Alida Carcano
Alida has over 30 years of experience in banking and in private banking globally. Before founding Valeur and then LAGOM FA, she held prestigious positions at the Credit Suisse Group (where she was also, as Managing Director, Global Head Investment Products Strategy), Lombard Odier & Cie, UBS and Deutsche Bank. Alida graduated with honors at the Luigi Bocconi commercial University in Milan, Alida perfected her knowledge by obtaining in 1994 the title of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) in the United States. Since 1996 she has held numerous positions within the CFA Institute (including the Italian CFA society in 1999), until becoming Governor from 2005 to 2008, and joining, starting in 2009, of the “CFA European Investment Conference Advisory Group.” Currently, she is a member of the Executive Advisory Board of the CFA Institute Education Advisory Committee and a mentor of the Executive MBAs programs at Bocconi University. She has a passion for foreign languages and cultures; she is currently studying Chinese.