Nicola Facciorusso

As a Fellow of the Governance & Accountability Institute, Facciorusso is the main intellectual resource for "connecting the dots" on corporate finance, capital markets, and related matters in Europe, the Middle East region and Greece and eastern Mediterranean, and the German “Mittelstand” on behalf of the Institute.

Hank Boerner, Chairman and CEO of the Governance & Accountability Institute, said: "Nicola Facciorusso has one of the most brilliant minds today in understanding the complexity and ambiguity of finance in Southern and Central Europe, the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. Mr. Facciorusso is an important on-the-ground resource for anyone seeking actionable financial/investment information in these regions."

A career investment banker, Nicola Facciorusso joined the ACON GROUP in Munich, Germany in October 2011 as Managing Director Equity Corporate Finance of the ACON Actienbank AG (He is responsible for corporate brokerage, origination, syndication, ECM and equity sales). His responsibilities include being the professional partner in the capital markets for listed and not-yet-listed corporation; to realize experienced capital market solutions based on attractive investment cases; and, to increase the network of institutional investors.

Previously, Nicola was Founder and President of Autenrieth Capital, GmbH & Co., based in Munich. The firm focused on fund raising, joint ventures, pre IPO activity and secondary placements. Autenrieth assisted listed and non-listed corporations (pre-IPO) in improving visibility in the international financial community and in the investment banking network in Germany in generating interest by institutional investors as pure financial or strategic investor.

Autenrieth’s sector focus was predominantly centered on pharmaceutical, renewable energy, agriculture and real estate industries. Mr. Facciorusso's background includes 22 years of close-contact experience in advising institutional investors from Europe and the Middle East for the German equity market, as well as corporations from Greece for capital market transactions.

Prior to forming Autenrieth, Nicola Facciorusso was responsible for all investment banking issues affecting Sal. Oppenheim in Greece and the Middle East region and interacted closely with the firm's Capital Market Sales, Industry Group/Relationship Management, Equity Capital Markets, Research, and M&A teams.

He was the bank's first contact person for institutional investors (Sovereign Wealth Funds, Public Funds, Family Offices etc.), and for the respective government representatives. (As a rule, these were the Ministries of Finance and Labour, Secretaries of State for Public Works/Privatisation, etc.); also, for listed and unlisted companies; as well as local/international media. He established and supervised networks of relationship management with companies and government representatives for investment banking and focused on these capital market activities:

· Capital market transactions for Equity Sales and/or for ECM (Listing/IPO, delisting, secondary placement, privatisation, etc.)

· Brokerage of corporate plans and activities from these regions to the departments M&A and Relationship Management of the bank.

· Brokerage of corporate plans and activities from the local German corporate network of the bank's M&A and Industry Group/Relationship Management for corporations and investors from the Middle East and Greece. With the cooperation with the bank's business partners in Spain and in Italy, the mutual brokerage of capital market transactions also applies to those countries as well.

· In business relationships of many years' standing, he supervised the strategic Capital Market Sales business of Bestinver Madrid, TorrealMadrid, ADIA / Abu Dhabi and Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Milan.

SUMMARY BIOGRAPHY

Began financial services career in apprenticeship - Dresdner Bank.

· 1986 to 2000: Responsible for acquisition and advisory of Southern European institutional investors for the German capital market at Dresdner Bank (today Commerzbank), CARIPLO (today Banca Intesa), BHF-Bank (today Sal.Oppenheim Group) and HVB Bank (today Unicredito).

· Since 1992: Managed equity sales by leading SWFs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

· 2000: Served as Senior Vice President Equity Sales for Southern Europe and Middle East at the German family-owned bank Sal.Oppenheim.

· Since 2005: Coordinator of strategy and relationship of Sal.Oppenheim in the Greek capital market.

· 2008-2010: Director Corporate Brokerage coordinator of strategy and partnerships of Sal.Oppenheim in the Middle East. Research reports published about Middle East region and Greece (gateway to ME).

· 2010-2011: Founder/President of Autenrieth Capital, GmbH & Co., based in Munich.

Visibility note: Nicola has long been very active in conducting interviews and publishing articles about the German capital market in the Italian and other media networks (appearing in leading print and television outlets); delivering speeches about the Middle East at conferences in New York City and in Germany; providing commentary about the Greek capital market at conferences in Dubai, New York City, Athens and in Germany.

Notable activities:

· Coordinated approximately 1,000 investor meeting (IR and board member corporate roadshows) of mostly all German and Greek listed corporates for all key institutional investors in Southern European countries and in the Middle East.

· Coordinator for banks of large investors-focused conferences at IR and Board Member level for European institutional investor in Milan (yearly specialized one-day-conferences on one-to-one basis, up to 24 European Corporates for about 100 leading European institutional investors); in Dubai (in the Emirates the first ever made conference with the participation of 18 leading European large caps); and in Athens (yearly conferences of leading Greek listed companies dedicated to the key European institutional investors).

EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

October 1, 2011 Spring 2010 – September 2011	ACON Group – ACON Actienbank AG Managing Director Equity Corporate Finance Focus on Middle East, Greece, German mid-cap companies, US investors Autenrieth Capital / capital market advisory Founder/President
October 2000 – Spring 2010	SAL.OPPENHEIM, MUNICH Senior Vice President October 2000 – March 2008 - Director Institutional Equity Sales – Head of Sales Team, South Europe & Middle East - April 08 – Present - Director Corporate Brokerage
NOV 97 – SEP 00	HYPOVEREINSBANK, MUNICH Vice President Director Institutional Equity Sales – Head of Sales Team "South Europe"
JAN 92 – OCT 97	BHF BANK, FRANKFURT Assistant Vice President (1995) Institutional Equity Sales
OCT 90 – DEC 91	CASSA DI RISPARMIO DELLE PROVINCIE LOMBARDE Representative Manager in Germany for the Bank
JUN 88 – SEP 90	DRESDNER BANK, FRANKFURT Custodial Service, Account Officer and Acquisition
AUG 86 – JUN 88	COLLEGE OF COMMERCE FRIEDRICH-LIST- SCHOOL / DRESDNER BANK, MANNHEIM Apprenticeship in Banking & Finance