About
A merchant banker with over 35 years of principal and board-level experience in primary and secondary markets, having advised on deals across 90 countries; co-founder of PrivatCap and senior advisor at Syz Group.
Experience
- Equivator®Member, Investment Committeecurrent2024 — presentRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Syz GroupSenior Advisorcurrent2021 — presentZurich, Switzerland
- PrivatCap OYCo-Foundercurrent2022 — presentHelsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
- American Colonial CapitalPrincipal and President, International Capital Marketscurrent2020 — presentNewport Beach, California, United States
- Single Family OfficeChairmancurrent2020 — presentNew York, United States
- GCC Private Investment OfficeChief Financial Officer2018 — 2019Paris
- Privately-Held Investment GroupInternational Corporate Finance Specialist2015 — 2017Greater London
- Single Family OfficeChairman2000 — 2013Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- MASTER IN FINANCE AND CONTROLLING, CSCILecturer2006Brussels, Belgium
- ESCP Business SchoolProfessor, Finance2005Turin, Italy
- Università BocconiVisiting Lecturer, Course of Comparative Law2005Milan, Italy
- COFIMO SIM SPABoard Member, Director, Investment Banking1997 — 2000Milan, Lombardy, Italy - San Francisco, CA
- COFIMO SPAHead, Special Situations Investments1997 — 2000Milan, Luxembourg, Geneva, San Francisco
- Strategix, Inc.Managing Partner1991 — 2000San Francisco Bay Area
- Stanford UniversityMain Lecturer, Off-Campus Courses1998Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
- ConfindustriaSeminar Leader1997Rome, Italy
- COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIAGuest Lecturer1996San Francisco, CA (USA)
Education
- Special Situations, Structured Finance, Securitization, TrustsSpecilalization Courses: Trusts, Securitization of Tangible and Intangible Assets1995 — 2005
- Selling to Financial Institutions and Single Family OfficesSpecialization Courses in Institutional Sales, Sales to Single Family Offices1997 — 2000
- LaSalle University, Louisiana (USA)Ph. D., Business Administration/Management Technology1990 — 1992
- Sapienza Università di RomaScienze Politiche, Ind. Internazionale1983 — 1987
- Pontifical Gregorian UniversitySpanish, Languages1985 — 1986
Skills & more
Venture Capital99Private Equity99Entrepreneurship99Strategy80Mergers & Acquisitions79Due Diligence57Emerging Markets52Investments50Investment Banking37Alternative Investments30Executive Management35Finance30
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Private PlacementsInternational MarketingFundingIPOCorporate AdvisoryInternational TradeAngel InvestingStructured FinancePublic SpeakingLateral ThinkingFinancial StructuringEquitiesLanguages Dutch · English · French · German · Italian · Norwegian · Romanian · Russian · Serbo-Croatian · Spanish
From Giampaolo's professional profile.
Colleagues at Equivator®
Aleksander Meidell-Hagewick
Managing Partner, Strategy & Institutional Partnerships at Equivator®
Cahit Öztürk
Executive Chairman at Equivator®
Dr. Miodrag Džodžo
Investment Committee Member at Equivator®
Enes Şehzade
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Equivator®
Faisal Ali Al Sanie
Chairman at Equivator®
Florian Loloum
Chairman at Claymont Group at Equivator®
Hisham Koshak
Investment Committee Member at ESFF at Equivator®
Majed Al-Rasheed
Investment Committee Member at Equivator®
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Giampaolo Parigi work?
- Giampaolo Parigi is Investment Committee Member at Equivator®.
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