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Matteo Tesser is the CEO of Fairmat srl.  Matteo has a master degree in Computer Science from the University of Padua and a Ph.D. degree from the Technical University of Catalonia. His PhD thesis was on electricity’s generation companies’ medium-term strategies and energy markets modeling. His research and interests are focused on optimization techniques and modeling tools.  Matteo is currently coordinating the development of the Fairmat modeling platform and related software products.

Nicola Benini is Executive Director of Fairmat srl. Nicola has a master degree in Economics from the University of Verona and he is partner and co-founder of IFA Consulting Srl. Nicola is currently involved in the financial litigation area and he represent the company as independent technical advisor (CTU in Italy) for many public prosecutors in Italy.

Francesco Rossi is professor of economic, actuarial and financial mathematical methods at the University of Verona from 1990.  From 1997 to 2003 and from 2006 to 2012 was also Dean of the Faculty of Economics.  He is author  of several publications in the fields of investment analysis, financial markets models, portfolio theory, risk management, decision support systems, models for the management of companies, economics, statistics, medical statistics and biometrics.  He is member of the board of directors of some companies active in the industries of  information technology, finance, insurance.

 

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Alonso Peña is SDA Professor at the SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milan. He has worked as a quantitative analyst in the Structured Products group for Thomson Reuters Risk and for Unicredit Group in London and Milan. He holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Cambridge in finite element analysis and the Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF) from 7city Learning UK.  He has lectured and supervised graduate students from the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Bergamo, Pavia, Castellanza and the Politecnico di Milano. His area of expertise is the pricing of financial derivatives, in particular structured products. Alonso has publications in the fields of quantitative finance, applied mathematics, neuroscience and the history of science.
Dr Peña has been awarded the Robert J Melosh Medal: First Prize for the Best Student Paper on Finite Element Analysis, Duke University, USA; and the Rouse Ball Travelling Studentship in Mathematics, Trinity College, Cambridge. He has been to the Santa Fe Institute, USA, studying complex systems in the social sciences. 

Hjalte Nerdrum, MSc: Mr. Nerdrum has over 20 years of management consulting expertise, concentrating in the areas of strategy, operations, and financial analysis. He has extensive experience in conducting strategic and financial diagnostics for clients looking to reformulate their business strategies, improve their operating performance, and for carrying out mergers and acquisition. Mr. Nerdrum has consulted to a variety of firms in the Nordic countries, especially Finland and Sweden, with a focus on financial services. Prior to Fairmat, he has run an independent management consultancy in Helsinki, and before that worked for the Capgemini Group, A.T.Kearny and Accenture. Mr. Nerdrum is of a systematic and analytical disposition with the ability to apply advanced diagnostics for optimizing corporate operations and for identifying pertinent business challenges and opportunities.