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Born in Varese on 10 March 1951. Graduated in business economics from the Università Commerciale L. Bocconi di Milano. He is a Professor of Corporate Finance at the Università L. Bocconi di Milano, where he also teaches Business Valuation and Financial Management. He was a Professor of Industrial Technology at the Università Cattolica di Milano and Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Director of the Institute of Administration, Finance and Control at the Università Bocconi from 2003 to 2007 and Director of the Finance Department from 2010 to 2013. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the OIV (Italian Valuation Body) and the AIDEA (Italian Academy of Business Economics). He is also Deputy Director of the journal La Valutazione delle Aziende ("Business Valuation"). He has written numerous books and publications on the subject of corporate finance, M&A and business valuation. He is a chartered accountant and auditor. He is registered on the Court of Milan’s Register of Expert Consultants for Judges. He sat on the Committee for "Simplification of the Italian financial market", established by Consob in 2011, and on the Steering Committee of CreSV (the Sustainability and Value Research Centre of the Università Bocconi) (2009-2014). He was a financial consultant for the Steering Committee of the Milan Stock Exchange, on various subjects pertaining to expert valuations, and a consultant for Consob (the Italian companies and markets regulator) on subjects pertaining to corporate finance and companies.