Simone Zampa Senior Vice President/Manager, Corporate Finance Moody's Ratings

Since August 2023, Simone has been serving as the Manager of the Corporate Finance Group in Milan, with a focus on the European Consumer Goods Industry. Prior to this, Simone was manager within the Rating and Research Support Group in EMEA for the FIG, Sovereign, and Sub-Sovereign teams. Simone’s team provided support for ratings, research, and related activities within these fundamental rating groups. Additionally, Simone has been instrumental in refining processes and standards, both as the co- executive sponsor of the Credit Estimate initiative in RRS and through his work on Workflow Optimization. Simone began his career at Moody's in 2003 within the Sub-Sovereign team in London. Over the years, he has held increasingly senior analytical roles covering European Regional and Local Governments and Government-Related Issuers, working closely with the Project and Infrastructure Group on Utility Companies and the Structured Finance Group on Asset-Backed Securities transactions. In 2008, Simone transitioned to the Financial Institution Group, where he covered EMEA Banks and Financial Companies. Before joining Moody's, Simone worked in the rating advisory team of Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking. He holds a graduate degree in Economics & Finance from the University of Ancona (Italy) and a certificate in Investment Management from the London Business School (UK).

Laura Scaglioni Counsel Clifford Chance

Laura Scaglioni is a renowned expert in the equity capital markets (IPOs, capital increases, block trades), debt capital markets (bond issuances and liability management transactions) and corporate finance. She is one of the few US and English law qualified lawyers based in Italy. Thanks to her broad experience and US law expertise, as part of Clifford Chance cross-border teams, she also advises clients on non-Italian ECM and DCM transactions.

Simone Zampa Senior Vice President/Manager, Corporate Finance Moody's Ratings

Since August 2023, Simone has been serving as the Manager of the Corporate Finance Group in Milan, with a focus on the European Consumer Goods Industry. Prior to this, Simone was manager within the Rating and Research Support Group in EMEA for the FIG, Sovereign, and Sub-Sovereign teams. Simone’s team provided support for ratings, research, and related activities within these fundamental rating groups. Additionally, Simone has been instrumental in refining processes and standards, both as the co- executive sponsor of the Credit Estimate initiative in RRS and through his work on Workflow Optimization. Simone began his career at Moody's in 2003 within the Sub-Sovereign team in London. Over the years, he has held increasingly senior analytical roles covering European Regional and Local Governments and Government-Related Issuers, working closely with the Project and Infrastructure Group on Utility Companies and the Structured Finance Group on Asset-Backed Securities transactions. In 2008, Simone transitioned to the Financial Institution Group, where he covered EMEA Banks and Financial Companies. Before joining Moody's, Simone worked in the rating advisory team of Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking. He holds a graduate degree in Economics & Finance from the University of Ancona (Italy) and a certificate in Investment Management from the London Business School (UK).

Paolo Leschiutta Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Paolo Leschiutta is a Senior Vice President in the European Corporate Finance Team of Moody’s in Milan. Paolo joined Moody’s London in 2000 and Moody’s Italia in July 2005. Paolo has lead responsibility for a portfolio of European high yield and investment grade packaged goods companies with focus on Food and Beverage industries. Over its tenure at Moody’s Paolo has covered a number of sectors within the broad consumer products and transportation industries including Postal, Tobacco, Shipping, Retail and Consumer Durable companies across Europe.

Prior to re-joining Moody’s in Italy, Paolo worked as a Senior Credit Analyst at MFC Global Investments, part of Manulife Group in London, covering European Corporates. Paolo graduated in Economics at the University of Turin and holds an MSc in Finance attended at the S.A.A., part of the University of Turin, and the Stern School of Business, part of the NYU.

Blake Jones Partner Clifford Chance

Blake Jones advises on public and private structured finance, securitisation, asset backed lending with a particular focus on CLOs and fund leverage facilities.

He advises originators, managers and arrangers on a range of complex transactions. His expertise also extends to ESG securitisation, an area in which he has helped influence the development of ESG criteria in CLOs over the last few years, in an increasingly complicated regulatory landscape.

Donatella Maso Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Corporate Finance Moody's Ratings

Donatella Maso is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer at Moody’s in the EMEA Corporate Finance Group based in London. Her portfolio covers a diverse range of European high-yield and leveraged finance credits.

Donatella joined Moody’s in December 2013. Donatella has more than 11 years of leveraged finance and credit analysis experience. Before joining Moody’s, she spent seven years at GE Capital structuring and executing Pan European mid market LBOs and investing in secondary and distressed loans. Prior to that, she worked for over four years as senior credit analyst in the Acquisition Finance team at the former Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNP Paribas Group), based in London. Donatella holds a degree in Economics from the University of Trieste.

Giuseppe De Palma Head of Global Finance Markets in Europe Clifford Chance

Giuseppe De Palma is widely recognized as one of the leading senior lawyers in Italy for debt in the context of private equity, infrastructure, and real estate investments. He has developed an extensive and in-depth expertise in leveraged finance, private debt, and real estate finance, working with prominent financial sponsors, banks, and alternative lenders on major cross-border transactions. Since 2022 he leads the Global Financial Markets practice in Europe.

Martino Mauroner Head of Private Debt Italy Tikehau Investment Management

Martino Mauroner serves as Head of Private Debt in Italy, having arranged more than 10 transactions since he joined Tikehau Capital in 2019. Prior to that, Martino spent 15 years in leveraged and corporate finance within main Italian banks, most of which at Crédit Agricole, leading and executing several debt transactions. Martino started his career in 2005 after receiving a MSc in Corporate Finance from Bocconi University.

Simone Zacchi Partner CVC

Joined CVC in 2011. Simone is a member of the Private Credit team.

Prior to joining CVC, he was at Ares Management where he worked as an Associate since 2008 within the private debt group, evaluating investments and executing a wide range of leveraged finance transactions in the UK, France and Nordic Regions.

Simone holds an MSc in Corporate Finance and Accounting from Bocconi University, Milan.

Ernesto Bisagno Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Corporate Finance Group Moody’s Ratings

Ernesto Bisagno is a Vice President – Sr Credit Officer in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Ernesto is the EMEA tobacco analyst and also covers the EMEA food, consumer goods and retail sectors.

Ernesto joined Moody’s in June 2014 with an extensive professional experience in risk management and credit analysis in several leading financial institutions in the UK and Italy, most recently with Citigroup and UBS where he covered energy, metals, mining and chemicals across Western Europe and the UK.

Ernesto was also a senior auditor with PWC earlier in his career. Ernesto holds an Economics degree from Università degli Studi di Genova and is also a CFA Charter Holder.

Lisa Gundy Vice President – Senior Officer Legal Review, Corporate Finance Moody's Ratings

Lisa Gundy is a Vice President in the Covenant Office at Moody’s in London, leading the covenant analysis coverage across EMEA. She joined Moody’s in 2013, bringing over 10 years of financial services experience.Prior to joining Moody’s, Lisa worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse, having started her career at Deloitte & Touche.Lisa holds a BA (Hons) in History from Manchester University and is a practicing lawyer.

Jill Concannon Partner Clifford Chance

Jill Concannon is a US securities and high yield partner at Clifford Chance, based in London. Jill's practice is focused on U.S. capital markets and corporate finance transactions. Clients benefit from her experience of representing sponsors and underwriters in connection with international securities offerings. These include a number of award-winning and landmark transactions that were firsts within their respective markets. Jill also has experience of representing clients in senior and bridge acquisition facilities.

From 2019 - 2023, Jill acted as Vice Chair of the High Yield Division of AFME (the Association for Financial Markets in Europe).

Clients have described Jill as “Jill is a particularly strong lawyer with great legal knowledge combined with a commercial approach and a strong team of associates.” She is Chambers-ranked in the UK for 2024, recognised as a Leading Individual by Legal 500 for 2024, and noted as a Notable Practitioner by IFLR1000 for 2023.

Carlo Fontana Head of Global Syndicate UniCredit

Carlo joined UniCredit in 2019 and currently leads globally the debt syndicate function for the bank across asset classes, including IG and sub IG, corporate and financial institutions, loans and bonds

Prior to joining the bank, Carlo spent a career largely in Leveraged Finance origination and syndicate between Societe Generale in Paris and Barclays Capital, Merrill Lynch and Lloyds Bank in London

Carlo holds a business degree from Bocconi University in Milan

Carlo relocated back to Milan in 2022 after spending over 25 years outside of Italy. He is an Italian native speaker, fluent in English, French and conversational speaker in German

Michelangelo Margaria Country Manager – Italy; Associate Managing Director, Structured Finance Group Moody's Ratings

Michelangelo Margaria is an Associate Managing Director with Moody’s Structured Finance Group and is based in the Milan office. 

He co-leads the Consumer Surveillance team in the EMEA region and coordinates the Structured Finance activity in the Italian market. Previously, he co-lead the EMEA RMBS team and was a senior analyst rating securitization transactions backed by different asset classes in various EMEA jurisdictions.

Michelangelo Margaria also serves as Moody’s Ratings Country Manager for Italy, overseeing Moody's Ratings activities in the country. Before joining Moody’s in 2002, Michelangelo worked in the Structured Credit Group at UBS in London. Mr. Margaria graduated in engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin.

Giuseppe De Palma Head of Global Finance Markets in Europe Clifford Chance

Giuseppe De Palma is widely recognized as one of the leading senior lawyers in Italy for debt in the context of private equity, infrastructure, and real estate investments. He has developed an extensive and in-depth expertise in leveraged finance, private debt, and real estate finance, working with prominent financial sponsors, banks, and alternative lenders on major cross-border transactions. Since 2022 he leads the Global Financial Markets practice in Europe.

Martino Mauroner Head of Private Debt Italy Tikehau Investment Management

Martino Mauroner serves as Head of Private Debt in Italy, having arranged more than 10 transactions since he joined Tikehau Capital in 2019. Prior to that, Martino spent 15 years in leveraged and corporate finance within main Italian banks, most of which at Crédit Agricole, leading and executing several debt transactions. Martino started his career in 2005 after receiving a MSc in Corporate Finance from Bocconi University.

Giuseppe De Palma Head of Global Finance Markets in Europe Clifford Chance

Giuseppe De Palma is widely recognized as one of the leading senior lawyers in Italy for debt in the context of private equity, infrastructure, and real estate investments. He has developed an extensive and in-depth expertise in leveraged finance, private debt, and real estate finance, working with prominent financial sponsors, banks, and alternative lenders on major cross-border transactions. Since 2022 he leads the Global Financial Markets practice in Europe.

Laura Scaglioni Counsel Clifford Chance

Laura Scaglioni is a renowned expert in the equity capital markets (IPOs, capital increases, block trades), debt capital markets (bond issuances and liability management transactions) and corporate finance. She is one of the few US and English law qualified lawyers based in Italy. Thanks to her broad experience and US law expertise, as part of Clifford Chance cross-border teams, she also advises clients on non-Italian ECM and DCM transactions.

Jill Concannon Partner Clifford Chance

Jill Concannon is a US securities and high yield partner at Clifford Chance, based in London. Jill's practice is focused on U.S. capital markets and corporate finance transactions. Clients benefit from her experience of representing sponsors and underwriters in connection with international securities offerings. These include a number of award-winning and landmark transactions that were firsts within their respective markets. Jill also has experience of representing clients in senior and bridge acquisition facilities.

From 2019 - 2023, Jill acted as Vice Chair of the High Yield Division of AFME (the Association for Financial Markets in Europe).

Clients have described Jill as “Jill is a particularly strong lawyer with great legal knowledge combined with a commercial approach and a strong team of associates.” She is Chambers-ranked in the UK for 2024, recognised as a Leading Individual by Legal 500 for 2024, and noted as a Notable Practitioner by IFLR1000 for 2023.

Simone Zacchi Partner CVC

Joined CVC in 2011. Simone is a member of the Private Credit team.

Prior to joining CVC, he was at Ares Management where he worked as an Associate since 2008 within the private debt group, evaluating investments and executing a wide range of leveraged finance transactions in the UK, France and Nordic Regions.

Simone holds an MSc in Corporate Finance and Accounting from Bocconi University, Milan.

Blake Jones Partner Clifford Chance

Blake Jones advises on public and private structured finance, securitisation, asset backed lending with a particular focus on CLOs and fund leverage facilities.

He advises originators, managers and arrangers on a range of complex transactions. His expertise also extends to ESG securitisation, an area in which he has helped influence the development of ESG criteria in CLOs over the last few years, in an increasingly complicated regulatory landscape.

Carlo Fontana Head of Global Syndicate UniCredit

Carlo joined UniCredit in 2019 and currently leads globally the debt syndicate function for the bank across asset classes, including IG and sub IG, corporate and financial institutions, loans and bonds

Prior to joining the bank, Carlo spent a career largely in Leveraged Finance origination and syndicate between Societe Generale in Paris and Barclays Capital, Merrill Lynch and Lloyds Bank in London

Carlo holds a business degree from Bocconi University in Milan

Carlo relocated back to Milan in 2022 after spending over 25 years outside of Italy. He is an Italian native speaker, fluent in English, French and conversational speaker in German

Donatella Maso Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Corporate Finance Moody's Ratings

Donatella Maso is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer at Moody’s in the EMEA Corporate Finance Group based in London. Her portfolio covers a diverse range of European high-yield and leveraged finance credits.

Donatella joined Moody’s in December 2013. Donatella has more than 11 years of leveraged finance and credit analysis experience. Before joining Moody’s, she spent seven years at GE Capital structuring and executing Pan European mid market LBOs and investing in secondary and distressed loans. Prior to that, she worked for over four years as senior credit analyst in the Acquisition Finance team at the former Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNP Paribas Group), based in London. Donatella holds a degree in Economics from the University of Trieste.

Lisa Gundy Vice President – Senior Officer Legal Review, Corporate Finance Moody's Ratings

Lisa Gundy is a Vice President in the Covenant Office at Moody’s in London, leading the covenant analysis coverage across EMEA. She joined Moody’s in 2013, bringing over 10 years of financial services experience.Prior to joining Moody’s, Lisa worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse, having started her career at Deloitte & Touche.Lisa holds a BA (Hons) in History from Manchester University and is a practicing lawyer.

Ernesto Bisagno Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Corporate Finance Group Moody’s Ratings

Ernesto Bisagno is a Vice President – Sr Credit Officer in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Ernesto is the EMEA tobacco analyst and also covers the EMEA food, consumer goods and retail sectors.

Ernesto joined Moody’s in June 2014 with an extensive professional experience in risk management and credit analysis in several leading financial institutions in the UK and Italy, most recently with Citigroup and UBS where he covered energy, metals, mining and chemicals across Western Europe and the UK.

Ernesto was also a senior auditor with PWC earlier in his career. Ernesto holds an Economics degree from Università degli Studi di Genova and is also a CFA Charter Holder.

Paolo Leschiutta Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Paolo Leschiutta is a Senior Vice President in the European Corporate Finance Team of Moody’s in Milan. Paolo joined Moody’s London in 2000 and Moody’s Italia in July 2005. Paolo has lead responsibility for a portfolio of European high yield and investment grade packaged goods companies with focus on Food and Beverage industries. Over its tenure at Moody’s Paolo has covered a number of sectors within the broad consumer products and transportation industries including Postal, Tobacco, Shipping, Retail and Consumer Durable companies across Europe.

Prior to re-joining Moody’s in Italy, Paolo worked as a Senior Credit Analyst at MFC Global Investments, part of Manulife Group in London, covering European Corporates. Paolo graduated in Economics at the University of Turin and holds an MSc in Finance attended at the S.A.A., part of the University of Turin, and the Stern School of Business, part of the NYU.

Simone Zampa Senior Vice President/Manager, Corporate Finance Moody's Ratings

Since August 2023, Simone has been serving as the Manager of the Corporate Finance Group in Milan, with a focus on the European Consumer Goods Industry. Prior to this, Simone was manager within the Rating and Research Support Group in EMEA for the FIG, Sovereign, and Sub-Sovereign teams. Simone’s team provided support for ratings, research, and related activities within these fundamental rating groups. Additionally, Simone has been instrumental in refining processes and standards, both as the co- executive sponsor of the Credit Estimate initiative in RRS and through his work on Workflow Optimization. Simone began his career at Moody's in 2003 within the Sub-Sovereign team in London. Over the years, he has held increasingly senior analytical roles covering European Regional and Local Governments and Government-Related Issuers, working closely with the Project and Infrastructure Group on Utility Companies and the Structured Finance Group on Asset-Backed Securities transactions. In 2008, Simone transitioned to the Financial Institution Group, where he covered EMEA Banks and Financial Companies. Before joining Moody's, Simone worked in the rating advisory team of Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking. He holds a graduate degree in Economics & Finance from the University of Ancona (Italy) and a certificate in Investment Management from the London Business School (UK).

Michelangelo Margaria Country Manager – Italy; Associate Managing Director, Structured Finance Group Moody's Ratings

Michelangelo Margaria is an Associate Managing Director with Moody’s Structured Finance Group and is based in the Milan office. 

He co-leads the Consumer Surveillance team in the EMEA region and coordinates the Structured Finance activity in the Italian market. Previously, he co-lead the EMEA RMBS team and was a senior analyst rating securitization transactions backed by different asset classes in various EMEA jurisdictions.

Michelangelo Margaria also serves as Moody’s Ratings Country Manager for Italy, overseeing Moody's Ratings activities in the country. Before joining Moody’s in 2002, Michelangelo worked in the Structured Credit Group at UBS in London. Mr. Margaria graduated in engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin.