Managing Partner, LIAN Group
Fiorenzo Manganiello is a professor of Blockchain Technologies at Geneva Business School and Managing Partner of LIAN Group, a venture capital firm investing in technology companies disrupting old traditional businesses.
In 2013, Manganiello’s started his career as a Quantitative Analyst in the hedge fund industry. In September 2018 he joined the Blockcloud company as a position of Advisory Board Member. In 2016 he founded the investment banking team of a Swiss private bank and led several teams dedicated to ultra-high-net-worth clients. In 2018, he was awarded as Blockchain Expert Switzerland for 2018 by Acquisition International. In December 2019, Manganiello becomes Ambassador of the Global Blockchain Business Council
Mr. Manganiello, as an expert in the field of blockchain technologies, is an invited speaker at CNBC, CNN, and international press and journals. He is also a contributor on Forbes. He has received many awards, in 2017 he received best investment banking team for Switzerland at Leaders League award and in 2018 he was awarded the Blockchain Expert of the Year Switzerland at the Acquisition International Leading Awards.
He speaks fluently six languages and has a distinguished academic background, having studied financial economics at institutions such as IMD, London School of Economics and Luiss Business School.