Gaia joined Vitale in 2020 as a partner.

She has more than 25 years of experience in Financial Institutions and Financial Markets.

Gaia has an important track record in mergers and acquisitions in the Financial Institutions sector, having assisted all the main financial, banking and insurance companies, private equity funds, companies operating in the para-Banking sector, Banking Foundations and institutions particularly in Italy involved in M&A, ECM and DCM transactions.

Before joining Vitale, Gaia was Co-Head of Investment Banking at Equita Sim, Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer at Banco Popolare, Executive Director at Morgan Stanley, Head of FIG at Mediobanca and Senior Associate at Ernst & Young. Gaia was also a member of the Board of Directors of Datalogic, Alba Leasing, Bormioli Rocco and Esperia SGR.