Francesco BongiovanniSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

Dr. Francesco Bongiovanni is President and founder of Compagnie dInvestissements Monaco-Asie S.A.M. (Codima), bsed in Monaco and Singapore. The groups activities have included merchant banking-type services assisting elite family and business groups from Europe in their diversification and direct investment endeavours across the Far East and vice versa, as well as cross-border M&A and advisory work, launching investment funds in private equity and natural resources and the structuring of direct investments in emerging markets. He is a co-founder of the Monaco Venture Capital Association (MVCA).

Bongiovanni is president and founder of The Monaco-Asia Society (MAS), a non-profit organization chaired by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and dedicated to humanitarian, environmental and cultural projects between the Principality of Monaco and the Far East. Projects have included the successful multimillion dollar relocating and rebuilding of Sirombu (Island of Nias, Sumatra), an Indonesian village destroyed by the 2005 tsunami. In 2007, MAS launched the Blue Auction the worlds first auction (carried out by Christies of London) of the names of various species of marine life newly discovered by world famous Conservation International in Asian waters, raising several million dollars for the protection of ocean biodiversity in the Raja Ampat area. Other projects undertaken by MAS include enhancing microfinance capabilities of East Timorese institution Moris Rasik in cooperation with French institution Credit Agricole. MAS achievements have been praised by personalities such as Jim Wolfensohn, previous head of the World Bank, and featured in the international press including The Washington Post.

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