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Giovanni graduated in economics with a specialisation in statistics and econometrics.

Giovanni was previously appointed as both Deputy Chief Investment Officer (“CIO”) and Head of Equity of Fideuram Asset Management in Dublin (“Fideuram”), where he started working in Dublin approximately 14 years ago as a fund manager focused on US markets before moving to the global equity team in Fideuram. In Giovanni’s previous role he had been responsible for investment flows, launch of new funds, asset allocation and the Fideuram's global, US and European absolute return products. In addition, he had been responsible for two ESG funds, one of which he had been closely involved in the day to day establishment and launch of such fund. Giovanni also has a broad experience in the management of funds of funds and in the investment of various types of asset classes.

Before his experience in Dublin, he was based in Italy working for different asset management company from 1997 until 2007 covering different roles as portfolio analyst at the beginning of his carrier and as fund manager with increasing experience at the end.

Giovanni has extensive experience in working in the financial markets dealing with various asset classes as he began his career as an analyst working on equities and fixed income securities, then as a Portfolio Manager he was involved in managing different products with various assets based on country locations, to multi asset to thematic and total return funds. Giovanni is well experienced in evaluating assets such as equities and fixed income securities and he’s been using numerous types of derivative instruments actively, including for hedging purposes in the funds he has managed.

Jacopo graduated in International Economics at Bocconi University in 2006 and then completed a postgraduate course in Quantitative Finance at Universita’ degli Studi di Padova where his dissertation on unconventional monetary policies received a magna cum laude final grade. After this degree he started working in Aletti Gestielle in 2008 as an analyst with focus on rates and forex markets. In 2013 he was promoted to portfolio manager and he was given the responsibility to manage all emerging market fixed income investments for the company which at the time included an emerging markets dedicated 200 million USD fund and approximately 1 billion USD of investments across other mandates. In this role Jacopo was actively involved in the marketing of the funds, participating in the composition and review process of the regulatory documents (prospectuses and KIIDs) and as a speaker in the marketing roadshows for the funds to institutional clients such as banks and family offices and to private bankers. In 2018 after working with Mediolanum Asset Management in Dublin as an emerging market credit portfolio manager he moved to Azimut Life as a senior fund manager where he helped oversee the company’s fixed income investments across different mandates and he was a member of the Azimut Group’s global fixed income committee. In this role he also participated in marketing communications with prospective and current institutional clients on a regular basis and he assisted with drafting the presentations for prospective clients. During his tenure in Azimut Life he also assisted the Azimut Group global head of fixed income in drafting and preparing the marketing presentations and the regulatory documents for UCITS which were launched from Luxembourg. As a result of Jacopo’s experience he has an understanding and knowledge of the UCITS and AIFMD frameworks in respect of funds marketing. Jacopo has been a CFA charterholder since 2015.

Marco received a Master degree in Economics for Financial Markets and Institutions (CLEFIN) at Bocconi University in 2005 where his dissertation on Value at Risk of derivatives portfolios received a magna cum laude final grade. Marco Joined Azimut Investments Limited in July 2022 with more than 10 years’ experience in risk management with a specific focus on market risk in the UCITS framework. Previously he worked for some time in Bancaperta (Creval group) and Campisi Sim, and then in 2010 he started working as Risk Manager for BCC Risparmio and Previdenza, an Italian UCITS management Company. He then moved to Lugano, Switzerland to work for Momentum Alternative Investments SA as portfolio risk manager where he was responsible for market and operational risk. In August 2017 he moved to Dublin to work as a senior financial risk manager for Fideuram Asset Management Ireland DAC. In Fideuram he was initially responsible of performance attribution, he then moved to the market risk area and since 2019 he coordinated the activities related to investment risk, reporting directly to the chief risk officer and senior management of Fideuram on all such related matters.

Ning is a qualified Chartered Accountant, with extensive experience in auditing and accounting in the Financial Services industry, especially Wealth and Asset Management companies. He is familiar with both IFRS and US GAAP. He graduated in 2006 in Finance and Accounting in Ireland, at the Limerick Institute of Technology, and then joined a midsized company as a Trainee Accountant where he started his professional career working on financial auditing reports, statements and accounting documentation. After one year, in 2007, he joined EY where he remained for almost 8 years, until 2015 growing from Audit staff to Manager, working in both the Dublin and New York offices. In these roles, he was focused on auditing of UCITS funds, funds of funds, umbrella funds, and stand-alone funds. After his time in New York - which lasted 2 and a half years and in which he got the chance to work for a client, Goldman Sachs, auditing over 60 direct trading funds and 140 funds of funds. In 2014 Ning came back to Dublin while still working for EY and managing approx. 15 clients.

In 2015 he joined one of his clients, Anima Asset Management, as Assistant Financial Controller. He managed month-end closings, prepared all the internal reports and IFRS reports, financial statements, managed the tax side, and provided internal auditing support for both the company and for the funds. In 2017 after 2 and a half years, he joined Virtus Partners Fund Services Ireland Ltd, carrying out the roles of Head of Finance and Head of Financial Reporting. In 2020 after a number of years, Ning joined PineBridge Investments Ireland as Head of Finance and Designated Person. His main focus here was on the financial operations side, dealing also with the returns of the Irish Management Company. As part of his role, Ning was responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for the reports for the board of the Irish Management Company, overseeing the minimum capital requirement of the Irish Management Company and compliance by the Irish Management Company with its regulatory requirements in respect of capital and financial management. Ning was also involved in the Irish Management Company’s budgeting, forecasting, financial forecasts, regulatory returns etc. As part of Ning’s role in PineBridge he oversaw many different funds: fixed income, equity funds and alternative funds. Ning as a result of his experience to date has a deep knowledge of UCITS, AIF and MIFID regulation.

David graduated with a degree in Law at the University of Studies of Perugia in 2011. After he obtained this degree, he began working in a Law Firm as Trainee Solicitor, with a particular focus on garnishment procedures. In 2014, he moved to Ireland, and he started working in the Financial Sector at AXA MPS Financial. In 2015, David joined the Compliance Team of AXA MPS Financial and he obtained the Professional Certificate in Compliance in 2016 and the Professional Diploma in Compliance in 2017 at the Institute of Bankers in Ireland, which is a recognised college of University College Dublin. In 2020, after working with Allianz Ireland as Compliance Business Partner, he moved to Azimut Life as a Compliance Officer and, in October 2022 to Azimut Investments Limited as Head of Compliance & AML. He has been a Licentiate of Compliance Institute in Ireland (previously LCOI) since 2018.

Leonardo graduated in Economics from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, Italy.

Leonardo Sinelli is currently Portfolio Manager of Azimut Investments, part of the AZIMUT Group, the largest independent asset management company listed in Italy.

Since he joined the Azimut Group in July '18, Leonardo has been responsible for the management of several Unit Linked Funds, which differ in the investment strategy (Benchmark and Total Return approach), and in the underlying assets (Funds Azimut and third-party funds and single stocks).

Previously, from 2015 to 2018, he worked as a Fund Selector in Sofia Sgr, a wealth management boutique in Italy with assets exceeding €1.2 billion. There, together with the investment team, he was in charge of the selection of funds and the creation of ad hoc PTFs for the discretionary mandates and of the management of Funds of Funds.

Arianna attended her bachelor’s degree in Economics & Management and her master’s degree in Finance at Luiss Guido Carli in Rome. During her master's degree, Arianna did an Erasmus in Singapore at SMU. She began her career in Deloitte Risk Advisory as Legal and Regulatory support. In the meantime, she attended a course in sustainable finance at Cambridge University and subsequently she pursued this interest also in Deloitte. Arianna has worked with clients such as Intesa SanPaolo, CheBanca, Illimity, Vittoria Assicurazioni and others. Arianna always wanted to pursue a career in the areas of risk management and compliance, because she always considered them to be two closely related areas. Indeed, she currently holds the role of risk and compliance associate in Azimut Investments Limited.