FIA Commodities Conference 2026

Lucio Bonavitacola is a Partner and Head of the Financial Regulation Team at Clifford Chance Italy, as part of the Firm's Global Financial Markets practice. His areas of coverage include banking and financial regulation, derivatives and associated matters, including clearing. He is a member of the Milan Bar and licensed as a solicitor in the courts of England and Wales. During his over 20 year career, he has assisted domestic and international clients, of primary standing, providing regulatory advice and negotiating complex financial agreements, including industry standards and clearing-related documentation.

Fabio Cipriani is Head of Controls & Operational Risk in Intesa Sanpaolo. Within IMI Corporate & Investment Banking Division, the team is responsible for the first line of defense for market, credit, regulatory compliance, anti-money laundering, and operational risks. Furthermore, the team oversees management and development for OTC clearing services, both for house and client businesses. Before being appointed to this role, Fabio served the bank as a risk manager for ten years and then was responsible to fully set-up the Product Control team within Banca IMI. He graduated at the University of Siena in Economics & Banking in 2000.

Simona is an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs within the Prime Services Sales team – specializing in Listed and Cleared Derivatives. She oversees sales and business development within the global asset manager population as well as the wider Italian-speaking regions. Simona started her career as a listed derivatives client services representative, and subsequently helped build out the European franchise of the Prime Clearing (ex-GSEC) business. Since then she has held different roles and responsibilities, most recently co-heading the EMEA Prime Client Management team in Global Markets. Simona holds a BA(Hons) in Languages Economics and Politics from Kingston University and is an ambassador for Women in Derivatives, Inc. (WIND).

Carmine Calamello is Head of Brokerage & Execution in Intesa Sanpaolo with twenty years of experience in financial markets. Within IMI Corporate & Investment Banking Division, the Brokerage & Execution team is responsible for high and low touch execution of institutional client’s orders on Listed Derivatives, Equity and Fixed Income and for the overall best execution policy of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group. Before been appointed to this role, Carmine has been in the Listed Derivatives brokerage business for Caboto Sim and Banca IMI both in Milan and London. He graduated at the Bocconi University of Milan in Economics and Financial Market Management in 2003.

Giorgio Cali is the Head of Derivatives Execution and Clearing (DEC) Sales for Institutional Clients in EMEA at BNP Paribas. Giorgio was appointed in 2013 to build out and distribute BNP Paribas’s platform. Giorgio has over 15 years of sales experience in global markets. Prior to joining BNP Paribas, Giorgio was responsible for the origination and distribution of Barclays Derivatives Clearing and FX PB platform in EMEA. Giorgio graduated in Italy with a BA and MS in economics, and received his MA by research in politics, from Warwick University.

Massimo Giorgini is Head of Italy Equity & Derivatives Sales at Euronext, responsible for clients’ relationships on Italian equity and derivatives markets, including institutional and retail trading businesses. Massimo joined the Exchange industry in 2005, working for Borsa Italiana, and was appointed Head of Business Development at London Stock Exchange Group after the merger with Borsa Italiana. In previous roles, he was in charge of business development and global clients’ relationships with investment banks, brokers, liquidity providers and retail brokers trading Italian markets, and responsible for a number of initiatives including launch of new products and market segments, supporting the dialogue with stakeholders and industry associations with respect to regulatory framework and systemic issues, including market structure, high-frequency trading, institutional electronic trading and retail business. Massimo holds a master’s degree in Business Administration, and executive education at INSEAD, IESE, University of Chicago Booth School of Business and London School of Economics.

After graduating in Econmics in Italy and Belgium, Dario started his career in 2011 at Bloomberg in London. He soon moved to UniCredit where he joined the credit trading department and worked for 4 years as a portfolio manager. He then led the implementation of MiFID2 for the Corporate & Investment Bank, driving the digitalisation and upgrade of the IT systems of the division. Finally he joined the Brokerage department which represent the key engine for execution and clearing of all client orders in all asset classes and soon became the Deputy Global Head leading the expansion and upscale of the business.

Marco Polito is with CC&G since its foundation in 1992, contributing in various roles to the growth of the company and became General Manager in December 2018 and CEO in April 2020. From 2013 his position was Chief Risk Officer of CC&G and starting from 2016 Chief Risk Officer of Monte Titoli. He chaired the Risk Committee of EACH (European Association of CCPs) from 2009 to 2011, contributing in that role to the drafting of CPMI-IOSCO principles and of EMIR EU-wide ruleset for Financial Market Infrastructures. The business scope (Risk Management services for Financial Market Infrastructures) fostered a thorough understanding of the financial industry and an extensive network of relationships with Market Authorities, Infrastructures, Intermediaries and Academics. He also chaired the Risk Committee of ECSDA (European Associations of CSDs) from 2018 to 2019 setting Monte Titoli’s Risk Management Framework among the “best-in-class” in terms of quantitative basis and process efficiency.

Roberto Romeo began his professional career in 1997 in Citibank and subsequently joined Tradinglab Banca (Unicredit Group) on the Warrant and Equity Derivatives trading desk. From 2004 to 2008 he worked for Deutsche Bank, where he was Head of Trading X-markets Italy. In July 2008 Mr. Romeo joined Mediobanca as a Managing Director of Capital Market Solutions, Head of Equity Derivatives Trading. In July 2019 he was nominated Head of Equity Trading and Structuring into Mediobanca Markets Division, leading a team of twenty people. He holds a Degree in Business Economics from Università Cattolica in Milan. Mr Romeo is also Member of the Board of Directors of ACEPI (Associazione Italiana Certificati e Prodotti di Investimento), Italian securitized derivatives association.