Board of Directors

Alessandro Rivera is currently senior advisor for Bain Capital and for BCG, chairman of doValue and MilanoSesto, member of the board of the Italian Institute of Technology; since April 2025, he has been Chairman of UniSalute, and since June 2025, Chairman of Atac.

From 2018 to 2023, he was Director General of the Department of the Treasury. In this capacity, he represented Italy in working groups and committees established by leading international financial organizations.

In particular, he was the Deputy of the Minister of Economy and Finance in the G7, G20, and IMF meetings; member and Vice President of the Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) and member of the Euro Working Group of the European Union; member of the Board of Directors of the European Stability Mechanism. He chaired the Sub-Committee of the EFC on IMF-related matters.

From 2008 to 2018, he was Director of the Treasury's Directorate for the Banking and Financial System, dealing with policy and regulation of the financial sector at domestic and international level.

From 2000 to 2008, he was Head of different Units within the Treasury's Directorate for the Banking and Financial System.

He was a member of several boards of directors.

Manuela Franchi graduated with honors in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan and earned a master’s degree from Erasmus Universiteit in Rotterdam.

She has over 25 years of experience in financial services with a strong background in investment banking at firms such as Goldman Sachs and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where she served as Managing Director in M&A across the London, Milan, and Rome offices.

In 2016, she joined the doValue Group as Head of M&A and IR, overseeing all M&A transactions and successfully leading the company’s IPO process.
From 2018 to 2023, she served as Chief Financial Officer, and since 2020, she has held the role of General Manager of doValue.

In April 2023, she was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Group, as well as CEO of doNext.

She has served as a board member of various listed companies also chairing the Controls, Risks, and Sustainability Committee.

Ms. Lieskovska is a Partner in Bain Capital Special Situations in London focused on Financial Services.

Previously, Ms. Lieskovska was a Partner at Varde Partners focussing on investments in European financial services and insurance opportunities.

Ms. Lieskovska previously worked at Lehman Brothers, Alvarez & Marsal and Goldman Sachs.

Ms. Lieskovska received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and B.Sc. from Louisiana State University.

Francesco Colasanti, born in Frosinone on 29/12/1975, graduated in Economics from the LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome.

Since 2001 he has been working at Fortress Investment Group where he serves as Managing Director and CO-Head of Fortress European NPL Business. Since his appointment as Head of Fortress Credit Europe, Francesco Colasanti focuses on the development of the Fortress across Europe with particular focus to Spain, Greece, UK,  Germany, France and other northern European countries. He has been involved in Fortress Group's major investment processes in the NPL and Private Equity sector in Europe. Among the most important transactions, in 2015 he participated in the acquisition of UCCMB (Unicredit Credit Management Bank listed on the Milan Stock Exchange in 2017, now doValue).

In 2005 it participated in the acquisition of IGC (Intesa Group's Intesa Gestione Crediti Servicer) and a portfolio of financial assets with GBV of EUR 13 billion from Intesa SanPaolo; from 2001 to 2024 it managed the acquisitions in Italy of approximately EUR 42 billion of GBV. In the Greek market since 2019 he has been involved in the acquisition of significant financial assets sold by local financial institutions for a nominal value of EUR 20 billion. Since 2015, he has been a Director of doValue S.p.A. (formerly doBank S.p.A.), where he also serves as a member of the Appointments and Remuneration Committee.

From 2000 to 2001 he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the audit and transaction support team.

Francesco Pansa is Managing Director at Fortress, which he joined in June 2001, and he is currently responsible for the Italian market. He has gained over 25 years of international experience in the NPL, distressed asset, lending, and Real Estate sectors. His responsibilities at Fortress focused mainly on NPL acquisitions/management, on the turnaround and the development of the Italian servicing platforms Italfondiario and doValue. From 2006 to 2012 he served as General Manager at Italfondiario.

Prior to joining Fortress, Mr. Pansa worked at Depfa Bank as credit manager in the Real Estate division.

Mr. Pansa holds a Law degree from La Sapienza University of Rome.

James Corcoran has over 40 years of experience in global financial services at large multinational companies, such as American Express, Citibank, HBOS and IBM. He used this experience in the last 10 years of his career working alongside Private Equity to build NewDay Cards Ltd, a consumer credit start-up in the UK. He stepped down in 2019, after successfully selling the Unicorn business. 

James' career started in 1977 with American Express in the UK, working in sales and marketing, and after managing the Card and TC business in Australia and New Zealand, he moved to New York as international head of consumer marketing.  He then changed sectors and became global head of marketing for IBM's PC division. He was then hired by Citibank as head of global distribution strategy for the consumer division.  In 1999, he returned to the UK to launch a credit card for FirstUSA/Bank One, which he sold to Halifax Bank (later to become HBOS Lloyds Bank). After the move to HBOS, he managed both the retail product divisions and the branch network. James was then hired by Washington Mutual in Seattle as President of its retail bank.  He led the network of over 2,100 bank branches and more than 28,000 employees.

In 2009 James joined NewDay (a fledgling credit card company), developing a vision and strategy for the company to become the UK's leading provider of digitally-enabled consumer credit. In January 2017, NewDay was sold to private equity firms Cinven and CVC for over £1 billion.

Fotini Ioannou joined METLEN Energy & Metals in June 2023 as Chief of Staff. Since January 2026, she has been serving as the Group CFO of the company and is also a member of the Board of Directors of METLEN Energy & Metals Plc.

She has an extensive background in senior leadership roles within the banking sector, with a focus on Corporate & Investment Banking, Strategy, and NonPerforming Exposures (NPE) Management. She previously served as General Manager of Legacy Portfolio & Specialized Asset Solutions and was a member of the Executive Committee of the National Bank of Greece. She also chaired the NPE Coordination Committee of the Hellenic Bank Association (HBA) and sat on its Executive Committee. Earlier, she was General Manager of Corporate & Investment Banking and Executive Committee member at Piraeus Bank, Chair of the Board of Piraeus Factoring, and Vice Chair of Piraeus Leasing.

Before entering the banking industry, she worked at McKinsey & Company in Greece and the United States and began her career at Arthur Andersen in London.

She holds an MA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Cambridge and an M.Sc. in Management Science & Operational Research from the University of Warwick. Mrs. Ioannou is also a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Degree in Economics of Financial Intermediaries from Luigi Bocconi University in Milan. Extensive experience in the financial sector, gained at leading international investments banks in London, such as Schroders and Deutsche Bank. Professional experience then continued at SACE in Rome where she took on various leading roles.

Since 2018 Director for International Relations in Confindustria and currently General Director in ItaliaFintech, the association of fintech companies in Italy.

Over the years she has gained extensive experience in Corporate Governance having held positions as Independent Director in listed financial and tech companies. Currently holding a position as non-executive director in Moltiply, Albaleasing and Chairman of Banco BPM Invest SGR. Vice President of the Bassiri Foundation.

Cristina Alba Ochoa has worked in the financial services industry for over 30 years, where she has served as an executive and member of the company's board of directors. Most of her work has been in the EMEA and North American markets, with exposure to Southeast Asia/ANZ. She is a non-executive board member of doValue and MetroBank (UK).

During the CFO role at Metrobank in 2024, Cristina guided the executive team in making choices and implementing the actions that allowed the company turning from negative results to profitability. Previously in the UK, as CFO of OakNorth for 4 years, she led the company's finance organisation in its growth both in the UK market and globally, achieving triple Unicorn ratings in several rounds of capital raising, achieving exceptional growth to become the most profitable Unicorn in the UK. During her 18 years at GE Capital, she held credit and finance positions in Spain and Western Europe, before moving into global roles based in London and Paris. For the past two years, when GE decided to fully divest GE Capital, she led GE Capital's internal financial M&A readiness team to execute approximately $100bn (33 transactions) of financial services asset disposals in 24 months. She served as a member of Atitlan's Board of Directors during 4 years, after being interim CEO in 2022, defining and implementing the company's transformation from bespoke to systematic management.

Cristina is also a visiting lecturer at BSM - Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. She holds a double degree in Economics from UAB and a Master in Finance and Banking from UPF (Barcelona).

Isabella De Michelis di Slonghello is the Chairman, CEO and founder of ErnieApp Ltd., a pioneering company known for inventing the Privacy Knowledge Manager - an innovative digital service usable via mobile app. This revolutionary tool sets a new standard for transparency, enabling both consumers and businesses to negotiate the expansion of digital value creation in real time. The app, classified as a utility, is currently operational in over 50 markets.

Prior to founding ErnieApp Ltd., Isabella held several leadership roles. She served as Vice President Government Affairs EMEIA at Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM), where she was also responsible 'global' for the company's Technology Policy and Regulatory strategies, and was General Manager of Qualcomm Belgium. Her extensive professional background also includes executive positions at CISCO Systems (CSCO), IRIDIUM LLC (a Motorola company), ELSACOM (formerly part of the FINMECCANICA Group) and TELESPAZIO of the STET Group. In these companies she led strategies on technology policy, regulatory affairs, market access initiatives, intellectual property protection strategy development, industry alliances, standardization strategies, development of strategic alliances and partnerships, and always followed antitrust cases for the companies.

In 2024, she was appointed Ambassador of Digital SME Europe, the IT association representing the SME IT sector to the European institutions (more than 45.000 members). Furthermore in 2024 she joined the Data Transfer Initiative, the technical body working on the data portability specifications and which was set up by Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple for such purpose. ErnieApp is the only European company currently being given a partner status and participating in DTI Board meetings. In January 2025, she became a member of the Task Force of the Italian Government - Presidency of the Council for the adoption of AI in the public sector. In February 2025, she was appointed Expert in ITU-T SG17 (Safety Security and Privacy standardization for AI).

In 2020, Isabella was appointed Director and Non-Executive Member (NED) of the Board of Directors of CDP Ventures - Fondo Innovazione Italia, a subsidiary of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, with assets under management of over €2.5 billion. During her term of office, she was also a member of the Risk Control Committee.

In 2014, she founded High Pulse GmbH, a consulting company specializing in digitalization strategies for public and private clients. She has served as Chairman of 4iP, a think-tank promoting the interests of 'capital intensive' industries, was for several terms Director and Board Member of Women in Leadership, a European organization promoting STEM careers for women through the Women Talent Pool Program. For Qualcomm, she also managed the European 'ESG' programme 'Wireless Reach'.

Isabella is recognized as an authority in the field, being the originator of the 'Right to Monetisation' theory. This theory promotes fair and balanced relationships between users and companies, proposing a framework in which users are duly recognized and compensated for their contribution to digital value creation. She has also advised governments and European institutions on issues of innovation, competition, policy and data economics. She is frequently invited as a lecturer in European universities (Master's programmes).

Giuseppe Pisani born in Catanzaro on April 6, 1964; Graduated in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science specialization, at the Polytechnic of Milan. He began his career in 1988 at IBM, dealing with technological issues in the Public and Energy sectors; in particular, he participated in the development of the first application prototypes of virtual reality. In 1994 he moved to Banca Akros where he reached the role of Head of Organization and Information Technology; directly reporting to the CEO, he was responsible for coordinating the application developments of the Planning & Control and Front Office areas. Since 1999 in a management consulting firm (then Arthur Andersen MBA) where he directed complex projects at medium/large financial institutions with impacts in the organizational and technological field. In 2001 he joined PwC Advisory with the goal of developing the technological offering for the Financial Services market. He was appointed Partner in 2005; over these years he has held various roles and responsibilities: from 2005 to 2016 Technology Leader for the Financial Services market in Italy; from 2013 to 2016 member of the PwC Central Cluster (EMEA) FS Technology Committee. From 2018 to 2024, he has held the position of Head of Reporting & Management Control for PwC Italy. Main project experiences in PwC are related to: ICT Strategy & Transformation, IT Risk & Regulatory, IT Due Diligence, System Implementation, Cost Allocation, Budget & Forecast, Management Reporting

Enrico Buggea was born in 1989 and graduated cum laude with a degree in Industrial and Management Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan. Mr. Buggea has worked as an investment professional at Elliott Advisors (UK) since 2018, focusing on investments across the capital structure in European financial institutions. Prior to joining Elliott, he gained extensive experience in the financial sector, working in the investment banking divisions of Goldman Sachs and Nomura in London. At Elliott, Enrico serves as the investor representative on the board of Enra Specialist Finance, a UK mortgage lender, and as a member of the supervisory board at Hiltermann Leasing, a vehicle financing business in the Netherlands. Additionally, he holds the position of Investor Director and board member at Bantry Bay, a pan-European asset-based lending firm.

Massimo Ruggieri was born in 1972 and graduated cum laude with a degree in Economics from the Free International University of Social Studies LUISS Guido Carli. Mr. Ruggieri has worked at Elliott Advisors (UK) since 2014, specializing in private credit, real estate and private equity investments, with a focus on Southern Europe. During his tenure at Elliott, Mr. Ruggieri has worked on several investment transactions, such as the investment in Credito Fondiario Banca, which resulted in the creation of Gardant and Banca CF+.

Prior to joining Elliott, Mr. Ruggieri gained extensive experience working at leading international investment banks, including Morgan Stanley, UBS and Deutsche Bank.