Maria Giovanna Calloni

Born in Dairago (MI) in 1964, she graduated in Economia Aziendale summa cum laude from Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan in 1987. From 1987 to 1990, Ms. Calloni worked as a business analyst at Memorex Telex in Milan, London, and New York. In 1992, she obtained her M.B.A. with honors at the Leonard Stern School of Business, New York University. Upon graduation, she was hired by the investment bank Merrill Lynch in New York where she initially worked as an Associate in Investment Banking (1992-1995) and subsequently as Director in Equity Capital Markets (1995-2002). Since her return to Italy, Ms. Calloni has been carrying out investment activities in private companies operating in renewables, fintech, and tech sectors. She also actively provides financial advisory services – with a focus on capital raising and M&A processes – to portfolio companies. Currently, Ms. Calloni also serves on the board of directors of Industrie De Nora, which operates in the field of sustainable technologies for electrochemical industrial processes and water treatment, and Pininfarina, which is active in the automotive and industrial design sector. In the recent past, she served as an independent member of the Board of Directors of Credito Valtellinese (2019-2021) and CAD IT (2019-2021) and as an executive board member of Deus Technology (2018-2019).