Francesco Filia CEO and Executive Director, Fasanara Capital Francesco heads all portfolio management and research related activities at Fasanara. Prior to co-founding Fasanara, Francesco was Managing Director and EMEA Head of the Midcaps and Principal Investors group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, a top producing investment practice comprised of 15 professionals. In his role, Francesco directed Bank of America Merrill Lynch operations across Europe, Middle East, and Africa with responsibilities on multi-strategy, multi-assets portfolio solutions. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in 2000, Francesco was a research analyst at JP Morgan Securities where he published several research white papers covering areas such as derivatives modelling, fixed income and volatility strategies. Francesco is a graduate of Bocconi University in Milan and a scholar of Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam.