Courses a.y. 2025/2026
Professor of Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Restructuring, Advanced Corporate Finance & Valuation, Corporate Financial Turnaround & Distressed Value Investing at Bocconi University and SDA Bocconi.
Full Graduate Faculty Member, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
I am Past Director, Master in Corporate Finance, SDA Bocconi School of Management and Past Chair Corporate Finance and Real Estate Department, SDA Bocconi School of Management.
Biographical note
I was born on April 12, 1958. I have a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Bocconi University. I have served as Dean of the business school at Bocconi University and am a Full Professor of Corporate Finance. I have also studied at the London Business School and New York University, Stern School of Business, where I have also been a visiting scholar. I have taught and done research around the world (CEIBS Shanghai, IMD Lausanne, Stockholm School of Economics, London Business School, and others).
I am a licensed Public Accountant and Auditor. My research focus is mainly corporate finance, particularly corporate valuation, restructuring, and mergers & acquisitions.
About
I am a past chairman of the Audit Committee of the European Investment Bank (EIB). I have taken part in a number of privatizations, IPOs, and M&As. I am chair or member of the governance/control bodies of a number of private/public entities. In 1991, I founded a boutique consultancy (DGPA & Co.) with Luciano Avanzini, which today employs more than 20 professionals. I am also an active supporter of not-for-profit organizations. I have also finished the New York City Marathon 23 times in a row.
Selected Publications
Mergers & Acquisitions
2^ edizione, EGEA, Milano, 2021
Green Bonds: The Evolution of a Sustainable Financial Instrument on the Cutting Edge
International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, vol.15, no. 1-2, pp.95-135, 2021
The Relationship Between Twitter and Stock Prices. Evidence From the US Technology Industry
Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 149., 2019
Value vs. Growth investment strategies. An empirical analysis in the European context
European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences, ISSN 1450-2275 Issue 102., 2019
Do firms hedge translation risks?
Journal of Financial Management Markets and Institutions. vol. 4, n. 2, 2018
Corporate Finance. Theory and Practice
John Wiley & Sons, Fifth Edition, London, 2018
Mergers & Acquisitions
Egea, Milano, 2015
Choices of financial structure and value in the Real Estate Sector
“Investing in the Italian Real Estate. Investment and financing instruments for the Italian Real Estate Industry”, a cura di Roberto Fraticelli e Luca Lucaroni, 7^ edizione, Assoimmobiliare, LibreriaUniversitaria.it, 2021
Le scelte di struttura finanziaria e valore nel settore immobiliare
“Investire nel Real Estate. Strumenti di investimento e di finanziamento nel settore immobiliare italiano”, 7^ edizione, Assoimmobiliare, LibreriaUniversitaria.it, Milano, 2021
Valutazione d’azienda nel mondo ESG
EGEA, Milano, 2020
Family Ownership and M&A Payment Method
International Journal of Finance and Economics, 2022;27:1989–2005. Wiley 2022 (prima pubblicazione 9/2020), 2020
Le Scelte Finanziarie, Collana “Il Management. Lezioni, strumenti, storie”
L’Economia del Corriere della Sera, Università Bocconi Editore, Milano, 2018
Finanza e Business Transformation
In “Business Next”, a cura di Andrea Beltratti e Alessia Bezzecchi, EGEA, Milano, 2018