Giacomo De Laurentis

Giacomo De Laurentis is a Full Professor at the Department of Finance at Università Bocconi where he teaches Credit Risk Management, Corporate Finance and Financial Markets.

At SDA Bocconi, he was the Director of Executive Education Custom Programs Division Banks, Insurance Companies and Financial Institutions (2013-2016), Director of Executive Education Open Programs Division (2006-2012) and Director of Banking and Insurance Department (1996-2006). He has given lectures and done research for almost all the major Italian banks and non-bank financial institutions. He is a consultant for banks and non-financial companies.

His areas of expertise include corporate banking, bank lending, credit risk management and corporate valuation. Currently, he is focusing on bank regulation, credit analysis, rating systems, credit function organization, loan policy, banking strategy, corporate valuation for financial and non-financial firms. He is also focusing on leasing, factoring, project finance and PPP.

He is the author of many books published by Palgrave MacMillan, Wiley, Bancaria Editrice, McGraw Hill, Springer Verlag. His articles have been published in Managerial Finance, Risk Management magazine AIFIRM, Bancaria, Quaderni di Giurisprudenza Commerciale, among others. He is a member of the Credit Risk Management Committee of the Comitato Tecnico-Scientifico of AIFIRM and scientific coordinator of the annual convention Risk & Supervision of ABI (the Italian Banking Association). He serves on the board of two Italian entities of Societe Generale (Fiditalia e SGMI). He is a member of the Supervisory Body of Standard&Poor’s and McGraw-Hill Italy.

Giacomo earned a degree in Political Economics from Università Bocconi and an ITP (International Teachers Programme) organized by the Centre HEC-ISA in Jouy-en-Josas (France).