International Online Master in Finance

A Chartered Accountant, consultant, and academic with a PhD in Economy and Finance from La Sapienza and a UK-earned MBA. Founder of Studio Mazzotta, he brings over 15 years of experience in Corporate and Subsidized Finance, having held positions at SACE and Invitalia. Since 2023, he has served as Director of the Executive Master in Finance & Financial Markets at Rome Business School, where he received the Best Program Director Award 2025.

Francesco Baldi is Associate Professor of Corporate Finance at the University of Bologna since 2023, and Visiting Scholar at Columbia Business School and MIT Sloan. He holds an MSc in Finance, an MSc in Applied Econometrics and a PhD in Business Economics. Winner of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Prize and Sinergie Best Paper Award, he is expert in M&A, private equity, ESG and intangible asset valuation. He publishes in prestigious journals and has held senior roles at Deloitte, ENEL, Capitalia and MCC S.p.A.

Ruggero Battisti is a Chartered Accountant with 30+ years of experience in audit, compliance, M&A, and turnaround management. He is the Founding Partner at ItalRevi S.p.A. and GMG Capital S.r.l., specializing in advisory and corporate finance. A former KPMG manager, he has served as Chairman and Board Member for various corporations and Supervisory Bodies (D.Lgs. 231/01). He is an Adjunct Professor at LUMSA and Tor Vergata universities, and a founding member of Fondazione Lab PA.

Founder and CEO of AVOR Consulting, he is an expert in M&A, Leveraged Buyouts, and corporate restructuring. With an international background spanning New York and Italy, he has served as a Hedge Fund Analyst and CFO. A CFA Level III candidate and contributor to Seeking Alpha, he possesses deep expertise in Project Finance and financial modeling. Since 2024, he has been a lecturer and Program Director at Rome Business School.

Francesco Di Tommaso is CEO and Chartered Accountant at F.D.T. Consulting, a firm he founded in 2022 and registered with the Rome Chamber of Commerce. His expertise covers corporate consulting, fiscal advisory, marketing, training and legal auditing. F.D.T. Consulting also operates as a professional online journal on economic and tax matters. He serves as official tax consultant for FAO, providing fiscal and economic advisory to employees and consultants of FAO, United Nations, IFAD and the World Food Programme. He holds a Master's Degree in Accounting and Business Administration, with further specialization in urban economy, local development and managerial governance

Type B Researcher in Economic Policy at the Department of Human Sciences, European University of Rome. He holds a degree in Economics with honors from LUISS Guido Carli and a Doctorate from the University of Rome "Tor Vergata". He has been Visiting Scholar at UC Santa Cruz, the Bank for International Settlements, HEC de Montreal and the Central Bank of Finland. His research focuses on macroeconomics, monetary and fiscal policy. He is author of articles in international academic journals, Research Fellow at CASMEF and Member of the Editorial Board of Economia Italiana.

Mario, CEO of ReActive, Gruppo Amaviva, began his career as Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting, before becoming Marketing Director at TAS. He served as Network and Marketing Director at Eurofly and Non-Executive Board Member at CIPI. He then held several senior roles at TAS: International Business Director, SVP Capital Markets and Treasury, SVP International Markets, and SVP International Governance and Special Projects. He holds a Pearson SRF BTEC Level 7 Advanced Professional Qualification and the FT Diploma for Non-Executive Directors.

Professor Susi has been teaching Managerial Finance and International Business at the American University of Rome since 1984, with past tenures at LUISS, La Sapienza, and CNY. He holds a cum laude degree in Civil Engineering from La Sapienza and an MBA from American University. Alongside academia, he is a partner in his family's construction business, Gruppo Goretti e Susi, and has served as President of ACER, BIC Lazio, and the Rome Chamber of Commerce Council.

Avv. Ashley Amedeo Salfa is a Patrocinante in Cassazione since 2015, with over 20 years of experience. He holds a law degree from the University of Rome "La Sapienza" and specializes in labor, penal, international, insurance, commercial and bankruptcy law. He runs his law firm in Rome, collaborating with firms across Europe and the USA. He serves as legal consultant for the UN World Food Programme at FAO, Impreme S.p.A. and the Mezzaroma Group. He is accredited at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, certified by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and a member of the International Commission at the Rome Bar Association.