Barbara has been working in the banking Industry for over 33 years. She worked for two other Italian major banks (Banca di Roma and Unicredit) and was hired by Intesa Sanpaolo in 2006. Barbara had the responsibility for the Origination, Structuring and Sales activity on Liability Management products for Italian Local Authorities, Public Utilities, Public Private Partnership and Infrastructural Projects. Later on she moved to Brazil to join ISP Project Management Team for the opening of the Brazilian Group Subsidiary bank. She was then appointed as the Head of Italian Corporate Desk of ISP New York branch where she had the responsibility of the coverage of the American, Canadian and Mexican subsidiaries of Italian companies. After two years in Milan as Global Coordinator for the Italian related Relationship Managers of ISP branches and Subsidiary Banks, she joined the Project Management Team for the opening of ISP Sydney branch and subsequently moved to Australia. At ISP Sydney branch Barbara is the Head of Corporate Desk. Barbara has a degree in Economics and she also served as Mentor for ABI (the Italian Banking Association) and Assiom-forex (the Italian Financial Association).