Management

Rodolfo Fracassi, CFA Director and Co–Founder

Rodolfo founded MainStreet Partners in 2008 aiming to create the first global impact investing arranger and placement agent.
Prior to this he served as an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, in charge of developing new business opportunities with institutional investors, distributors and consultants in several European countries.
Rodolfo covered a similar position at Franklin Templeton Investments, co–heading the Italian Institutional department.
He also held positions at Salomon Smith Barney as a Derivatives Sales and started his career at the Italian Trade Commission in Hong Kong as market analyst.
He graduated at Bocconi University in Milan. Rodolfo is a Chartered Financial Analyst, member of the Italian CFA Society, the UK CFA Society, and the Microfinance UK Club.
A keen cyclist, he took a year off in 2007 to realize his dream of crossing South America by bicycle, from Quito in Ecuador to Ushuaia in Argentina across Peru, Bolivia and Chile.

Andrea Carati Director and Co–Founder

Andrea founded MainStreet Partners in 2008. Andrea started his career at Goldman Sachs where he joined the Private Wealth Management department in London as a Financial Analyst focusing on High Net Worth Individuals.
He then joined the Asset Management division first in the New York office and then in the Milan office as Associate in charge of developing the Italian and southern Swiss institutional, corporate and retail business focusing on mutual funds, alternative investments and separate accounts. Andrea graduated as Industrial Engineer from the Milan Polytechnic.

Giuseppe Verdoni Director

Prior to joining MainStreet Partners Giuseppe worked for McKinsey & Co.. During his experience in McKinsey he was involved in consulting projects in Italy, North Africa and Eastern Europe for Central Banks, Financial Institutions and Governments.
Before joining McKinsey, Giuseppe has spent 6 years working for JPMorgan, covering a wide variety of roles in London and Milan, as Fixed Income junior product manager, Institutional Sales in the Asset Management department and Associate in the M&A Specialty Finance team.
Giuseppe graduated in Institutions and Financial Markets Management at Luigi Bocconi University in Milan; in 2008 he earned an MBA degree from NYU Stern School of Business in New York.

 

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