Roberto IppolitoCourse Director at IFFTrainer
Profile
Roberto Ippolito is Managing Partner of RiverRock Italian Hybrid Capital Fund. He has 20 years of experience in principal investing (origination, structuring and investing in all parts of the capital structure, including senior debt, junior debt and private equity) and management consulting (with a focus on due diligence, performance improvement and turnaround) in European private mid-market companies in several industries. He has structured, underwritten and monitored deals for a total value of nearly €1bn.
Roberto has held senior management positions at General Electric Capital, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, DAM Capital (part of the Anschutz Company), Bain & Co. He has also held junior roles at Goldman Sachs Merchant and Investment Banking Divisions and at Istituto Mobiliare Italiano Merchant Banking.
Roberto teaches Principal Investing at Guglielmo Marconi University, Private Equity and Private Debt at 24Ore Business School (Master and Executive Master), Debt and Equity Capital Market instruments at London Stock Exchange Academy (London and Milan).
Among his publications:
“Private Capital Investing: a Guide to Private Equity and Private Debt.” Wiley Finance. 2019
“Private Capital.” (with Leonardo Etro). SDA Bocconi. 2019
“Private Equity and Private Debt for Italian SMEs” (with Alessandro Germani). Il Sole 24 Ore. 2017
A Fulbright scholar and a British Chevening scholar, he has been appointed emerging Italian young leader (from the Council for United States and Italy) and Italian leader for the 21st century (from the British Council). He has written academic papers and books on finance and economics topics, and he is a regular speaker at private equity and private debt conferences.