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Alessandro IZZO is the Director of the investment team deploying the Bank’s Equity, Growth Capital and Project Finance products in the EU since 2021.

With a team of 160 professionals involved in the high impact high/high risk direct operations of the Bank, Alessandro manages a yearly investment portfolio of around EUR 5.5bn. He has lead the department to focus on three product lines - equity investments, growth capital as well as project and structured debt – to follow technology deployments from early stage to full commercialisation along the two policy verticals of innovation and climate transition.

Prior to this Alessandro held various roles in the Bank in the legal and then lending directorate focusing on infrastructure/energy finance, project finance and PPPs in different markets (Italy, Turkey, Greece, Romania, Cyprus, Malta). He has been responsible for the Public Sector, Infrastructure and PPP Unit of the EIB Regional Office covering Italy, Malta and Western Balkans and subsequently lead the Project Finance and Regulated Business activities of the EIB in Western Europe. 

Alessandro started his professional career in M&A, PE, corporate and project finance as well privatizations with international law firms (GOP–Linklaters, Rome/Milan and Herbert Smith LLP, London) to then move into corporate investment banking (Credit Suisse London, Sanpaolo IMI Internazionale). He is admitted to the Italian bar (Avvocato) and to the Roll of Solicitors of England and Wales. 

Alessandro holds a Bachelor Degree in Law (International Law) from the Università La Sapienza di Roma (1996), Masters of Law (LLM) from University of East Anglia, UK. Specialization in international corporate and development finance in London (LLM - UCL) and a Master of Finance from Solvay Business School. He speaks Italian, English, Spanish and French.