Ben Davis

Head of Investment Management

Ben Davis has twelve years experience in the alternatives investment industry. Ben worked as a Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst at Axial Investments (now part of Standard Life Aberdeen) covering fundamental investment strategies across all asset classes before moving to Russell Investments where he was responsible for European hedge funds research. At Alvine Capital Ben developed an investment advisory business catering to family offices and endowments as well as distributing various hedge funds and private equity funds on a third party basis. Ben Davis was Partner and Head of Sales at StormHarbour Alternative Investments prior to being Head of Sales and Marketing at Leo Fund Managers. Ben is currently a director of II Capital Advisors and a director of Attica Capital.

During his career Ben has raised capital from several insurance companies and pension funds in the UK, and from European pension funds and US endowments. Ben has good coverage of wealth managers in Switzerland (including multi-family offices and private banks) and in the UK, and he has also a handful of close relationships with other institutional investors in Northern Europe and the Middle East.

Ben Davis graduated from the University of Southampton and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Alessio Rocchi

Head of Institutional Management

Alessio Rocchi has ten years experience in the alternatives investment industry. He's Director of Investments at a single family office focused on alternative investments. In this capacity, Alessio works closely with several leading European and North American private asset management companies and funds, which are specialized in energy, infrastructure and real estate businesses. He also serves as a director of start-up companies and investment funds.

Former Partner at dPixel, a leading Italian venture capital firm, focused on seed & early stage investments in the digital technologies industry and on Startup Acceleration Programs. Alessio had worked for a primary Italian investment bank and for Clarion Finanz AG, an investment firm focused on financing emerging companies in the natural resource industry. With this first-class venture capital financing platform Alessio contributed in raising over USD300 million in equity and quasi-equity investments, and managed the firm's capital base to generate investment income and capital appreciation.

Before his career in the capital markets, Alessio practiced corporate and securities law and advised companies on tax structures since 1999.

Alessio is a Teaching Fellow at Bocconi University (Milan) - Department of Finance where he holds Corporate Finance lessons (Professore a contratto) to undergraduate students.

Alessio holds a degree in Law from University of Rome, a Master in Corporate Finance from Bocconi University and a Ph.D. in Finance from University of Trieste.