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Mr Falcinelli is a Managing Director - Partner, Deputy Head of European Private Credit and is based in London. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Falcinelli was a Managing Director for Oz Management where he worked for almost twelve years. At Oz Management, Mr. Falcinelli was based in London and focused on Private Credit investments including private debt and special situations within the EMEA region. He was instrumental at growing the Oz Management's Private Credit business in Europe. Before joining Oz Management in 2007, Mr. Falcinelli was an Associate in the Investment Banking Division at JPMorgan Chase Bank where he worked as a member of the Merger & Acquisitions group in London and Milan. He also was as a member of the Leveraged Finance group in London. Mr. Falcinelli graduated with honors and holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi. In his studies, he attended the exchange program of the M.B.A. in Corporate Finance at Indiana University - Kelley School of Business.

At EIF since 2009, Marco is heading the team responsible for equity investments in European funds focused on Sustainable Growth, including strategies oriented towards circularity, climate and energy transition, digital transformation and investments in sectors which are strategic for the European economy. Marco coordinates the investment activity for the AMUF European Private Equity compartment and for several fund-of-funds initiatives, with specific thematic or geographical scope, (e.g. Turkey, Poland, Baltics, Central Europe, Italy, Portugal). He represents EIF on the Advisory Boards of several funds. Prior to EIF, he worked in direct investments, in an Early Stage VC fund, and in management consulting. Marco holds a M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering and Management.

Daniel Ivanov started his career as an Investment Strategist at Pilgrim Asset Management, a hedge fund with over $200M AUM, before joining JSCapital, an investment bank that founded the Israeli Blockchain Association (where Daniel was a Board Member) and VentureIsrael (VC). For the past two years prior to joining OurCrowd, Daniel was an Investment Associate at New Industry Ventures, a multi-corporate VC, where he worked on new and follow-on deals. Daniel received his BA in Economics & Business and MBA in Strategy & Finance from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Jose is a successful serial entrepreneur and global investor. Currently, he is the Co-Founder of FJ Labs with his business partner, Fabrice Grinda. FJ invests and builds tech start-ups globally with a focus in Marketplaces and the US. Previously, he co-founded IG Expansion where he built several successful companies including Viajanet. He also self-funded Serendipity Investments where he built a portfolio of over 200 investments. Jose started his career as Co-Founder of DeRemate that sold to Mercado Libre and then went public in Nasdaq. He is a Mechanical and Electrical Engineer and holds an MBA from Stanford. He loves flying and extreme sports, has played the piano and tennis since age 5, speaks 5 languages and has run 6 marathons.

Thomas is a Partner at Isomer Capital, a leading investment company in the European VC sector. Thomas is a member of Isomer Capital’s Investment Committee and leads investor relations functions. Being active in continental Europe’s ecosystems, he contributes to manager research with a particular focus on France and Italy. Previously, Thomas was heading the Southern Europe business of Russell Investments. Fluent in French, Italian and English, Thomas likes to travel and climbing in the Alps.

Mr. Cooney is a Partner in the Ares Credit Group, where he focuses on European direct lending and covers the French and Southern European markets. Mr. Cooney serves as a member of Ares Credit Group's European Direct Lending Investment Committee and the Ares Sports, Media and Entertainment Investment Committee. Prior to joining Ares in 2009, Mr. Cooney was a Managing Director at HSBC France, where he focused on managing the Paris leveraged finance team. Previously, Mr. Cooney was a Director with the Paris-based teams of Barclays Capital, The Royal Bank of Scotland and Societe Generale. Mr. Cooney holds a B.A., summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in Political Science and an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics in Economics. He has additionally completed graduate coursework at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Raffaele Legnani is Managing Director and Head of the Italian office of H.I.G. Capital, a leading global alternative investment firm with $62 billion of equity capital under management. Raffaele has been investing in the Italian private equity market since 1996. Prior to joining H.I.G., Raffaele was CEO and founding partner of Atlantis Partners in Milan, the leading independent institutional investment firm focused on Italian mid-size companies in Special Situations. Before that, Raffaele has successfully invested in a significant number of buyout transactions, both directly and through specialized international private equity funds serving as operating board member for several portfolio companies. Previously, Raffaele worked in investment banking for Goldman Sachs in London. Raffaele graduated with honours in Finance and Business Administration from Bocconi University in Milan.