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Lorenzo Piacentini is Country Head at Lazard Asset Management, Italy. Prior to joining Lazard in January 2017, Lorenzo was a Senior Advisor at Global Funds Europe where he was responsible for the promotion and sales of Lazard Freres Gestion funds to wholesale clients in Italy. He has an investment banking background, having spent more than twenty years holding senior sales positions at Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, Paribas based both in London and in Milan. He has a BSc in Economics from Università degli Studi di Pisa. Lorenzo is Emeritus Chapter Head of CAIA Italy.

Francesca Spera is an Institutional Sales Manager on the Third Party Distribution team located in Milan. Prior to joining Lazard in 2014, she was in fund sales at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London, first covering Italian clients and then developing the fund business in Spain and Portugal. Before that, Francesca worked in Equity derivatives and structured product sales at Merrill Lynch International in London where she started her career in 2007. She has an MSc in Law & Accounting from the London School of Economics, London – United Kingdom and a BSc in Economics & Business from Università degli Studi G. D’Annunzio Pescara – Italy. Francesca is a native Spanish speaker, and fluent in Italian and English.

Federica Oldani is a CMS Marketing Vice President located in Milan. She began working in the investment field in 2014. Prior to joining Lazard in 2017, Federica worked as Marketing Representative in Global Funds Europe, third party marketer of Lazard Frères Gestion funds for the Italian market. She holds a Master of Science in Management from Università della Svizzera Italiana and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Bocconi University.