FRANCO CARLO PAPA

Chartered Accountant, Auditor and Financial Analyst.
As well as providing advisory services to Italian and foreign companies and industrial groups, he is a member of the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditor of several listed and unlisted companies. He is registered in the List of Expert in Business Crisis Negotiated Agreements pursuant to Law n. 147/2021 converting Legislative Decree 118/2021 – Chamber of Commerce of Milan, Monza Brianza and Lodi. He is registered in the List of Independent Experts, section III, of the Patrimonio Rilancio managed by CDP. Registered in the list of Experts defined by Crises & Insolvency code D.Lgs n. 14/2019.  He graduated in Business Economics from L. Bocconi University of Milan, began his career at Olivetti Venture Capital and then moved to Citicorp. He became Partner of KPMG and then Head of Corporate Finance Italy, as well as a Board member of KPMG Worldwide Corporate Finance. He joined Ernst & Young Financial – Business Advisors S.p.A.  and in 2001, was appointed Chairman and Head of M&A, IPO and Valuation for Italy. Afterwards, he has been appointed Head of Southern Europe Corporate Finance and Transaction Support as well as a member of the Southern European and the Italian Board. He has been the Chairman of the Italian Association of Financial Analysts (AIAF) and he is the author of several books and publications relating to the Strategy, Finance and Treasury sector.