Sella Corporate & Investment Banking is the business division specialized in corporate finance transactions

Who we are

We are your global partners for your projects of transformation and growth. We invest with you in the sustainable financial system of the future.

We support entrepreneurs, companies, startups and financial sponsor in order to realize extraordinary transactions with a complete offer of corporate Investment Banking solutions and Advisory services.

We offer competence, transparency and skills at the service of our Clients and innovative tailor-made solutions to support the realization of your projects in Italy and all over the world. We invest in developing a sustainable financial ecosystem of investors along with our Clients.

Businesses, entrepreneurs and innovation
Businesses, entrepreneurs and innovation
Sella has always been close to small and medium-sized enterprises with projects of growth and innovation in the corporate life
Complete and integrated offer
Complete and integrated offer
We offer advisory and Corporate Investment Banking solutions, along with the Group's offer in order to meet our Clients' needs
Expertise and commitment
Expertise and commitment
We offer our long experience with dedication and commitment in order to realize corporate finance transactions, with an high level of complexity

Our mission is to support entrepreneurs' transformation and growth projects and to grow the sustainable financial system of the future.

Giacomo Sella
Head of Corporate & Investment Banking
Main operations

Case history

The established experience of Sella Corporate & Investment Banking is shown on the several successful deals carried on the Italian and international markets.

See the most important deals

Our team

Giacomo Sella
Head of Corporate & Investment Banking
Giacomo Sella

Experience
Before heading Sella Corporate & Investment Banking, Giacomo worked at Daiwa SBCM UK as Executive Director, and at Bain & Co. Italy.

Education
MSc in Economics - University of Turin
MBA - Columbia Business School (USA)

Stefano Crosta
Managing Director
Stefano Crosta

Experience
Stefano joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2018. Previously, he worked in the Leveraged Finance division of GE Capital in London (GE Corporate Finance Bank) and Milan (GE Capital Interbanca) and in the Structured Finance division of Banca Ifis.

Education
MSc in Economics - Bocconi University
MBA - SDA Bocconi/Wharton

Francesco Falcone
Managing Director
Francesco Falcone

Experience
Francesco joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2023. He started his career at Deloitte Financial Advisory Services in 2006 and then he moved to UniCredit Corporate & Investment Banking. During his career he has managed several M&A deals, IPOs and capital raising transactions for both listed and private companies.

Education
Master of Science in Economics and Finance - Bocconi University and Visiting Student at Maastricht University (The Netherlands)

Graziano Novello
Managing Director
Graziano Novello

Experience
Graziano joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2018. Previously, he worked at Banca Sella as head of corporate credit (responsible for development of minibond product) and head of Udine branch, at Intesa Sanpaolo as head of corporate credit in Friuli Venezia Giulia area (covering several other roles in the credit sector) and at Banca del Friuli in the merger with Credito Romagnolo.

Michele Cinguino
Executive Director
Michele Cinguino

Experience
Michele joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2009, gaining experience in the financial and fintech sector.

Education
Msc in Finance - University Bocconi

Francesco Andrulli
Director
Francesco Andrulli

Experience
Francesco joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2014. Previously, he worked as financial analyst at Ardian Private Equity.

Education
Msc in Finance - University Bocconi

Andrea D'Orta
Director
Andrea D'Orta

Experience
Andrea joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2009. Previously, he worked as consultant at Macfin Group, and as analyst at Procter & Gamble and Sanpaolo IMI (New York).

Education
Msc in Finance -University of Rome Tor Vergata
Executive MBA - SDA Bocconi 

Giovanni Calabrese
Associate Director
Giovanni Calabrese

Experience
Giovanni joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2023. Previously, he worked in the Investment Team of Redstone a Berlin based early stage multi-VC-fund asset manager - as Investment & Data Intelligence, and at Testbusters and Test We Can in Milan - two Italian EdTech startups. Giovanni co-founded "Italians in VC", a global network and community of Italian investors and operators in the Venture Capital industry.

Education
BSc in Business Administration & Management - Bocconi University
MSc Double Degree in Economics and Management of Innovation and Technology - Bocconi University
MSc Double Degree in Innovation and Business Development - Copenhagen Business School

Danilo Dragone
Associate Director
Danilo Dragone

Experience
Danilo joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2016. Previously, he worked as financial analyst at Allianz.

Education
Msc in Finance - University of Turin
 

Antonio Faedda
Associate Director
Antonio Faedda

Experience
Antonio joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2018. Previously, he worked at Banca Sella and at Banca Agricola Mantovana as corporate credit manager in Lombardy (SMEs, mid cap, large corporate), covering several other roles in the credit area.

Education
Msc in Economics and Management - University Bocconi
Chartered tax accountant

Sergio Colombo
Associate
Sergio Colombo

Experience
Sergio joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2022. Previously, he worked at Fante Group as Senior Analyst, as Senior Consultant in PwC Transaction Services and as Senior Auditor in Deloitte.

Education
MSc in Management - Bocconi University
BSc in Finance - Bocconi University

Giada Coluccia
Associate
Giada Coluccia

Experience
Giada joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2021. Previously, she worked as Consulting Analyst at Accenture.

Education
MSc in AFC - University Bocconi
MSc in Finance - Católica Lisbon

Ivan Di Martino
Associate
Ivan Di Martino

Experience
Ivan joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2023. He previously worked in strategic planning at Banco Desio, strategic consulting at Jbmc consulting, and credit risk and credit strategy & pricing consulting at Prometeia.

Education
Master I level in Accounting - Ipe Business School

Aurelio Messina
Associate
Aurelio Messina

Experience
Aurelio joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2024. He started his career at KPMG in 2018 and later worked in the M&A team at two leading advisory boutiques in Milan. During his career he has managed several M&A, private equity and corporate finance transactions. He has been licensed as a Certified Public Accountant since 2023

Education

  • MSc Economics of Financial Markets and Intermediaries - School of Banking and Finance Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
  • Exchange overseas program Financial Analyst Honors Concentration - School of Business State University of New York at Albany
  • BSc Economics of Markets and Financial Intermediaries - School of Banking and Finance Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Alessandro Villa
Associate
Alessandro Villa

Experience
Alessandro joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2019.

Education
Master in Economy and Finance at Luiss Guido Carli

Giorgia Balestreri
Analyst
Giorgia Balestreri

Experience
Giorgia joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2023.

Education
BSc in Economics and Management at LUISS Guido Carli
MSc in Corporate Finance at LUISS Guido Carli with Double Degree in Global Finance at Fordham Gabelli School of Business in New York City

Alessandro Campagna
Analyst
Alessandro Campagna

Experience
Alessandro joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2023. Previously, he worked in the Advisory M&A division at MPS Capital Services.

Education
Bachelor's degree in Management at LUISS Guido Carli. Master's degree in Corporate Finance at LUISS Guido Carli, exchange program at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany

Roberta Colitta
Analyst
Roberta Colitta

Experience
Roberta joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2024
 
Education
Bachelor's degree in Economics and Finance - Bocconi University
Master's Degree in Finance - Bocconi University and Exchange Program - Grenoble École de Management

Giulia Giorgi
Analyst
Giulia Giorgi

Experience
Giulia joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2023

Education
Msc in AFC - University Bocconi and Exchange program - Aalto University

Luca Larghi
Analyst
Luca Larghi

Experience
Luca joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2024

Education
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Master's degree in Banking&Finance - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Nicola Marcelli
Analyst
Nicola Marcelli

Experience
Nicola joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2022

Education
MSc in Economics and Finance - Luiss Guido Carli

Fabio Morlando
Analyst
Fabio Morlando

Experience
Fabio joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2022. Previously, he worked as Investment Banking Analyst at Collins Dale Capital Partners.

Education
MSc in Economics and Finance at Luiss Guido Carli - Exchange program at George Mason University (VA, USA)
BSc in Business Economics at University of Naples Federico II - Exchange program at Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo (PT)

Agostino Oscar Pistolesi
Analyst
Agostino Oscar Pistolesi

Experience
Agostino joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2023. Previously, he worked in PwC within the Operations Transformation LoS recording vertical experiences to the Digital Payments world, and in Alchimia Investments, a Venture Capital operator Italian based with international focus, active in investments in early-stage SaaS startups.

Education
Msc in Management Engineering - Major in Finance - Politecnico di Milano - Kedge Business School
Bsc in Management Engineering - Politecnico di Milano

Elisa Recchioni
Analyst
Elisa Recchioni

Experience
Elisa joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2023. Previously, she worked as Venture Capital Analyst at nFront Venture in Norway and later in a RE Asset management company that is part of the Blackstone group, operating between Italy and Spain.

Education
BSc Degree in Economics and Management - Luiss Guido Carli University 
MSc Degree in Finance - Nova school of business and economics

Francesco Talpo
Analyst
Francesco Talpo

Experience
Francesco joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2022.

Education
BSc in Economics and Finance - Bocconi University
MSc in Finance - Bocconi University

Alice Zoccoli
Analyst
Alice Zoccoli

Experience
Alice joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2024

Education
BSc Economics and Finance Bocconi University and exchange program Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcellona
MSc in Finance - Bocconi University and exchange program at Arizona State University, USA

Riccarda Savi
Financial Business Controller
Riccarda Savi

Experience
Riccarda joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2013. Previously, she worked in the strategic planning unit at Banca Sella.

Education
Msc in Economics and Management - University Bocconi

Valeria Biondo
Chief of Staff
Valeria Biondo

Experience
Valeria joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2023. Previously she worked as Human Resources Business Partner at major insurance and real estate companies in Milan, with a focus on recruiting, development, and performance appraisal.

Education
MSc in Contemporary Philosophy - University of Messina
MSc in Human Resources - Milan

Roberta Crescini
Business Support & Development Manager
Roberta Crescini

Experience
Roberta joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2021. Previously, she worked in the equity & fixed income unit at Banca Sella Holding.

Education
PH.D. in Economics - Marche Polytechnic University 

Marta Gallio
Legal Manager
Marta Gallio

Experience
Marta joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2022. Previously, she worked as a lawyer at K-Studio Associato Legal and Tax Advice (KPMG Italy) in Turin and PwC TLS Professional Association of Lawyers and Accountants (PwC Italy) in Turin, operating mainly in the Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Banking & Finance and Capital Markets practices.

Education
Law Degree with Major in Corporate and Financial Market Law - "Luigi Bocconi" Commercial University (Milan) - Erasmus University (Rotterdam) - London School of Economics and Political Sciences (London)
Qualification to practice as a lawyer - 2018

Livia Lovari
Marketing Specialist
Livia Lovari

Experience
Livia joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2022. Previously, she worked as marketing specialist in different industries.

Education
Bachelor Degree in Business Administration & Management - LUISS Guido Carli University
Master Degree in Management - LUISS Guido Carli University and Exchange program at Skema Business School

Riccardo Lucà
Business Analyst
Riccardo Lucà

Esperienza
Riccardo è entrato in Sella Corporate & Investment Banking nel 2023.

Formazione
Laurea in Amministrazione Aziendale - Università di Torino
MBA - SAA-School of Management (Torino)

Davide Montalbetti
Personal Assistant, Office Manager & PMO
Davide Montalbetti

Experience
Davide joined Sella Corporate & Investment Banking in 2024. Previously, he worked in planning and personnel management.

Education
Bachelor degree in Political Science and International Relations - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Master degree in European and International Politics - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Our network

A global network of investment banks and boutiques, founded in 2002, specialized in M&A transactions and Corporate Finance advisory. It has a presence in more than 45 countries, with more than 450 deals closed in the last five years for a combined value exceeding $115 billion.
More info on Terra Alliance

Contacts

Office locations

Milano office

Via F. Sassetti 32, 20121 Milano
Fax: 015 2433931

Biella office

Piazza G. Sella 1, 13900 Biella
Fax: 015 2433931

Napoli office

Via dei Mille 34/36, 80121 Napoli
Fax: 015 2433931