Antin IP Professorship in Infrastructure Finance
Chair Holder: Stefano Gatti
Stefano Gatti is an Antin IP Professor of Infrastructure Finance at the Department of Finance at Università Bocconi.
At SDA Bocconi, he has been the Director of the Full Time MBA and the International Teachers’ Program Director. He also teaches at SDA Bocconi Asia Center in Mumbai. He has conducted research, consulting and education projects for several financial and non-financial institutions in Italy and abroad. He has been a consultant for major multilateral development banks in the field of project and infrastructure finance.
His research activities focus on corporate finance and investment banking. Currently, he is focusing on four main topics: corporate financial advisory, infrastructure and project finance, corporate restructuring and private equity.
He is the author of a number of books and articles in his research fields. His works have been published in the European Journal of Operational Research, Financial Management, the Journal of Money Credit and Banking and the Journal of Banking and Finance. He is a board member of Economia & Management and was Chairman of the European Financial Management Association in 2005 and 2009. He has taught at Fudan University Shanghai (PRC) and has won the Best MBA Teacher award for 15 years in a row.
Stefano earned a degree in Business Administration from Università Bocconi and the ITP (International Teachers Programme) at Manchester Business School in 2003.
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 financial contribution 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.
In 2023, Antin Infrastucture Partners has chosen to maintain its commitment to support Research related to this field by renewing for another 5 years its support for the Professorship.
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 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. Research also focuses on the determinants of infrastructure pricing and investigates emerging trends and sectors in which there is a convergence of resources made available by investors.
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, as well as his work as an academic expert and advisory board member. Each year the research results, jointly owned by Bocconi University and Antin IP, are disseminated during a high-profile conference where policymakers, academia, investors and asset managers can meet to discuss the results and their implications for investors.