Deborah Traversa (Past Speaker)

Deborah Traversa was born in Como on 9th August 1971. While graduating in Business Management at Bocconi University in Milan, she already started a job experience in the financial markets area at 24 ORE publishing Group. In 1996 she completed her studies attending the Master CEMS (Community of European Management Schools) at the Erasmus Universiteit in Rotterdam and worked in London for Banca Commerciale Italiana. In 1997 she began her professional career as a management consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Milan, where she dealt with projects based both in Italy and in Europe. In 2000, she moved to The Boston Consulting Group where she was actively involved in the financial services practice as a project leader. In 2004, Deborah Traversa joined SIA as Capital Markets marketing manager. As of June 2012, she is Director of Capital Markets Division supporting supervisory authorities, trading venues, CSDs (Central Securities Depositories), global custodians, associations and other financial market players. She is in charge of the whole capital markets offering development in the fields of trading, post-trading, compliance and surveillance services and platforms.