Italian Small Cap Financial Advisory - Team - Methorios Capital

Cavour Corporate Finance
Antonio Ferrante
Antonio Ferrante, a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Milan Polytechnic, spent more than 20 years in Saint Gobain Group within
many in of its subsidiary companies abroad. From 2006 to 2008 he was Managing Director of the textile and Yarns Division of Miroglio, a
manufacturer of print textile and yarns. Since 2008 Antonio Ferrante has been President and CEO at Cartonplast Holding a company in the
packaging for glass industry market (owned by Synergo Private Equity). Antonio Ferrante is also Board Member and Advisor various
industrial companies and has a consolidated experience in the industrial sector and a profound knowledge of the small and medium family
owned industrial companies.
Antonio Flores
Antonio Flores who joined Cavour in 2007, graduated from Bocconi University with a degree in Economics in 1989 and later with an MBA
in Corporate Finance at Bocconi University. From his career experience, Antonio Flores has developed a solid background in investment
banking, venture capital and private equity activities. From 1990 to 1993 he was a Senior Consultant at Coopers & Lybrand (now
PricewaterhouseCoopers) in their offices in Milan and London. From 1993 to 2000 Antonio Flores was the Director of Equity Capital
Markets at Deutsche Bank based in Milan and London. From 2000 to 2001 he hldth held the role of Global l Head of Equity Capital Markets at
UBM-Unicredit Bank Group based in Milan and Dublin. In 2001 he was the founder of Medlab Investments in London, a Venture Capital
company investing in medical device, biotech and pharmaceutical companies. He remained at Medlab until 2006 then going on to join
Cavour.
Citi Cristian Cantaluppi
A graduate in economics from the University of Carlo Cattaneo in 1996. From 1996 to 2002 worked in the Corporate Finance
division of Arthur Andersen in London and Milan where he was involved in various financial transactions for industrial groups.
After which Cristian worked in the private banking team of Gruppo Banche Popolari Unite (BPU) where he was involved in
various activities related to investments in Humanitas Group, Radici Tessuti and Lombardiacom.
From 2002 to 2004 Christian worked for Next Partner as the head of corporate finance and venture capital where he assisted in
activities related to asset sales, acquisitions and co-investments, primarily for industrial companies that included APIA SA,
Gemina, British American Tobacco and Sogema. From 2004 to 2007 he was the managing partner of BCA a corporate finance
advisory firm.
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