Andrea is co-head of the Investment Banking Division (IBD) in Asia Ex-Japan and co-head of the Financing Group in Asia Pacific Ex-Japan. He serves on the IBD Executive Committee, IBD Operating Committee, IBD Risk Committee, IBD Client and Business Standards Committee, Asia Pacific Capital Committee and the Growth Markets Executive Committee.
Previously, Andrea was head of Credit Capital Markets in Asia Ex-Japan and the Investment Banking Solutions teams in Asia Pacific. Prior to relocating to Asia in 2010 to assume these roles, he led the New Markets business in EMEA and was co-head of the FICC Derivatives and Investment Grade businesses for corporate, supranational and sovereign clients in Europe. Andrea joined Goldman Sachs as a partner in 2007.
Prior to joining the firm, Andrea was co-head of the Southern Europe and Emerging Markets team at J.P. Morgan. He started his career at J.P. Morgan, where he worked as an interest rate derivatives marketer in the context of risk management for EU-converging sovereigns and for insurance companies. Andrea was later instrumental in the development of the credit derivatives market, focusing on correlation products and their application as retail and institutional investment products, leading the global credit derivatives structuring team.
Andrea earned a Laurea, cum laude, in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Rome.