Cesare Calari

Cesare Calari was born in Bologna on 10 May 1954. After obtaining his law degree at Bologna University he continued his studies in the USA, mainly at Johns Hopkins University, and partly at the Harvard Business School. He held positions of increasing responsibility with the International Finance Corporation, and was subsequently appointed to a top management position with the World Bank in Washington. Having gained wide experience in the private equity, financial services, banking and insurance fields in developing countries, he is now Managing Director of Wolfensohn Fund Management LP, specialising in the management of private equity investments on emerging markets. He is also assistant lecturer in International Finance at Johns Hopkins University in Washington and a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, also based in Washington. Cesare Calari has been a member of the Board of Directors of Assicurazioni Generali since April 2010.