Matteo Manusardi between 2012 and 2017 led the M&A activity of the investment banking branch of the Banca Popolare di Vicenza Group. From 2008 until 2012 Matteo was head of the Equity Investments Department of Banca Popolare di Vicenza. In the years 2001-2008 Matteo was Director of the CIB department of BNP Paribas Milan, as head of the Italian activity of FIG M&A. Between 1995 and 2001 he gained a deep experience in Pasfin Servizi Finanziari, (part of the SOPAF group). He worked mainly in the buy-side Equity Research and Equity Sales desk departments on Italian stocks. In 1998 Pasfin was taken over by BNP. From 1990 to 1995 Matteo worked in Groupe Financiére de CIC et de l'Union Européenne (part of the French group GAN) in the Milan office, dealing with business valuations and Corporate Finance. Matteo started working by setting up one of the first Equity Research teams in Milan in 1987, again with Pasfin of the SOPAF Group.