Massimo holds a PhD Law degree from the "Università La Sapienza" in Rome and undertook post-graduate financial training at the London Business School.

Massimo started his career in 1983 with Crédit Lyonnais in Italy before becoming one of Calyon’s senior global bankers in charge of financial institutions and supranationals. Massimo carried out various financial advisory and arranging assignments for projects in Europe, Latin America and Asia and, from 2002 onwards, led the Group’s Continental Europe, Middle-East and Africa infrastructure project finance and structured finance activities. Massimo joined Meridiam in September 2007.
 
Among other transactions, Massimo has supervised or advised on the arranging of the €1.5bn financing of the re-purchase of Budapest Airport by Hochtief, CDPQ, KfW and GIC; €280m financing of the Brussels waste-water treatment facility; €280m financing for the first set of four French prisons (under the on-going French PPP Programme); advisory and arranging of PPP-patterned €100m and financing of express tramway link connecting Lyon (France) to the city’s airport; arranging of hybrid €500m structured financing for the largest parking concession holder in Europe; and arranging of €940m financing of A41 Motorway Concession in France (2005 EMEA Transport/Road deal of the year by Project Finance/Euromoney).

Since joining Meridiam, Massimo has been involved in projects in both Europe and North America, including the Flemish Schools PPP Programme in Belgium (€1.2bn), the North Tarrant Expressway in Texas and the LBJ Expressway in Texas.