Antonio Urbano - Chairman of the Board and Fund Manager

Has over 20 years experience in investment banking working between London and Milan. He has held increasingly senior roles in equity capital markets with Julius Baer, Société Générale Equities International, Carnegie Securities and Yamaichi Securities. His initial specialisation was equity brokerage on the institutional sales and trading desks and in later years in corporate finance. In addition, he set up and managed the London trading operations for Italian brokerage AFV Sim in the 90s and, recently, was a co-founder of Kepler Capital Markets, a leading independent European investment bank. At Kepler he was Managing Director for the Italian office and a member of the European Executive Board. He is a co-founder of VintHedge Partnership.