRIVATE EQUITY DAY

• STEFANIA PEVERARO - MILANO FINANZA

Stefania Peveraro is a senior editor at MF-Milano finanza, a well known financial newspaper in Italy owned by Class Editori media group listed on the Italian Stock Exchange. For the newspaper Stefania writes about private equity, M&A, structured finance and fixed income issues as well as about credit markets issues. She is responsible of a monthly insert about private equity, is in charge of a weekly insert about shipping & logistics and is co-head of the weekly retail investment section dealing with mutual funds, hedge funds, asset managament, real estate and market trading. She also works for Class/Cnbc TV, a joint venture satellite TV channel by Class Editori and Cnbc Europe, where she anchored weekly talk shows about private equity, bonds and derivatives. Before joining MF-Miano Finanza in 2000, Stefania worked as a journalist for Borsa e Finanza weekly and L’Indipendente newspaper. Before that, she was a financial analyst with Fimat, at that time a global derivatives broker owned by Société Générale group. She graduated in international monetary economics at The Bocconi University in Milan in 1992. Stefania is the author of the book “Private equity and family businnesses: ten stories told by the main characters” and co-author of the book “The mezzanine finance – Features, uses and opportunities”. • PAOLO COLONNA - PERMIRA

Mr. Paolo Colonna is a Senior Partner at Permira Advisers Ltd. Mr. Colonna is based at the Milan office of the firm and focuses on all sectors with a particular focus on industrials. He established the firm’s operations in Italy in 1988 and was the Head and Managing Partner in Italy till 1999. Mr. Colonna has been involved in numerous transactions including Azelis (formerly Novorchem), Ferretti Group, FIR Elettromeccanica, Grandi Navi Veloci, Marazzi Group, TFL and Tecnologistica. He serves as a Vice President of Marazzi Group S.p.A. Prior to joining Permira in 1988, he co-founded and directly managed a series of small management buyouts (MBOs). This followed two years at Italsider, where Mr. Colonna was the Vice President of Planning and Marketing. He also spent five years at McKinsey & Company in Chicago and Milan. Mr. Colonna serves as a Director at Marazzi Group. He was a Director at Ferretti. Mr. Colonna holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and has a degree in Chemical Engineering from Politecnico di Torino.

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• CLAUDIO SPOSITO - CLESSIDRA CAPITAL PARTNERS

Claudio Sposito is currently the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Clessidra, the management company of Clessidra Capital Partners (€820 million) and Clessidra Capital Partners II (€1.4 billion). Clessidra is the largest private equity company with a country focus on Italy. Prior to forming Clessidra, he was Chief Executive Officer of Fininvest S.p.A., the holding company of the Fininvest Group, one of the largest Italian private investment companies, from October 1998 until May 2003. As CEO of the Fininvest Group, he was responsible for the strategic design and execution of the group’s reorganisation, which, through a number of large restructurings, divestitures and acquisitions, led to the complete and successful redefinition of one of the largest investment portfolios in Italy. Prior to joining Fininvest, he was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley & Co., where he was Head of Investment Banking in Italy for more than ten years. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, he worked for other leading international financial institutions including Barclays Bank, Citibank and Standard Chartered. He received an MBA from the American University in Washington, D.C. in 1983, and a B.A. from the University of Rome with a degree in Architecture in 1978. He speaks Italian, English and Spanish.

• EUGENIO MORPURGO - FINEUROP SODITIC

Eugenio Morpurgo is Chief Executive Officer and founding Partner of Fineurop Soditic Spa, an independent advisory firm, specialized in M&A and structured finance, with a special focus on mid size companies and private equity funds. In 1985 he started his career at Matuschka Group in Munich then he joined Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, London and Milan. In 1993 he was appointed Head of M&A and privatizations at SOPAF, a listed financial group based in Milano. In 1998 he founded Fineurop Soditic Spa in Milano along with the institutional partners Fineurop and Soditic. He is also Board Member of Fineurop Spa and Charman of AF Mezzanine Sgr. Eugenio has graduated cum laude at the University Bocconi in Milano in March 1984. Eugenio is Professor at LIUC, University in Castellanza, for their Master Course in Merchant Banking and member of the Advisory Board of the Bocconi Alumni Association. Eugenio mother tongue is Italian. He is fluent in English,German and French and has intermediate knowledge of modern Greek.

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• PAMELA BARBAGLIA - MERGERMARKET

Pamela Barbaglia is Mergermarket’s London Bureau Chief. She is responsible for coordinating a team of 10+ reporters in London and overseeing the editorial coverage and performance. A company of the Financial Times group, Mergermarket provides global intelligence on M&A trends, private equity deals and debt trading for the financial community worldwide.Prior to joining Mergermarket in early 2008, Pamela was a journalist & producer for Sky News in Rome. She was also a contributor for the Italian daily Avvenire where she published a series of features from Northern Ireland, Ukraine and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.As an independent documentary and video producer, Pamela was awarded an honourable mention at Italy’s journalism awards Ilaria Alpi in 2006 for the TV report ‘Lodging Priority: Squatters in Milan Council Flats’.In 2007 Pamela focused on digital advertising with a one-year stint at Google.Pamela received a BA (Hons) degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures from IULM University in Milan and an MA (Hons) degree in TV & Radio Journalism from Università Cattolica in Milan, Italy.

• JIM COULTER - TPG CAPITAL

James (“Jim”) Coulter is a Founding Partner of TPG Capital, L.P. (“TPG”), one of the world’s largest private equity firms. The firm was founded in 1992. TPG is a leading private investment firm managing in excess of $48 billion in assets in more than 35 countries. TPG is based in San Francisco and Fort Worth and has 14 offices in 10 countries around the world. TPG has been a lead equity investor in more than 100 companies. Mr. Coulter is a 1982 Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College. In 1986, Mr. Coulter received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was named an Arjay Miller Scholar. Prior to co- founding TPG in 1992, Mr. Coulter began his career at Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb. In 1986, Mr. Coulter joined Keystone Inc., a private equity firm formerly known as the Robert M. Bass Group. Today, Mr. Coulter is a Co-Chair of the Leading Education by Advancing Digital (LEAD) Commission. The LEAD Commission is answering a challenge from the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Department of Education to develop a blueprint detailing the opportunity for using technology as a catalyst to transform and improve American education. Mr. Coulter serves as a member on numerous corporate and charitable boards; including Common Sense Media, Creative Artist Agency, J. Crew Group, Neiman Marcus Group, and the Vincraft Group. He also actively serves on the Dartmouth College Board of Trustees, the Stanford University Board of Trustees, and the San Francisco University High School. 20 SPEAKERS - HEDGE FUND DAY

• STEFANO GASPARI - MONDO HEDGE

Stefano Gaspari has been CEO of MondoHedge SpA since March 2008 after having been General Director from 2006 to 2008, and joining the company in 2004. From June 2002 to June 2004 he managed and developed the database of mutual funds of Bluerating, and he also had sales tasks for the software made by S&P, Bluerating’s partner. He was born in Bergamo in 1977 and graduated in Business Administration with a focus on Corporate Finance at Università Luigi Bocconi in Milan with a final thesis titled: “The volatility of multiples in the telecommunication industry and problems concerning company evaluation”. MondoHedge, the first and only multimedia Italian information provider entirely dedicated to hedge funds, was founded in 2001 and it is considered by asset management companies, institutions and external players as the most important and influential reference point for hedge funds in Italy.

• FABIO BARILETTI - KAIROS PARTNERS

After graduating from the La Sapienza University in Rome, Fabio Bariletti joined Citco Fund Advisors, first as an analyst and later as Senior Vice President, responsible for research and management at the New York office. In January 2000, he was assigned management of multi-manager funds and, in January 2009, he was appointed General Manager of Kairos Group and Director of Mutual Investment Funds.

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• ANTONIO FOGLIA - BANCA DEL CERESIO / GLOBAL SELECTION

Antonio Foglia is a London based Italian and Swiss economist. He is a Board Member and shareholder of Banca del Ceresio, a private bank in Lugano, Switzerland and of its subsidiaries in London and Milan. After earning a degree in Political Economy from Bocconi University in Milan, he worked in Tokyo, New York and London to complete his training. He has been professionally involved in Private Banking and with Hedge Funds since the mid-1980’s. In addition to co-managing several leading multimanager Hedge Funds, including Leveraged Capital Holdings N.V., the world’s oldest offshore multimanager fund, and Global Managers Selection Funds, the largest Italian Fund of Hedge Funds, Antonio Foglia is or was also a director of several Hedge Funds, including George Soros’ Quantum Endowment Fund. Antonio Foglia is a member of the Swiss Society for Financial Market Research and of the Italian Financial Analysts’ Association. He served three terms on the Foundation Board of the Swiss Finance Institute as representative of Ticino’s Banks Association. He is also a member of the Scientific Commitee of Confindustria. Articles by Antonio Foglia appear on Italy’s leading newspapers Corriere della Sera and il Sole 24 Ore.

• PAOLA BISSOLI - SAINT GEORGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Paola is Chief Executive Officer of Saint George Capital Management, a Swiss regulated asset management firm set-up in 2008, part of the second largest Italian insurance group.Paola is also a member of the investment committee and jointly responsible for fixed income alternative and traditional funds. Hedge fund manager since 2002, her main background is fixed-income arbitrage and convertible arbitrage.She is a member of CAIA, the association of Chartered Alternative Investment Analysts, and SFAA, the Swiss Financial Analyst Association. She holds a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from Turin Polytechnic (1998).Paola started the Lugano-Milano activities of 100 Women in Hedge Funds with the support of other industry colleagues in May 2010.

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• ANDREA PESCATORI - VER CAPITAL

Andrea is Founder and Managing Partner of Ver Capital. Before establishing Ver Capital, Andrea earned 15 years of experience in corporate finance and capital markets at Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Hill Samuel, and Finprogetti. Andrea holds an MBA from SDA Bocconi University in Milan and graduated cum laude in Economics and Business from La Sapienza University in Rome.

• FABRIZIO BIONDO - SWAN ASSET MANAGEMENT

Fabrizio Biondo, CFA has almost 17 years of experience in Global Credit Markets and is currently the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Swan Asset Management, an independent and regulated Swiss Asset Management Company headquartered in Lugano Paradiso, Switzerland. The company‘s main focus is the direct management of traditional and alternative investment funds in Global Credit. The investment philosophy is based on a modified version of the so-called Unified Approach and is pointed to achieve significant excess return in combination with very low volatility. Before joining Swan in 2008, Fabrizio was the Head of Credit Desk and Deputy Head of Fixed Income in Aletti Gestielle Sgr, the Asset Management division of Banco Popolare, where he had the full responsibility of Credit products since 1999. The Credit Desk was particularly involved in Emerging Markets and Global High Yield Markets, and has been one of the early movers in the European High Yield Market. From 1998 to 1999 Fabrizio was the Head of euro denominated emerging markets bonds in the EM trading department of Caboto Holding SIM, where he started its career in 1997. Graduated at Bocconi University in Milan in 1996, Fabrizio is a CFA charterholder and member of the CFA institute since 2003. 23 SPEAKERS - HEDGE FUND DAY

• STEFANO RUGGERIO - ABRAXAS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Stefano is part of the Investment Committee, responsible for equity input, of the Abraxas Fund Ltd, a Jersey based hedge fund focused on creating long Gamma strategies with short-dated options to exploit significant market movements. Before June 2008 he was based in London as a partner of Abraxas Capital Management Ltd, London and member of the Investment Committee, responsible for equity input, of the Abraxas Fund Ltd. He was also responsible also for Operations and Marketing. From 2001 to 2004 Stefano covered the roles of Head of the Italian desk and European Equity Sales with Comerzbank AG, London.From 1995 to 2001 he covered several roles at Merrill Lynch International Private Banking in London, among which Head of International Advisory Group, responsible for a team of 7 people, advising on over $500MM of AUM and responsible for asset allocation and equity selection.Stefano graduated in Business Administration with final Grade: 110/110 at Università Commericale Luigi Bocconi of Milan. He is a Qualified Chartered Accountant:, “Dottore Commercialista” and a CFA charterholder. • KEITH BLACK - CAIA

Keith Black has over twenty years of financial market experience, serving approximately half of that time as an academic and half as a trader and consultant to institutional investors. He currently serves as Managing Director of Curriculum & Exams for the CAIA Association. During his most recent role at Ennis Knupp + Associates, Keith advised foundations, endowments and pension funds on their asset allocation and manager selection strategies in hedge funds, commodities and managed futures. Prior experience includes commodities derivatives trading, stock options research and CBOE floor trading and building quantitative stock selection models for mutual funds and hedge funds. Dr. Black previously served as an assistant professor and senior lecturer at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He contributes regularly to The CFA Digest, and has published in The Journal of Global Financial Markets, The Journal of Trading, The Journal of Financial Compliance and Regulation, The Journal of Investing, The Journal of Environmental Investing, and Derivatives Use Trading and Regulation. He is the author of the book “Managing a Hedge Fund,” as well as the co-author of the 2012 second editions of the CAIA Level I and Level II textbooks. Dr. Black was named to Institutional Investor magazine’s list of “Rising Stars of Hedge Funds” in 2010. Dr. Black earned a BA from Whittier College, an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University, and a PhD from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and was a member of the inaugural class of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) candidates. 24 SPEAKERS - HEDGE FUND DAY

• NUNZIA MELACCIO - GENTILI & PARTNERS

Nunzia Melaccio deals with the structuring and managing of cross-border projects, in addition to any issues with respect to the distribution of financial instruments, the provision of investment services and the collective management, mainly focusing on alternative undertakings for collective investments. She promoted in 2010 the Lugano-Milano chapter of 100 Women in Hedge Funds and since 2013 she is Chair of the Education Committee. She has published several articles in specialised journals and the book "Gli Hedge Funds - parlano italiano" - Jackson Libri (2003).

• GIANMARCO MONDANI - GAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

Gianmarco Mondani is the Chief Investment Officer of the non-directional equity team, and co-manages developed Europe long and long/short equity funds. In addition to his role as Chief Investment Officer, Gianmarco is the Chief Executive Officer as well as a Founding Partner of GAM Investment Management Lugano SA (formerly Arkos Capital SA). He joined GAM following its acquisition of the equity hedge specialist in July 2012. Prior to establishing Arkos in January 2007, Gianmarco launched and co-managed the current World Invest and Talentum offering at Banca Arner in Lugano. Before this, he was an assistant director and portfolio manager within the European investment team at Martin Currie Investment Management Limited in Edinburgh. Gianmarco holds an MA in Investment Analysis from Sterling University, United Kingdom, and a BA (cum laude) in Economics and Business Studies from Genoa University, Italy. He is based in Lugano, Switzerland.

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• MASSIMO FIGNA - TENAX CAPITAL

Massimo Figna is a Founder of Tenax Capital Limited. He is the Portfolio Manager for the Tenax Financials Fund.Massimo was an Executive Director at UBS from 1999 to 2004, responsible for Italian, German Insurance and European asset gatherers.While working for UBS, Massimo ranked among the leading European insurance sector analysts.Before moving to the UK, Massimo spent two years as an Equity Research Analyst with S.Paolo-IMI, responsible for the Italian insurance sector. He previously spent two years with Arthur Andersen as an Auditor for Italian financial institutions.Massimo graduated from Pavia University in 1995, with a Masters Degree in economics. He won a scholarship in 1995 to follow a specialisation course in actuarial mathematics at the C.U.O.A. business school of Altavilla Vicentina (VI).

• MASSIMO MORCHIO - ALKIMIS

Founder, Chairman and CEO of Alkimis SGR a “boutique” Italian asset management company, specialized in low-volatility, absolute return investing. Founded in 2009, Alkimis long short strategy has displayed a remarkable de-correlation from equity markets and is rated 5 star from Morningstar. Massimo has 30 years of investment management experience, mostly in International Equities.Before founding Alkimis SGR he was Chief Investment Officer of the RAS-Allianz group in Italy, supervising more than EUR 40 billion of assets. He was also Head of Global Financials and Head of Specialized Funds at Allianz – Pimco Asset management.Before joining the Ras – Allianz group he held various positions in Italian and International asset management companies.He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Torino with 110 “cum Laude” and “Menzione d’Onore”. He his honorary member of the CFA Society as of June 2007.

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• ELENA SIMONOVA - LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT

Elena Simonova is a Marketing Representative at Lazard Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH and responsible for the representative office in Milan, Italy. She began working in the investment field in 1999. Prior to joining Lazard in 2007, Elena was with Bear Stearns Asset Management London where she was a Vice President engaged in business development and marketing of firm’s traditional and alternative products. Prior to moving to London, she worked in various positions at BSAM New York such as head portfolio trader in charge of strategy implementation for Systematic equity management team well as with BSAM Fixed Income team where she was involved in asset allocation for the Firm's balanced mandates. Elena holds an MBA degree in International Finance, a MLS from St. John’s University, USA and a BA in Information and library science from Moscow State University of Culture, Russia. While studying, Elena completed an internship at the United Nations's department of Public Information in New York. Elena is a native Russian speaker, fluent in Italian, and a CFA charterholder.

• MAX VON BISMARCK - SKYBRIDGE CAPITAL EUROPE

Max von Bismarck is Partner and Chief Executive Officer – Europe at SkyBridge. Prior to joining SkyBridge, Mr. von Bismarck was the Head of Investors at the World Economic Forum, where he built and led an international team based in New York and Geneva responsible for all global activities and relationships of the World Economic Forum related to Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Institutional Investors, Family Offices and Sovereign Funds (a community of over USD 4 trillion AUM). Previously Mr. von Bismarck was a Managing Director at PublicOne and a Director Legal at Mondus Limited. Mr. von Bismarck studied Law at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Law and Modern History at both Albert Ludwigs Universität in Freiburg and St. John’s College, Oxford University, as a visiting student. He holds a German law degree (First State Examination in Law) and an Executive Masters in Global Leadership from the World Economic Forum (Program in collaboration with Wharton School of Business, Columbia University, INSEAD and London Business School). He is a Senior Advisor on Global Business at the Asia Pacific Research Center of Stanford University, a Senior Advisor for Europe at the Nicolas Berggruen Institute and continues to serve as a Senior Advisor to the World Economic Forum. 27 SPEAKERS - HEDGE FUND DAY

• PATRICK RANZIJN - CAIA

Two decades of capital markets experience, in (proprietary- and algorithmic-) trading, derivatives, risk management, including in commodities and forex. Specialised in High Frequency Trading, Asset Management and Equity Derivatives.Sales and Advisory, Product, Finance and Risk, Integrated bank education at UBS Business University. He was previously partner at PMHK Partners and Managing Director at All Options Helvetia AG in Zug, Switzerland, and before that he was senior trader.Patrick cut his teeth in the trading world with floor option trading in Amsterdam, electronic market making and block trading with the Timber Hill/ Interactive Brokers group - from 2001 to 2008. It seems that Patrick may still be the youngest registered trader on the Amsterdam floor ever - passing the exams at 15.Coupled with the hands-on working experience, he has completed a number of regulatory and exchange related accreditations and certifications and as far as formal education has completed the CFA, FRM, and CAIA designations. Patrick is an active member of the CFA Institute, CAIA Association, Swiss CFA Society, as well as other foundations.

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• PwC

PwC firms help organizations and individuals create value. PwC is a network of firms in 157 countries with more than 184,000 people who are committed to deliver quality in assurance, tax and legal and advisory services. PwC has a consolidated experience with private equity clients, with a proven track record of work done. The competencies of PwC include fund structuring, transaction origination, execution, completion and post deal services. PwC work alongside its clients providing support in refinancing and in exiting from investments. PwC refers to the network of member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, each of which is a separate and independent legal entity.

• KAIROS PARTNERS

Kairos was founded in 1999 by a team of professionals with an extensive experience in financial markets and a vision of building an independent and alternative asset management business based on a total return investment culture. This vision has paved the way to what is today an acknowledged and recognizable reality in the European asset management universe. With a strategic presence in the main international financial centres, the group provides a diversified and comprehensive platform of fund management products and services for an international array of private and institutional clients. 30 PATRONS - MAIN PATRONS

• BONELLI EREDE PAPPALARDO

Bonelli Erede Pappalardo is one of Italy’s leading law firms. Currently, it numbers more than 300 professionals, and has offices in Milan, Genoa, Rome, Brussels and London. The firm provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary legal services, particularly in the areas of M&A, capital markets, EU law, antitrust, domestic and international litigation, administrative law, tax law, employment law and intellectual property law.

• GLOBAL SELECTION / BANCA DEL CERESIO

Global Selection SGR is the Italian fund management company of Banca del Ceresio Group, a Swiss private bank founded and owned by the Foglia family which has been active in financial services since 1919. With more than 50 years of experience, the Group is one of the oldest and most respected investors in hedge funds. Global Selection SGR manages Global Managers Selection Fund, the largest fund of hedge funds in Italy and among the best performing. Banca del Ceresio Group offers private banking, fund management, financial advice and custody to institutional and private clients from Lugano, Milan and London. 31 PATRONS - MAIN SUPPORTERS

• WHY NOT ITALY?

WhyNotItaly’s aim is to provide an objective and vibrant image of Italy to the global investment community as an economic, financial and entrepreneurial hub. Founded by a group of leading Italian private equity fund managers, professionals and experts from world renowned universities, WhyNotItaly is committed to enhancing the understanding of investors across the world as to the benefits of investing in Italy. The group works in collaboration with Bocconi University, Harvard Business School and the Italian Stock Exchange to provide cutting edge Italian market information and analysis.

• 100 WOMEN IN HEDGE FUNDS

100 Women in Hedge Funds is a global, practitioner-driven non-profit organization serving over 12,000 alternative investment management investors and professionals through educational, professional leverage and philanthropic initiatives. Formed in 2001, 100 Women in Hedge Funds has hosted close to 400 events globally, connected more than 250 senior women through Peer Advisory Groups and raised nearly $30 million for philanthropic causes in the areas of women’s health, education and mentoring. For more information about 100 Women in Hedge Funds.

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• BOCCONI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

The BAA is the Association for over 80,000 former students who have completed an academic degree at one of Università Bocconi’s five Schools: Graduate, Undergraduate, PhD, Law and SDA.The main objective of the BAA is to spread the value of an experience and shared culture and strengthen connections and exchange of experience among Alumni. BAA also aims to maintain relations between alumni and the Bocconi community to increase the University’s prestige both nationally and internationally and to promote cooperation projects with local areas.

• MERGERMARKET

The Mergermarket Group is a financial information company owned by The Financial Times Group. With regional head offices in London, New York, and Hong Kong and over 250 journalists in 63 locations worldwide, The Mergermarket Group provides proprietary intelligence and historical data via a range of online platforms. The Mergermarket Group’s clients include legal and advisory firms, investment banks, hedge funds, private equity firms, fund managers, and corporates.

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• BERLUCCHI & CO

The maison Berlucchi was founded in 1961 and has created one of Italy’s most celebrated sparkling wine. The first Franciacorta was born in the 17th century cellar of Guido Berlucchi in Borgonato, Brescia. With the lucky intuition of the enologist Franco Ziliani, an accomplice of the nobleman Guido Berlucchi, the destiny of the hilly area, which strokes the Iseo Lake, changed. And since then Berlucchi has become synonymous with sparkling wine, festive toasts and everyday pleasure.

• CAIA

Founded in 2002, the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association® is the international leader in alternative investment education and provider of the CAIA designation, the global industry benchmark. The Association grants the CAIA charter to industry practitioners upon the successful completion of a rigorous two-level qualifying exam. The CAIA Association advocates for the highest standards of professional conduct. Additionally, it furthers its educational mandate through the dissemination of research, webinars, videos, as well as its three publications—AllAboutAlpha.com, a leading online voice; The Journal of Alternative Investments; and the Alternative Investment Analyst Review. Finally, it connects alternative investment experts around the

world through chapter events, networking and social media platforms. 34 PATRONS - MAIN SUPPORTERS

• KEA CONSULTANTS

Kea Consultants is an executive search firm founded in 2009 to focus exclusively on placing junior to mid-senior professionals (Analyst to Vice-President) in the Alternative Asset space. The attention and dedication to this section of the market, gives Kea unparalleled coverage, knowledge and insight.

• EFINANCIALCAREERS

eFinancialCareers serves the global financial community as the leading network of career sites for professionals working in banking and the financial markets and those firms seeking to employ them. For financial services professionals eFinancialCareers‘ mission is to provide the best job opportunities, job market news and analysis, salary surveys and career advice. With sites in 22 markets and 5 languages, eFinancialCareers‘ specialty focus and its audience of highly-skilled banking and finance professionals enable employers to reach hard-to-find, experienced candidates.

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• ALTASSETS

The Alternative Assets Network was set up in 2000 in order to inform and connect the global private equity and venture capital community. The AltAssets website is designed to provide the latest news, opinion and research that serve the needs of professionals working in all parts of the industry, from the institutional investor to the venture-backed entrepreneur. Over 10 years AltAssets has become the world’s most widely used source of information on private equity with more than 10,000 private equity professionals from 159 countries visiting the site every working day. Individuals from the majority of leading investment institutions, private equity firms and professional services firms which are active in private equity use AltAssets on a regular basis.

• HEDGECONNECTION

Hedge Connection has been helping managers and investors through web-based

Where Hedge Funds and Investors Come Together research, events and advisory work since 2005. Hedge Connection is the first and only internet- based platform that offers hedge funds direct access to a membership of “opt-in” qualified active hedge fund allocators. Investor members join for free and gain access to detailed information on hedge fund members. All members receive invitations to member’s only events and partner discounts. Learn more and Join the Club.

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• EVCA

The EVCA is the voice of European private equity. Its membership covers the full range of private equity activity, from early-stage venture capital to the largest private equity firms, investors such as pension funds, insurance companies, fund-of-funds and family offices and associate members from related professions. The EVCA represents 650 member firms and 500 affiliate members. The EVCA shapes the future direction of the industry, while promoting it to stakeholders such as entrepreneurs, business owners and employee representatives.

• ASKIVY

Askivy is the leading resource for career advice and entry-level jobs in the most competitive fields of finance: investment banking, private equity, venture capital, trading and hedge funds. Askivy offers free advice, interview preparation materials (technical questions, case studies, modelling tests) and access to jobs globally.

37 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

38 TRAVEL TO BOCCONI UNIVERSITY

39 MALPENSA AIRPORT - BOCCONI

! • BUS: Malpensa Shuttle is a convenient bus, taking less than one hour to reach Stazione Centrale (Central Railway Station). It runs every 20 minutes. ! ! • TRAIN: Malpensa Express is a train to Cadorna Railway Station (to consult timetable, please visit the site http:// www.trenord.it / journey time approximately 30 minutes). From here, you can reach Bocconi University by taking the subway green line N.2 (direction Famagosta), getting off at Porta Genova and taking the tram N° 9 or 29 till the tram stop Bligny/ Bocconi. As an alternative, you can reach the Cadorna Railway Station with the train, and then take a taxi to the final destination. Malpensa Express does not run between 1:30 am and 6:00 am. ! • TAXI: Taxi service is always available day and night at taxi ranks just outside the exits of the airport. It takes about 50 minutes to reach the centre of Milan (Tel. Taxi Milano: +39 (0)24040).

• For further information, please visit the following website: http://www.sea-aeroportimilano.it

40 LINATE AIRPORT - BOCCONI

! • BUS: you can take the bus N° 73, get off at the stop 5 Giornate and take tram N° 9 or 30 to Bligny/Bocconi. The bus runs from 6:00 am. to midnight every ten minutes. The bus tickets may be bought at tobacconists and newsagents inside the airport and at the vending machines outside the bus stop.

• TAXI: Taxi service is always available day and night at taxi ranks just outside the exits of the airport. It takes about 15 minutes to reach Bocconi University (Tel. Taxi Milano: +39 (0)24040).

• For further information, please visit the following website: http://www.milanolinate.eu/

41 SERIO AIRPORT (BERGAMO) - BOCCONI

! • BUS: A Shuttle bus goes to Stazione Centrale (Central Railway Station). It takes 1 hour in normal traffic conditions (please note that the route to Orio al Serio may be very busy and it could take more than 1 hour). Buses leave every half an hour. The shuttle bus does not operate between 1:00 am and 4:30 am. From Stazione Centrale (Central Railway Station), you can take the subway line n.3 (direction San Donato), get off at Porta Romana and take tram N° 9 or 30 to the stop Bligny/Bocconi.

• TAXI: Taxi service is always available day and night at taxi ranks just outside the exits of the airport. It takes about 40 minutes to reach Bocconi University (Tel. Taxi Milano: +39 (0)24040).

• For further information, please visit the following website: http://www.aeroportoorioalserio.net/

42 SYMPOSIUM LOCATION ! The Symposium will be held at Bocconi University in Aula Magna (Via Ulisse Gobbi 5, 20136 Milan (IT)).

43 TRAVEL TO BORSA ITALIANA

44 BOCCONI - BORSA ITALIANA

! ! • TRAM: Tram N° 15: Porta Lodovica (next to Bocconi University) to Piazza Fontana (behind Duomo) + 10 minutes walk

• UNDERGROUND: Underground Line 1(Red Line): stop Cordusio Underground Line 2 (Green Line): stop Cadorna, then take the Red Line (Underground Line 1) stop Cordusio Underground Line 3 (Yellow Line): stop Duomo.

• TAXI: Taxi service is always available day and night at taxi ranks just outside the exits of the airport. It takes about 40 minutes to reach Bocconi University (Tel. Taxi Milano: +39 (0)24040).

45 DINNER LOCATION ! The dinner will be held at Borsa Italiana / Palazzo Mezzanotte in Piazza degli Affari 6, 20123 Milan.

46 IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS

! • TAXI MILANO 1: +39 (0)24040 ! • TAXI MILANO 2: +39 (0)26969

• TAXI MILANO 3: +39 (0)8585

• POLICE: 112

• EMERGENCIES: 113

• FIRE BRIGADE: 115

• AMBULANCE: 118

47 TEAM

48 TEAM

Giuseppe Coco Nico Vincent Klaas Sebastien Hess Gilberto Lo Feudo Speakers Contact & Sponsorship Participants Contact & PR Speakers Contact Treasurer & Sponsorship [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Jonas Pfüller Nicoletta Varzari Zahid Ali Alexander Biedermann Logistics & Operations Marketing & PR Marketing & PR Logistics & Operations [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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