Matteo Zenari Head of Financial Sponsor Intesa Sanpaolo, IMI Corporate & Investment Banking Division

Matteo joined Intesa Sanpaolo CIB as Head of Financial Sponsor Group for the Italian market in April 2017, with a coverage responsibility across multi products/services within the IB division

Before he was Head of Mergers & Acquisitions in Italy at Société Générale CIB where he advised, in a decade, both corporate and financial sponsors clients across different sectors

Matteo has started his investment banking career more than 17 years ago, developing professional experience primarily in M&A, ECM and Leverage & Acquisition financing areas

Matteo obtained a degree in Business Administration at Luigi Bocconi University and a master in finance within the Grow Programme at Insead

Guido Lorenzi Director HIG WhiteHorse

Guido Lorenzi is a Principal in the Milan office of H.I.G. WhiteHorse and focuses on the Italian direct lending activities of the firm.

Guido joined H.I.G. from Banca IMI, where he focused on financings across several European jurisdictions. Prior to that, Guido was a Vice President at Barclays Leveraged Finance. He started his career at Deutsche Bank.

Guido holds an MSc from Bocconi University in Milan.

Chiara Elisei Deputy Managing Editor - Head of Restructuring Debtwire

Chiara joined Debtwire in February 2008. Since then she has been covering restructurings and distressed, with a focus on retail, construction and food & beverage sectors. In the past few years she has been expanding Debtwire's Southern Europe coverage, unveiling distressed opportunities in Spain and Italy. She is currently an Editor in charge of leading new coverage initiatives.

In Italy she worked as reporter at Corriere della Sera, Il Messaggero, RAI covering current news and international affairs.

Chiara graduated in Classics at Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, where she also got a PhD in June 2010.