Paola DURANTE
Director Investment Banking Division and Head of the Corporate Broking Italy, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Paola Durante is Director in the Merrill Lynch Investment Banking division and head of the corporate broking department in Italy. In Merrill Lynch Paola has participated to important operations like, among the others, the IPO of TOD'S, De Longhi, GEOX, Safilo, Nice, Poltrona Frau, Aeffe and Damiani. Before joining the investment banking department, Paola worked for more than 10 years as an equity research analyst in the Consumer and Retail sector for Merrill Lynch and for other leading international banks and research institutes following, among the others, companies like Benetton, Bulgari, Essilor, Fielman, Geox, Hermes, Hugo Boss, Luxottica, LVMH, TOD'S, VFG. As an equity research analyst, between 2000 and 2005, Paola consistently ranked amongst the top three positions in leading industry surveys including Institutional Investors, Extel and Reuters. Paola has a first class degree in Economics from Cattolica University in Milan and specialised in finance at the London School of Economics.