Public Strategies

Financials

Benjie Creelan Sandford

Financial Equity Analyst

Benjie joined the Algebris Financial Equity Team in 2023 as an analyst covering Global (ex US) Financial Institutions with a focus on European Banks.

Prior to joining Algebris, Benjie was a sellside banks analyst for 15 years, most recently spending 7 years at Jefferies, covering Southern European Banks (having previously worked at Nomura and Macquarie in similar roles and having begun his career at Fox-Pitt Kelton in 2008).

Benjie graduated from the University of Bristol with a degree in Law with European Studies (LLB) in 2007.
Benjie lives with his wife in London and outside of work enjoys fishing, cooking, hiking & tennis.

Bruno Duarte

Financial Credit Portfolio Manager

Bruno joined Algebris in 2019 as a portfolio manager, focusing on financial credit.

He began his career as a European Banks Equity Research analyst at Schroders Salomon Smith Barney (1998-2004) before moving to Fox-Pitt Kelton, a specialist equity boutique broker focused on the financial sector (2004-2006). In order to complement his equity experience, Bruno decided to join Barclays Capital in 2006; his role involved covering European financials on the bank’s credit trading desk over a period which spanned the global financial crisis.

Bruno moved to the buy side in 2012 with Claren Road Asset Management, a US-based hedge fund owned by the Carlyle Group, where he was a Managing Director focused across the entire capital structure of European financials. Prior to joining Algebris, in 2016 Bruno took on the role of portfolio manager at Copper Street Capital, a start-up dedicated global financials fund which won EuroHedge’s Event Driven category in 2017.

Bruno holds a MSc in International Securities and Investment Banking from the ISMA Centre (1998), a BA Hons (First Class) in Economics and Business from the University of Stirling (1997), as well as being a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Giancarlo Bollero

Senior Analyst

Giancarlo joined Algebris in 2014 as an analyst. He is currently supporting the credit investment team from the Milan office.

Prior to joining Algebris Giancarlo worked in the equity research team for Deutsche Bank in Milan.

Giancarlo holds an MSc in Finance from Bocconi University, Milan. An Italian native, he also speaks fluent English. Outside of work Giancarlo is a keen off-piste skier and enjoys sailing and climbing.

Ginevra Bargiacchi

Analyst

Ginevra is from a small city near Rome named Tolfa. She moved to Milan in 2016 to attend Bocconi University where she completed a BA in Economics and Finance (CLEF). She also completed a MSc in Finance at Bocconi, graduating in December 2021.

Ginevra joined Algebris as an intern in July 2020 and has remained in the firm since then.

She is passionate about music, from classic to electronic one, and just says  that Music gives  her the right pace and rhythm.
She spent 6 years studing music and learning to play the tansverse flute which she still enjoys playing in her spare time.

Kevin Kielbasa

Equity Analyst

Kevin joined the Algebris Financial Equity team in 2022 as an analyst covering US financial institutions with a focus on banks and financial technology companies. 

Prior to joining Algebris, Kevin was most recently with Narmi Inc., a financial technology firm serving US banks and credit unions.  Previously, he was senior equity analyst at Castine Capital Management, a Boston-based investment firm dedicated to the financial services sector, where he covered banks and other financials for over thirteen years.  He began his career at BrownCo, a brokerage division of JPMorgan Chase. 

Kevin graduated Magna Cum Laude from the College of the Holy Cross with a BA in History and is also a CFA Charterholder.  He currently resides in Boston with his wife and three daughters.

Raymond Tam

Financials Analyst

Raymond joined Algebris in January 2022 to strengthen the coverage of insurers within the financial credit team.

He was previously a senior credit analyst at CreditSights, a London-based independent research company where he covered European and Asia-Pacific insurers for over seven years. Before that he was at Barclays Capital within the Structured Capital Markets group and started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, auditing insurers at the Lloyd’s of London.

Raymond graduated from the University of Manchester with a BA Hons (First Class) in Economics and is both a Chartered Financial Analyst and an ICAEW Chartered Accountant.

Global Credit

Craig Carlozzi

Global Credit Portfolio Manager

Craig joined Algebris in 2023 as Co-Portfolio Manager in the Global Credit team. He focuses on corporate credit.

Craig served as the director of Alternatives at Longfellow Investment Management Co as well as the portfolio manager for LIM’s Credit Opportunities Strategy and co-portfolio manager for LIM’s Multi-Strat Strategy. Prior to joining Longfellow Investment Management in 2019, Craig founded BulwarkBay Investment Group, LLC, a firm managing a credit opportunities strategy.

Prior to BulwarkBay, Craig was a partner at MAST Capital Management and an analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Global Corporate Investment Bank.

He has been a CFA Charter Holder since 2003. He graduated with Honors from Miami University with a bachelor’s degree in finance.

Gabriele Foà

Global Credit Portfolio Manager

ガブリエレ・フォアは、グローバル・クレジットチームに所属するポートフォリオ・マネージャーです。

アルジェブリス・グローバル・クレジット・ファンドの共同ポートフォリオ・マネージャーを務めるとともに、アルジェブリス・ストラテジック・クレジット・ファンドのリード・ポートフォリオ・マネージャーを務めています。また、アルジェブリスのマクロ調査レポートの作成責任者でもあります。

ガブリエレは2019年にアルジェブリスに入社しました。それ以前は、ロンドンのバンク・オブ・アメリカ・メリルリンチ(BAML)でマクロ経済および新興国市場のストラテジストとして4年間勤務していました。

イェール大学で経済学博士号を取得しており、専門はマクロ経済学と金融です。米国滞在中には、ニューヨークのBAMLグローバル新興国戦略チームや、ルービニ・グローバル・エコノミクス(独立系大手グローバル・マクロ経済調査会社)での勤務経験もあります。

2009年ボッコーニ大学を卒業。現在は妻と息子、娘たちとともにミラノに在住しています。サッカーに情熱をかけています。

Michele Facconi

Global Credit Analyst

Michele joined Algebris in 2025 as an analyst within the Global Credit Opportunities team.

He holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Mathematical Engineering, specialising in Quantitative Finance, from Politecnico di Milano. During his time at Politecnico di Milano, he spent six months at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. 

Michele is deeply passionate about football, travelling, and ski mountaineering.

Jacopo Fioravanti

Global Credit Analyst

Jacopo joined the Global Credit Opportunities Fund as an analyst in October 2018. Jacopo supports the team’s bottom-up analysis and portfolio allocation across US and European high yield.

In 2022, Jacopo completed his Masters in Finance at Imperial College Business School in London. Prior to joining Algebris Jacopo gained work experience at UniCredit and the London Stock Exchange Group. He holds a BSc in Economics and Finance from the University of Exeter.

Jacopo is passionate about motorsports and travelling. In his free time, he also enjoys playing football and tennis.

James Friedman

Lead Portfolio Manager, Global Credit

James is a Portfolio Manager for the Global Credit Opportunities Fund at Algebris. He joined Algebris in 2008 and was key to the launch of the company’s Financial Credit strategies. James has significant experience in both the credit and high yield markets and spent the last two years working at a specialist credit asset manager in Boston before returning to Algebris at the beginning of 2022. 

Prior to joining Algebris in 2008, James worked at Wellington Management as a Research Associate and High Yield Analyst. James started his career at Investors Bank and Trust.

James is a CFA charter holder. He holds a master’s degree in Investment Management from Boston University and graduated from Dartmouth College with a bachelor’s degree in International Relations.

He lives in the Boston area with his wife and two sons.

Lennart Lengeling

Macro Analyst

Lennart is an investment analyst in the Global Credit Opportunities team, with a focus on G10 Rates/FX. He joined Algebris as a risk analyst in 2018 and moved to the investment team in 2020.

Lennart completed his BSc in Business Administration and Economics at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and his MSc in Finance with a major in Quantitative Finance at Bocconi University in Milan. Prior to joining Algebris, Lennart gained working experience at Eurex, Commerzbank, Allianz and Goldman Sachs. Lennart is a CFA charter holder since August 2022.

Born in Germany, Lennart spent part of his childhood in the UK and Saudi Arabia and is passionate about travelling and exploring new cultures. Furthermore, he enjoys playing basketball.

Samuel Sibony

Global Credit Portfolio Manager

Samuel joined Algebris in 2022 as Co-Portfolio Manager in the Algebris Global Credit team.

Samuel joins from DC Advisory, where he was a senior member of the London-based restructuring team, covering deals in the UK and the Continent. Prior to DC Advisors, he was a senior analyst at Attestor Capital, a London-based distressed hedge fund.

Samuel spent eight years at Chris Hohn’s Children’s Investment Fund between 2011 and 2019, where he managed corporate debt investments on a global scale. He started his investment career at Barclays Capital.

William Holy Hasted

Equity Analyst

William is an Equity Analyst on the Global Equity team, focusing on U.S.-listed companies in the industrials and technology sectors. He joined Algebris in 2021 as a Research Intern, working on data science projects to support the investment team. In 2022, he moved into the investment team and contributed to the launch of the Sustainable World Fund as an Equity Analyst. After completing a Master’s degree in Computer Science at Imperial College London, he rejoined Algebris in September 2025. He also holds a Master’s in Economics from Bocconi University and a B.A. in Human, Social, and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge. 

Outside of work, he enjoys reading and spending time outdoors.

Vincent Faradji

Global Credit Analyst

Vincent joined Algebris in 2023 as an investment analyst for our global credit strategies. He holds a BSc and MSc in Finance from Bocconi University.

Vincent is a Lieutenant in the reserve of the Austrian Armed Forces where he previously spent one year as part of a reserve officer training program.

An Austrian national, he speaks German, English and Italian fluently.
In his spare time, he enjoys skiing, wakeboarding, football and tennis.

Global Equity

Alberto Mari

Equity Portfolio Manager

Alberto joined Algebris in 2022 to strengthen our coverage of the Italian equity market.

Previously, he spent seven years at Credit Suisse Asset Management in Milan as an Analyst and Portfolio Manager. At CS he worked in the institutional investor team where his primary responsibility was on the Equity Italy fund, within the team he also covered global equities as analyst and co-portfolio manager. He was member of local investment committee.

Prior to Algebris, Alberto worked in Zurich in the European Equity Mid Cap team, where he was an analyst for Long/Short and market neutral strategies.

Alberto holds a master’s degree magna cum laude in Management Engineering from Polytechnic University of Milan, where he specialized in corporate finance and is a CFA charter holder.

Alberto lives in Milan. His passion is running, sailing and windsurfing.

Antonio Focella

Equity Analyst

Antonio joined Algebris in 2019 as a Research Analyst, focusing on macro analysis, predictive analytics, and monetary policy research. He moved to the investment team in 2021 as an Equity Analyst.

Prior to joining Algebris he was a trainee at the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs at the European Commission.

Antonio holds a BSc and MSc in Economics from Bocconi University and is a CFA charter holder. In his free time he enjoys running and is passionate about history.

Elisa Natali

Equity Analyst

Elisa is an Equity Analyst who joined Algebris in 2020, with a focus on Italian and then European Equities

Elisa holds a Master’s degree cum laude from the Faculty of Banking & Finance of the Catholic University of Milan and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Bergamo. She attended a Summer School programme at the London School of Economics, where she studied Business Analysis and Valuation.

Elisa loves travelling and is passionate about singing, swimming and Formula 1.

Federica Negri

Equity Analyst

Federica joined Algebris in 2021 and is currently an Analyst in the Italian equity team.

She has a Master’s degree in Economic and Social Sciences at Bocconi University in Milan, where she previously completed a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Finance.

Federica has always been athletic, playing basketball for many years and competitive figure skating. She enjoys traveling and is passionate about painting and music.

Gabriele Parenti

Italian Equity Analyst

Gabriele is analyst with a focus on Italian Equity. He joined Algebris in 2019.

Gabriele holds a BSc in Business Administration and a Master in Banking & Finance from Università Cattolica di Milano.

Gabriele played golf at competitive level for many years, attending several National competitions. He is also a very passionate guitar player, holding a Music certification from the Trinity College of London.

Luca Mori

Portfolio Manager

Luca joined Algebris in 2017 to develop our expertise in the Italian equity market.

Prior to this, he was CIO of Zenit SGR where he also directly managed funds focused on Italian stocks.

Before 2008, he covered the role of Equity Fund Manager for both Capitalia Asset Management and Fondicri SGR, with lead responsibility for investments in the Italian equity market. He started his career in the Finance department of Banca Popolare di Sondrio.

Luca graduated com Laude in Economics and Business Administration University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy. He lives in Rome with his wife and daughter. He loves skiing, sailing, mountain biking and has a passion for motorbikes.

Mark Conrad

Financial Equity Portfolio Manager

Mark joined Algebris at the initiation of the firm in 2006.

Mark is responsible for managing Algebris’ global financial equity portfolios and our balanced financial credit / equity strategy. He also covers North America and Latin America for the Financials team.

Prior to joining Algebris, Mark worked at Wellington Management in Boston (2000-2006) where he was responsible for research on global life insurance and international bank equities.

Mark is a CFA charter holder and holds a BA, magna cum laude, in History and Political Science from Williams College. He is a member of the board of trustees and chair of the Finance Committee at Kingswood-Oxford School in Connecticut.

Mark lived for seven years in London with his wife, Kim, and is now a dual US/UK citizen. They moved back to the US in 2013 and launched the Boston office for Algebris shortly thereafter. Mark and Kim have two children, Caroline and Andrew.

Rodolfo Passeri

Equity Analyst

Rodolfo joined Algebris in 2023 and is a Junior Analyst in the Italian Equity Team.

Prior to joining Algebris, Rodolfo worked in Barclays’ Investment Banking division in London, focusing on UK M&A coverage.

Rodolfo holds a BSc in Economics and Finance, major in Finance at Bocconi University, during which he spent six months studying at Michigan Ross School of Business, and he’s currently finalizing the Master’s degree in International Management – CEMS at Bocconi University.

Passionate about football, sailing and skiing, he has been a competitive swimmer for 15 years.

Simone Ragazzi

Global Equity Portfolio Manager

Simone joined Algebris in 2019.

Prior to this, he spent 5 years in Amundi as senior equity analyst on long-only pan-European Small Caps strategies with particular focus on Italian, German and Nordics markets as well as on long/short product. Previously, Simone spent over 10 years as sell side equity analyst in MainFirst, UBI, UBS and Cheuvreux.

Simone graduated in Business Administration at Bocconi University in Milan. An Italian native, he also speaks English and Polish.

Since high school, Simone has been volunteering in different projects in Benin and Ethiopia. He is a blood donor since 2004.

He lives in Milan with his wife and son. He is a proud soccer referee and he loves playing tennis, swimming, reading and rock&roll music.