After graduating at the Bocconi University of Milan, Alberto Foà won the “Giorgio Mortara” scholarship from the Bank of Italy. He completed an educational experience abroad, earning a PhD at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. His professional career started in Chase Econometrics and in the Bank of Italy’s Study Department, before working as a bond & swap trader for Citibank.[2] From 1988 to 1994 he held the positions of bond fund manager and head of strategy for Finanza e Futuro Fondi Sprind.
In 1994 Alberto Foà founded the independent asset management operator Anima SGR, holding the positions of CEO and head of investments.[3] In the same period he was also a member of the executive and steering committee of Assogestioni.[4]
In 2010 Alberto Foà founded AcomeA SGR together with Giovanni Brambilla, Roberto Brasca, and Giordano Martinelli, taking over the asset management company “Sai Asset Management” from the Fondiaria Group.[5][6][7][8] In 2013, 2014 and 2018, AcomeA SGR ranked first as the best Italian Management Company in the “small” category of the Premio Alto Rendimento, a recognition given by the “Il Sole 24 Ore”. The company ranked second in 2017, and third in 2015 and 2016.[9][10][11]
Alberto Foà is also council member of the Pier Lombardo Foundation.[12]
