Michael Burnett

Managing Director Quant Capital

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

About

International Executive with 20+ years leadership experience spanning the Silicon Valley, London and broader Europe. Background in Corporate Development, Investment Banking and Venture Capital supporting and developing company growth and execution strategies through acquisition, investment and partnerships. Strong understanding of the workings, interaction and development between company financials, operating objectives and corporate strategy. Capabilities include corporate M&A and strategy, debt and equity capital-raising, joint-ventures and minority investments, financial budgeting and planning and CFO responsibilities.

Experience

  • Managing Director; Member, Board of Directors at Quant Capital
    2013 - Present · 13 yrs 6 mos

    Boutique European corporate finance firm offering M&A advisory, debt and equity capital-raising, principal investment and other growth-related services including strategy and operations review and interim-CFO services. Client sectors include fintech, machine learning, e-commerce, mobile, advertising, data-related, design and luxury sectors.

  • Member, Board of Directors at Brain | Algorithms
    2017 - Present · 9 yrs 6 mos

    Private company fintech developing AI and machine learning based alternative data sets and models for institutional investors.

  • Partner at Innogest SGR SpA
    2010 - 2013 · 3 yrs

    Leading Italian venture capital fund focused on Pan-European technology and healthcare opportunities.

  • Head of Corporate Development for the Americas at Yahoo!
    2007 - 2010 · 3 yrs

  • Director, Global Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Practice at Deutsche Bank
    2001 - 2007 · 6 yrs

    Investment Banking, Technology Mergers & Acquisitions.