Francesca Durante

Experienced investment banking professional with a strong track record in originating, managing and negotiating complex transactions having successfully closed more than 30 deals. Strong expertise in corporate and acquisition finance, risk and credit assessment and debt restructuring. In 2015, enrolled Sloan MSc at London Business School, to broaden strategic competence and gain exposure to the latest leadership thinking, and joined New Finance as CFO and interim COO, a micro-saving / micro-lending Fintech startup. Strong expertise in debt structuring, credit assessment, supervision and coordination of internal credit processes and liaising among different groups (i.e. ECM, DCM, Syndication). Experienced investment banking professional with a strong track record in originating, managing and negotiating complex transactions having successfully closed more than 30 deals. Strong expertise in corporate and acquisition finance, risk and credit assessment and debt restructuring. In 2015, enrolled Sloan MSc at London Business School, to broaden strategic competence and gain exposure to the latest leadership thinking, and joined New Finance as CFO and interim COO, a micro-saving / micro-lending Fintech startup. Strong expertise in debt structuring, credit assessment, supervision and coordination of internal credit processes and liaising among different groups (i.e. ECM, DCM, Syndication).