Dr Alberto Brugnoni

Currently Director General of ASSAIF (Associazione per lo Sviluppo di Strumenti Alternativi e di Innovazione Finanziaria) the prime Italian financial engineering boutique for halal transactions.

Former Director of Merrill Lynch Bank Suisse (SA) in charge of the Italian private banking market, is an international consultant on Ethical Finance and   responsible of a number of EU ethical financial programmes. Project Manager of the EU Lombardy-based EQUAL NuoviStilidiVita (NewLifeStyles) project. Consultant of holistic finance for Governments, International Organizations, Public Agencies, Companies, International law firms, Banks, Management Companies, Universities, Stakeholders Associations.

He holds a degree on International Relations at Geneva University and a master on Europrojecting at AICCRE - Venice. He has published, as an advisor of the mayor of Palermo, 'Pilot Project Genoardo', a major multi-disciplinary work for the establishment of a Mediterranean Development Bank based on Islamic principles. He regularly contributes to the major Social and Ethical Investment Forums worldwide (www.assaif.org)