Independence Actinvest is an independent financial advisor. It does not belong to any financial or industrial institution. It is London based and FSA regulated.   London: European Financial Centre Senior Management Team Actinvest Corporation’s team is led by two professionals  dedicated to the M&A activities - professionals with an  economic/financial and industrial background gained in some of  the best Italian and international universities.   Fabio Basagni Chairman Founder and Chairman of Actinvest Beside his role as CEO of Actinvest Fabio is and has been  member of the Board of Directors of several important groups  such as Ferretti Yachts the leading European builder of motor  yachts, Marazzi, the European leader in the tiles business,  Gaffino SIM, a Rome-based asset management company. In  addition he is and has been an advisor to several important  Private Equity groups such as Permira, Candover and Alpha  Group.   Fabio is also a member of the Royal Institute of International  Affairs and the International Institute for Strategic Studies both  in London.   Before founding Actinvest, Fabio has been International  Economic Adviser of the Italian Prime Minister (Sen.  Spadolini), with responsibility for organizing the G-7 and  European Summits .  Later, he became Executive Director of  the Italian Republican Party. He also spent several years as  Deputy Director General of the Atlantic Institute for  International Affairs in Paris, an international think tank  analysing economic and security policies, where he was  responsible for the Corporate program and the international  economic program.   Fabio has written extensively on economic and business  matters, particularly as editorialist of the Italian economic daily  “Il Sole 24 Ore”, the newspaper of the Italian Industrialist  Confederation. He is regularly interviewed by TV networks  such as CNN, Bloomberg and CNBC on international business  matters. Fabio was educated at the University of Florence and  subsequently did graduate studies in International Economics  and International Affairs at MIT and Harvard.  Following this,  he spent one year as an intern at the Monetary Committee of  the European Union in Bruxelles, preparing his Ph.D.  dissertation for MIT.   Davide Oddono: General Manager Joined Actinvest in 1991 Davide graduated in Industrial Engineering at the Milan  Polytechnic in 1991 and has worked since as Equity Analyst at  Actinvest Group before joining the M&A activities of Actinvest  Corporation.  Davide as Head of Equity Research of Actinvest Group  supervised up to ten equity analysts and their daily production  of equity research. The quality of the research was  acknowledged by various independent publications (AQ, Il  Mondo, …)  which ranked Actinvest Group along some of the  main international Investment Banks.  Contact us Actinvest Corporation Ltd.   146-148 Cromwell Road London SW7 4EF Tel   +44 20 7259 2193 Fax +44 20 7373 2864 Info: corp@actinvest.com Research driven Actinvest is a "research driven” company. It believes in the importance of a deep knowledge of the industrial and marketing strategies both of the client and of the target.   Contact data fabio.basagni@actinvest.com Mob: +39 335 212 242 Contact data doddono@actinvest.com Mob: +44 7989 377565 Actinvest Corporation, 146-148 Cromwell Road, London SW7 4EF, Registered in England and Wales under no  2560165