{"id":1234,"date":"2013-11-20T13:10:20","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T13:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.francescocaputonassetti.it\/new\/bio\/biografia\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T07:26:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:26:45","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.francescocaputonassetti.it\/en\/bio\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Investing in knowledge is knowing how to invest&#8221;: a phrase that encapsulates the professional and human essence of Francesco Caputo Nassetti, a manager with international experience who makes knowledge and experience his main values.<\/p>\n<p>Francesco Caputo Nassetti was born in Ferrara on 15 May 1958. After classical studies, in 1976 he enrolled in the <strong>Law degree<\/strong> course at the University of Ferrara, where he graduated with honours in 1980. He registered with the Ferrara Bar in 1984.<\/p>\n<p>In January 1981, he began his career at <strong>Banca Commerciale Italiana<\/strong>, where he followed a training course that led him, through a number of positions and different operational offices, to the top management of the bank, which he left in July 2003 as <strong>Deputy General Manager<\/strong> first of <strong>Banca Commerciale Italiana S.p.A.<\/strong> and then of <strong>Banca Intesa S.p.A<\/strong>. During these years he worked in 16 different cities, including London and Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>In 2003 he became <strong>General Manager<\/strong> of the <strong>Global Markets<\/strong> <strong>Italy Division<\/strong> of <strong>Deutsche Bank AG<\/strong> with responsibility for Global Markets activities in Italy. In 2006 he was appointed <strong>Senior Advisor<\/strong> for <strong>Eastern Europe<\/strong> at <strong>Deutsche Bank AG<\/strong>, London, with responsibility for development activities in the region and in particular for relations with governments and central banks in Eastern European countries.<\/p>\n<p>From 2009 until June 2013 he was <strong>General Manager<\/strong> of Intermedia Holding S.p.A., Bologna, a private equity fund with \u20ac200 million of capital active in capital investments mainly in the renewable energy sector. In this context he has been Chairman or Managing Director of several companies operating in the photovoltaic sector that have built and managed 41 MW.<\/p>\n<p>From January 2015 to August 2020, he was <strong>Chief Executive Officer<\/strong> of <strong>Swiss Merchant Corporation S.A.<\/strong>, Lugano, a financial advisory firm specialising in extraordinary corporate transactions, as well as in advising on the search for debt capital (from banks or other sources). The company also acts as advisor to international closed-end funds specialising in the acquisition of equity stakes in unlisted companies.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">From September 2020 to December 2023, he was<strong> CEO<\/strong> of <strong>Artisa Finanz AG,<\/strong> a Swiss financial advisory firm belonging to the Artisa AG Group, a leading Swiss real estate development company.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>From January to October 2016, he was a member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee of <strong>Cassa<\/strong> di <strong>Risparmio <\/strong>di<strong> Cesena S.p.A.<\/strong>, a Board that achieved the rescue of the bank with the entry of the Interbank Deposit Protection Fund through a reserved capital increase of \u20ac280 million.<\/p>\n<p>Parallel to his banking activities, Caputo Nassetti cultivated his interest in law through a dense research activity that led him to academic teaching.<\/p>\n<p>His research activity began in 1989 with his first publications on civil and banking law in 1990, in particular<\/p>\n<p>a in the journals Diritto del commercio internazionale and Bollettino tributario di informazioni. The first book was published in 1991 entitled Brevi note sui coefficienti patrimoniali bancari, published by Bancaria Editrice.<\/p>\n<p>His scientific activity was stimulated by the development of new economic phenomena and in particular of new contractual cases known by the term &#8220;derivative contracts&#8221;, which from the early nineties experienced an impetuous commercial development, remaining ignored by doctrine and jurisprudence for several years.<\/p>\n<p>Francesco Caputo Nassetti is considered one of the leading Italian experts on the subject of derivative contracts: the 2013 edition of the <strong>Encyclopaedia<\/strong> of <strong>Law<\/strong> in fact sees the contribution of the lawyer for the editing of the part dedicated to this contractual case.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">From 1998 to 2008, he taught<strong> Private Law<\/strong> at <strong>Bocconi University<\/strong> in Milan, and from 2012 to 2020, he taught at the University of Ferrara as a <strong>Professor<\/strong> of <strong>Banking Law<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">He contributes to several law journals (including Giurisprudenza Commerciale) by writing articles and commenting on court decisions.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">He is the <strong>Sole Director<\/strong> of the financial consulting firm F. Caputo Nassetti Sagl, prepares expert reports on usury and financial derivatives, and acts in arbitration proceedings.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">He has also been involved in entrepreneurial activities in the photovoltaic, parking, and LED public lighting sectors.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In April 2017, the Alma Iura Centre for Banking and Finance Law Studies and Training awarded Caputo Nassetti the 2016 <strong>LOY Lawyer<\/strong> of the <strong>Year Finance Award<\/strong> &#8220;for the innovation of some of his proposals in the field of Non Performing Loans and for his intense arbitration activity in financial matters&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Francesco Caputo Nassetti has four children with whom he shares his passions: reading the great classics, fencing, swimming, and horseback riding, which often leads him to travel overseas, to the &#8220;<em>wildest parts<\/em>&#8221; of America, for adventurous horseback excursions.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"OvtS8d\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"NQSJo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Investing in knowledge is knowing how to invest&#8221;: a phrase that encapsulates the professional and human essence of Francesco Caputo Nassetti, a manager with international experience who makes knowledge and experience his main values. 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