Maurizio Pavesi, born in 1957 and graduated in Economics from the University of Naples in 1982. He joined Augustea group in 1991 as financial advisor. Prior to this he was a partner at Fincon, a financial advisory boutique. Maurizio has extensive experience in M&A, investment banking, debt financing and ratings advisory. During the years 2006 to 2008 Maurizio was Italian senior advisor to UBS Investment Banking with extensive coverage on private and public sector entities. From 1994 to 2005 he was Senior Advisor to Merrill Lynch, contributing to the expansion of the bank in the Italian market. Prior to 1994 Maurizio worked in Sige/Italfinanziaria Internazionale, a private equity firm owned by IMI, and Sofiban, an asset management company. He was lecturer in finance at the universities of Rome and Naples.