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Management

RODOLFO FRACASSI, CFA

RODOLFO FRACASSI, CFA

Co-founder & Managing Director Read Bio
RODOLFO FRACASSI, CFA

RODOLFO FRACASSI, CFA

Co-founder & Managing Director

Rodolfo founded MainStreet Partners in 2008 to invest in businesses that generate a combination of financial returns and positive impact on society and the environment. Prior to this he served as an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, in charge of developing business opportunities with institutional investors, distributors and consultants across southern Europe. Rodolfo covered a similar position at Franklin Templeton Investments, co–heading the Italian institutional department. He also held positions at Salomon Smith Barney and started his career at the Italian Trade Commission in Hong Kong as market analyst. He graduated at Bocconi University in Milan. Rodolfo is a Chartered Financial Analyst, member of the UK CFA Society, member of the Italian advisory board to the G8 impact investment taskforce, and board member of Opes Foundation. A keen cyclist, he took a year off in 2007 to realize his dream of crossing South America by bicycle, from Quito in Ecuador to Ushuaia in Argentina across Peru, Bolivia and Chile.

SIMONE GALLO

SIMONE GALLO

Managing Director Read Bio
SIMONE GALLO

SIMONE GALLO

Managing Director

Simone joined MainStreet Partners in 2020. He has worked since 2001 in the asset management industry for several leading asset managers. He was Head of Global Intermediary Distribution at Unigestion, with responsibility for sub-advisory, banks, asset managers and insurance groups. From 2010 to 2016, Simone worked for Pictet Asset Management as Senior Vice President in the Global Clients Group. From 2003 to 2010, he worked at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, holding various roles including Co-Head of the International Marketing team and head of the Global Partners team in charge of sales relationships across global accounts in EMEA. He started his career as a junior Portfolio Manager at Schroders Investment Management.

STUART CULLINAN

STUART CULLINAN

Chief Technology Officer Read Bio
STUART CULLINAN

STUART CULLINAN

Chief Technology Officer

Stuart joined MainStreet Partners in August 2022. He has over 20 years of industry experience working primarily with companies delivering Saas solutions within the UK financial services sector. His background is in software development, technical architecture, and operations. His previous roles have included leading global teams in disciplines including technical & solution architecture, delivery engineering, site reliability engineering, data engineering and cloud operations. He has a deep understanding of modern technology and has experience in leveraging it to support business strategies. Prior he worked as the Global Head of Architecture at Intelliflo (a subsidiary of Invesco), the market-leading back office and wealth management platform.

SUSANA COUTINHO

SUSANA COUTINHO

Research Director Read Bio
SUSANA COUTINHO

SUSANA COUTINHO

Research Director

Susana joined MainStreet Partners in August 2018. Her previous professional track record includes ten years of international experience in sustainability analysis and ESG rating, having previously worked for ECPI Group in Milan and BlueBay in London, where she developed research methodologies and analytical tools to evaluate the sustainability aspects of corporate entities in many different sectors and geographies. She also has previous experience in accounting at Siemens in Lisbon.

Susana graduated in Economics at the University of Porto and holds a Master in Management of Social Enterprises from Bocconi University in Milan.

FABIO DOSSENA

FABIO DOSSENA

Managing Director - Investment Read Bio
FABIO DOSSENA

FABIO DOSSENA

Managing Director - Investment

Fabio joined Mainstreet in 2020 from Trinity Investment Partners, a London-based financial intermediary where he was Senior Client Officer and looked after institutional clients. Prior to this, he worked at Adenium SGR, Milan-based asset manager, as an investment analyst and fund manager. Previous roles include portfolio manager at Gnosis Finance and fund selector and analyst, held at AXA Sim, where Fabio started his career.
Fabio is a Certified International Investment Analyst CIIA® and member of the Italian Association of Financial Analysts (AIAF). He graduated from Cattolica University where he also obtained a Master in Economics and International Finance. More recently, Fabio got a Master in Finance at London Business School.

DANIELE CAT BERRO

DANIELE CAT BERRO

Managing Director Read Bio
DANIELE CAT BERRO

DANIELE CAT BERRO

Managing Director

Daniele joined MainStreet Partners in 2015 during his studies at ESCP Europe.

At ESCP Europe he completed a Master in Management with major in Finance. Prior to this, he obtained a Bachelor degree at the University of Turin in Business Administration with distinction. During his studies, Daniele completed an internship at Indesit Company and Quadrivio SGR and collaborated in different student associations.

MATTEO BALICCO

MATTEO BALICCO

Managing Director - Tech Read Bio
MATTEO BALICCO

MATTEO BALICCO

Managing Director - Tech

Matteo joined MainStreet Partners in November 2020. He has worked since 2008 in the asset management industry in different roles.

Prior to joining MainStreet Partners, Matteo was an Investment Strategist within the Investment Strategy and Research team at State Street Global Advisors where he was responsible for developing thought leadership and executing custom projects for clients across EMEA in the fields of asset allocation and portfolio construction, as well as working with global portfolio managers and strategists to design multi-asset investment solutions. Previously, he worked as Sales and Business Development in the Global Client Solutions team of the Investment Manager Services department at State Street and as Quantitative Portfolio Manager at Ambrosetti Asset Management SIM. Matteo started his career as Management Consultant at Accenture.

Matteo holds a master's degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Genoa and a Masters in Finance from London Business School.

NEILL BLANKS

NEILL BLANKS

Managing Director - Research Read Bio
NEILL BLANKS

NEILL BLANKS

Managing Director - Research

Neill joined MainStreet Partners in 2020. He has over 20 years’ experience in the asset management industry including the last 4 years in a senior leadership role at RM Caldecott & Partners LLP, an independent investment firm. He previously was Partner and Portfolio Manager in the wealth management division of Dalton Strategic Partnership LLP where he was responsible for global asset allocation and third party fund managers selection, acting as the Co-Manager of their company flagship multi-asset multi-manager fund, and responsible for managing discretionary segregated portfolios for private clients. Neill started his career as an Equity Research Specialist at Schroder Investment Management, and is a CFA Charterholder.

PIETRO SETTE

PIETRO SETTE

Research Director - GSS Bond Read Bio
PIETRO SETTE

PIETRO SETTE

Research Director - GSS Bond

Pietro joined Mainstreet in 2019 after working for the Climate Bonds Initiative, an investor focused NGO in the field of climate finance, and previously for Bloomberg as a Financial Analyst.

He completed a Master in Green Management and Energy from Bocconi in Milan and obtained a Bachelor degree in Economics and Mathematics at the Queen Mary University of London.

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