Francesco Filia

Francesco heads all portfolio management and research-related activities at Fasanara Capital. Prior to co-founding Fasanara, Francesco was a Managing Director and EMEA Head of MidCaps & Principal Investors Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, a top producing investment practice comprised of fifteen professionals. In his role, Francesco directed operations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa with responsibilities for multi-strategy, multi-asset portfolio solutions.

Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in 2000, Francesco was a Research Analyst at JPMorgan Securities, where he published several 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 University Rotterdam.