Ottavia Sebastiani

Ottavia Sebastiani

Senior Director

Ottavia is responsible for advisory services for Italian institutional clients and has been part of the advisory team of bfinance since 2007 based first in London and then in Rome. Ottavia previously worked for Goldman Sachs in London for Italian institutional clients and began her career as an analyst in the Private Wealth Management division of Morgan Stanley in Milan. Ottavia also has experience in the hotel industry. She holds a BA (Hons) from University College London and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Studies from the London School of Economics.


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