Senia Rapisarda - Director

Mrs. Senia Rapisarda is Executive Director of the Private Equity Institute at the London Business School.

Senia has spent over 15 years in private equity as principal and adviser. She was previously Managing Director and Head of the Technology Private Equity Team at Nomura International, managing a proprietary fund of over £300 million and investing in early-stage technology companies in Europe, Israel, and California. Earlier, she was Vice-President in the Telecommunications and Technology teams of Salomon Smith Barney and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, mainly involved in structured finance and equity investments in Eastern Europe. Before that she practiced law at Debevoise and Plimpton LLP, a large New York-based firm that specializes in buy-outs.

Mrs. Rapisarda has a Law Degree from LUISS University in Rome and a Master's in Law & Economics from Columbia University in New York.