MEZZOMO, Luca (Head of Macroeconomic & Fixed Income Research – Intesa Sanpaolo)

He currently focuses on the developments of the debt crisis in the euro area.Born in 1966, he completed his undergraduate studies in Italy. In 1993 he obtained a M.Sc degree in Economics from the London School of Economics.From 1994 to 1999 he worked as applied macroeconomist, initially with a focus on currency markets. In 1997-98 he also joined the Euro Project of Banca Commerciale Italiana, which had been set up to coordinate the bank’s changeover to the single currency.He has been leading Intesa’s team of macro & fixed income research since 2000.In his spare time, he is an amateur entomologist and birdwatcher, actively supporting local nature conservation projects in Northern Italy.