Marco joined AXIA in 2017 as Managing Director and Head of Italy and is currently a Senior Advisor in the Investment Banking Division. Prior to AXIA, he worked at Nomura Int., Rome and Milan, for 8 years where he was Co-Chairman - Italy. He was responsible for all Italian investment banking activities, ranging from equity transactions, corporate finance advisory, as well as fixed income. Before that, Marco was employed at Lehman Brothers Int., London, Rome and Milan, as Managing Director for almost 20 years where he was Head of ECM, Member of the European Operating, Investment Banking and Fixed Income Executive Committees and Chairman of European Financial Institutions. Previously, Marco worked at The Industrial Bank of Japan, The First National Bank of Chicago, as well as Bank of America International. Marco holds a BSFS in International Economics, from Georgetown University as well as an MSc in International Economics from the London School of Economics.