About Us

Fedele Cova is a senior investment banking professional with over twenty years of experience in the City of London, having held a broad range of roles across trading, structuring, portfolio management, and institutional sales. Over the course of his career, he has developed deep expertise across credit and equity markets, serving some of the most sophisticated institutional investors globally.

Fedele began his banking career at Banca Intesa, where he spent eight years, ultimately overseeing the bank’s investment portfolio across credit and equity products. In this role, he was responsible for the strategic asset allocation and risk management of approximately €80 billion in assets under management and led a team of 28 professionals. His mandate combined portfolio construction, risk oversight, and performance accountability across multiple market cycles.

Fedele’s strong investment performance and leadership capabilities led him to Deutsche Bank, where he held senior positions within the Global Markets division. He ultimately served as Head of Credit Hedge Fund Coverage, managing the bank’s key hedge fund relationships and driving the growth of its credit franchise across the broader institutional client base.

Throughout his career, Fedele has combined rigorous analytical capability with hands-on market experience, enabling him to bridge trading, structuring, and client advisory functions effectively.

He holds a degree in Economics from LUISS University in Rome and a Master’s in Finance from London Business School.

Dario Schiraldi is a senior banking executive with nearly thirty years of financial services experience leading large organisations on both the buy and sell side. A graduate of The Wharton School, he has held prominent leadership roles at Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers and Deutsche Bank, where he managed institutional sales teams across New York and London for 17 years. At Deutsche Bank, he oversaw European institutional sales across equities, fixed income, currencies and commodities, leading a €5 billion business comprising more than 500 professionals across 12 countries.

Dario subsequently played a pivotal role in the transformation of Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, where he held multiple global leadership positions. As Global Head of Sales for Asset Management, he led global coverage for a platform managing nearly $1 trillion in assets. Concurrently, he served as Chairman for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, overseeing operations across 21 countries, and as Global Head of Key Clients, where he was responsible for the bank’s top 500 wealth management clients and leading family offices worldwide.

Today, through VIDA Holding, his Swiss-based family office, Dario actively invests across sectors including technology, finance and sustainability. His portfolio focuses on scalable, high-impact ventures, reflecting a long-standing commitment to leveraging innovation to support sustainable economic growth.

He is also an investor in KingsRock Advisors, an independent global financial services firm specialising in capital solutions, M&A and structured finance, and serves as Special Adviser to Greenstone Equity Partners.

Linda Garbarino is a senior financial services professional with extensive experience in the establishment and management of regulated investment firms, with particular expertise in governance, compliance, financial operations and regulatory oversight. Over the past two decades, she has played a central role in building and scaling regulated platforms within the UK financial services framework.

Since 2008, Linda has been instrumental in the start-up and authorisation of three FCA-regulated entities, serving as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director. These include Tedercapital Ltd, Wealth Advisory Solutions Ltd and Agenda Invest Ltd. Across these roles, she has been responsible for regulatory capital management, financial control, operational infrastructure, compliance frameworks and ongoing engagement with the UK Financial Conduct Authority.

At Tedercapital Ltd, Linda continues to serve at board level, providing strategic oversight with a particular focus on compliance governance and regulatory controls. Her experience spans the full lifecycle of regulated entities, from authorisation and initial capitalisation through to day-to-day operational management and long-term governance.

Linda combines strong technical expertise with a pragmatic, execution-oriented approach to building robust and compliant financial institutions.

She holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Polytechnic University of Milan.

Ulrich Hirschberg is a senior finance and financial services professional with over thirty years of experience across finance, accounting and regulatory operations. Throughout his career, he has developed deep expertise in financial control, compliance, governance and administration, with a particular focus on building and scaling regulated investment management platforms in both start-up and growth environments.

Ulrich began his professional career in auditing at Arthur Andersen & Co., where he built a strong technical foundation in accounting standards, audit processes and financial reporting. He subsequently spent more than fifteen years in senior accounting and finance leadership roles at various organisations, serving as Head of Accounting and overseeing core functions including financial reporting, corporate administration and human resources management. During this period, he developed a comprehensive, hands-on understanding of the operational and organisational structures underpinning financial institutions.

Since 2015, Ulrich has focused on the establishment and development of asset management and investment firms, holding senior positions as Senior Manager Finance and Chief Financial & Compliance Officer. He was initially involved in the digital wealth management sector, contributing to the development of regulated platforms at Vaamo Finanz AG and Moneyfarm Deutschland AG, where he supported the implementation of regulatory frameworks, financial controls and scalable reporting processes.

In 2021, Ulrich joined the WAP Group, where he played a key role in establishing regulatory structures and strengthening accounting, reporting and governance processes to support the firm’s international growth. Alongside his executive roles, Ulrich has accumulated over fifteen years of experience as a freelance consultant, advising small and medium-sized enterprises on set-up, organisational design and operational professionalisation.

Ulrich is known for his pragmatic, goal-oriented and hands-on approach to problem-solving.

He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Technical University of Darmstadt.

Fabrizio Ferrara is a senior financial services professional with over twenty-five years of experience spanning investment banking, alternative investments and capital raising. He has held senior roles at leading global institutions, including Lehman Brothers and HSBC, developing deep expertise in structured finance, institutional distribution and investor relations.

At Lehman Brothers, Fabrizio served as a Director in the Structured Finance Group from 2000 to 2003. He worked on a wide range of principal transactions, including equity-related financings, mezzanine capital and senior secured warehouse facilities across multiple asset classes such as hospitality, healthcare, leisure, aircraft, credit card receivables, residential mortgages and non-performing loans. He was also involved in establishing Lehman’s European mortgage platform and led the origination and structuring of securitisation transactions in Italy.

He later joined HSBC, where from 2004 to 2006 he was a Director within the Institutional Sales team, responsible for the distribution of structured products and contributing to the development of the firm’s fund derivatives franchise across Europe.

From 2007 to 2013, Fabrizio served as Capital Raising Officer at Metacapital, a New York-based hedge fund, during which time assets under management grew from approximately $20 million to over $1.5 billion. He subsequently acted as a third-party marketer for hedge funds and raised equity capital for real estate and private equity transactions in Southern Europe.

He holds a degree in Economics with High Honours from the University of Rome, La Sapienza.

Melya Cozma is a senior wealth management professional with over fifteen years of experience advising family offices, ultra-high-net-worth individuals and institutional distribution clients. Her career spans client servicing, advisory and sales roles, providing her with a comprehensive understanding of the needs of internationally mobile private clients.

She has played a key role in restructuring family office operations, addressing the limitations and misalignments often encountered by ultra-high-net-worth individuals within traditional private banking models. Her work focuses on developing client-aligned solutions that emphasise transparency, flexibility and long-term wealth preservation.

Melya brings strong expertise in trust and estate structuring, cross-border tax matters and multi-jurisdictional wealth planning. She works closely with clients and external advisers to design robust frameworks that safeguard capital across generations.

She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in International Relations and Finance from the University of Westminster in London, and a Master’s degree in Economics and Management from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona.

Kunwar Chohan is a senior financial services professional with over eighteen years of experience across capital markets, structured finance, and private capital advisory. Based in London, he advises global family offices, private sponsors, institutional investors, and sovereign capital on complex financing and investment transactions.

Kunwar spent fourteen years at Deutsche Bank in senior roles within the Investment Bank. He led Global Family Office and Private Sponsor Coverage in EMEA, overseeing strategic client relationships across capital markets, structured finance, private debt syndication, and co-investment opportunities, rebuilding and expanding the franchise during his tenure.

He also served as Head of ETFs EMEA, leading a cross-asset sales platform across fixed income and equities, strengthening the firm’s position as a leading liquidity provider in UCITS ETFs and developing senior relationships with global asset managers and institutional counterparties.

Earlier in his career, Kunwar was EMEA Chief Operating Officer for Wealth Investor Solutions and European Rates, with responsibility for regional client strategy, revenue oversight, and operational coordination across multiple European jurisdictions.

Kunwar holds a degree in Accounting and Finance from Oxford Brookes University.