Our Alumni
Francesco Damico
- Equity Sales & Trading, Intermonte
Francesco Damico (Italy), class of 2021
The Mafinrisk program has been an engaging and fascinating path toward personal growth and advanced technical skillset, with challenge-based learning and cross-cultural collaboration at the basis of every course. It undoubtedly provided me with the financial expertise to join the demanding sell-side industry and to face the fast-paced work environment of an Equity trading floor.
Elena Costanzo - Market & FRM, Intesa Sanpaolo
Elena Costanzo (Italy), class of 2021
Mafinrisk has been the most exciting experience I had in my academic career. Being graduated in Theoretical Physics I was looking for a program which could match the financial approach with the scientific one and Mafinrisk perfectly does it. I enjoyed studying financial concepts and mathematical models, both in theory and in practice, as well as participating in group projects which allowed me to deal with real job situations. The hard and soft skills developed during the master helped me to succeed in job interviews and in the first steps of my career. I’m quite sure that I wouldn’t get the internship in the Market and Financial Risk Management department at Intesa Sanpaolo and perform so well in it without my Mafinrisk experience. If I went back, I would certainly choose it again.
Nicholas Cornici - IR&FX Derivatives Sales, BBVA CIB
Nicholas Cornici (Italy), class of 2021
Primarly, Mafinrisk provided me with a highly-recognized technical knowledge and a tangible comparative advantage in the fields of Derivatives valuation and management, allowing to project my career towards the world of complex financial instruments. Furtherly, this master toughened my work ethic and allowed me to understand how to work in a real competitive environment.
Emilio Pappalardo - Junior Portfolio Manager
Artem Chernichin - Global Markets Graduate Analyst
Corstian Ten Hoor - Junior Quantitative Analyst
Chiara Inserra - Risk Analyst
Simon Taillefer - Fixed Income Derivative Sales - Executive Director
Marija Vranes (Serbia) - Intesa Sanpaolo - Treasury Department - Milan, Italy
Fabio Malfitano (Italy) – HSBC - Structured Interest Rate Derivatives Sales Team - Paris, France
Anastasia BUCCI (Italy) - Prometeia SpA, Milan
Cem DEDEAGA (Cyprus) - Goldman Sachs, London
Andy RANAIVOARIVONY (France) - Royal Bank of Scotland, London
Luigi GIANNUZZI (Switzerland) - Nomura, London
Anna RYBINA (Russia) - Bloomberg, London
Katsuyuki UTATA (Japan) - Vice President, Hybrids Trading - RBS Global Banking and Markets, Tokyo
I found out about the MAFINRISK course whilst going through the Bocconi website about possible graduate education I could chase after finishing my undergraduate degree. Initially I was unsure about the choice: to take a MSc in management in another European university or to take MAFINRISK. I was fortunate enough however, to meet a 2006/2007 graduate from MAFINRISK, who gave me an excellent feedback (and at the same time warning me about the intense nature of the course). In the end, I chose MAFINRISK as I wanted to chase a more quantitative course and wanted my graduate course to be challenging experience. Currently, I am employed at RBS in Japan, in the Exotics and Hybrids Rates Structuring division, and I could not be more satisfied with my choice of taking MAFINRISK. It is a course offering an excellent mixture of knowledge in economic foundation of the financial instruments and quantitative methods that construct their pieces together. In one of, if not the, worst year for financial markets, I would like to thank MAFINRISK, the professors and staff, and the classmates who helped me get to where I am today with a smile on my face. After joining RBS Global Markets and Banking team in 2008, I have worked for two years under the Rates Structuring division. The main mandate then was to create tailor made interest rate and multi-asset solutions for corporates and financial institutions in Asia with a particular focus in Japan. After two years of experience in the team, I have then moved to the Hybrids Trading team, where my mandate is to trade multi-asset products for our clients and manage cross asset correlations and high order risk exposures of the bank. My experience in MAFINRISK has been essential for my career, as I strongly believe the balance between strong quantitative knowledge, underlying concepts of risk management, and the link to macro and micro economics which the course helped me obtain has been the key strength for my career progression.
Matteo Giacomelli – Portfolio & Macro Research Analyst – Pictet Asset Management
The Master in Quantitative Finance and Risk Management (MAFINRISK) was for me the conclusion of my education, started with a 5-year course in Finance at the University of Siena. My whole university path has been geared towards the study of financial markets and before enrolling in this master I felt the need to deepen some quantitative aspects that I had not approached in the previous years. Mafinrisk provides you not only the knowledge of the basic processes that regulate the dynamics of financial markets, but also the expertise to perform analysis on different derivatives products and asset classes. The teaching materials, the assignments, the knowledge and qualification of professors and colleagues allow you to praise your qualities. Extreme rhythms and daily challenges, not only academically but also personally, are essential for your professional growth. Thanks to this experience I was able to develop my competence and create a network of relationships around the globe. For all these reasons and for the opportunities that this course gives you, I think it was one of the best choices I ever made.