ANTIN IP PROFESSORSHIP IN INRASTRUCTURE FINANCE

Former Director of the Full-Time MBA at SDA Bocconi. He was visiting fellow at the International Finance Corporation, The World Bank Group, Washington DC, and member of the ITP International Teachers Programme, Manchester Business School, 2003. He won the Best MBA Teacher Awards at SDA Bocconi School of Management from 2004 to 2015. He was winner of the Award for Excellence in Teaching from 2008 to 2014 and the Award for Excellence in Research in the years 2010, 2011 and 2012. He is a consultant and academic expert at public institutions such as the Italian Ministry of Economy, The Financial Stability Board, the G20 and G24 and the OECD.

Joint Purpose

Antin Infrastructure Partners, a longtime supporter of Bocconi University, decided to establish the Antin IP Associate Professorship in Infrastructure Finance through a generous gift in 2017. This Chair is a testament to the exemplary research in the infrastructure sector of one of our professors, Professor Stefano Gatti. The Chair’s goal is to promote the culture of investments in public service and support the in-depth study of the topic by the academic community and students.

We are happy to welcome Antin IP as a new international strategic partner. The partnership caps off a relationship that has already led to significant results in terms of applied research and education in infrastructure investment.

Gianmario Verona

Rector, Bocconi University

We already have strong links with Bocconi, having a number of alumni from the university and having supported the ‘Structured and Project Finance’ course. We are delighted to formalize the partnership and to be working with Professor Gatti, a leader in his field. We look forward to our collaboration in the coming years, which we are sure will be a success.

Mark Crosbie

Managing Partner di Antin IP

Core Activities

Research

Professor Gatti’s research focuses on infrastructure and in particular on the infrastructure gap, which generates a potentially huge demand for greenfield and brownfield infrastructure. This demand extends to all sectors involving such investments, including economic and social infrastructure. While financial markets have developed solutions to channel private capital into this alternative asset class, a number of macro-trends are reshaping the sector and the characteristics of the infrastructure universe. Looking ahead to 2030, it is clear that what we know today as infrastructure will undergo a radical transformation in the years to come.

The Antin IP Associate Professorship in Infrastructure Finance’s research investigates in particular the four forces that are transforming the sector (the digital revolution and big data, dematerialization, the shared economy, and the viral expansion of social media) and their impact on the "traditional" infrastructure subsectors of energy and electricity, transportation, social and PPP infrastructure and telecommunications.

Dissemination

The Antin IP Associate Professorship in Infrastructure Finance’s activities have been enriched over the years by the dissemination of Professor Gatti’s research results, thanks to his participation in seminars and conferences organized by prestigious academic and institutional entities. Each year the research results, jointly owned by Bocconi University and Antin IP, are disseminated during a high-profile conference where academics and professionals can meet to discuss the results and their implications for investors.