Paola Durante

Married with three children, Paola Durante earned her degree in Economics and Business Studies at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, specialising in Applied Economics. Paola also completed postgraduate courses in Finance at the London School of Economics.

In 1995, Paola joined the financial analyst team at S&P Market Scope, overseeing coverage of the Italian market. Following her return to Italy, she pursued a career in the luxury goods sector as an equity research analyst at CAI-Cheuvreux between 1997 and 1999, before joining the luxury goods analyst team at Merrill Lynch (now Bank of America Merrill Lynch). Paola was appointed as Vice President and was responsible for Southern Europe.

In 2005, Paola moved to the Investment Banking division of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, ultimately becoming a Managing Director. As an analyst and latterly as an investment banker, Paola has worked on the most important luxury goods IPOs in Italy and has extensive capital markets experience.

Paola was appointed as the Head of Investor Relations and Strategic Planning at Moncler in July 2013 and she has held this role since. In 2019, she was also appointed as Moncler’s Intelligence Director.