Andrea Gentilini is Chief Executive Officer at Novus and is responsible for expanding the firm’s global leadership in the areas of analytics, data, and technology. Before Novus, Andrea launched and managed a $500 million precious metals derivative fund for Union Bancaire Privée (UBP), also serving as Chief Operating Officer for the bank’s Asset Management division. Andrea was previously a Director for Barclays Capital (formerly Lehman Brothers), leading a global team focused on developing hedge fund research and delivering advisory services. His team was awarded several #1 industry rankings from 2008-10. Andrea also served as an Executive Director at UBS and a management team member of The Boston Consulting Group in New York and Zurich.
Andrea graduated summa cum laude with a M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and also holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and two post-graduate degrees in Information Technology and Applied Statistics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich.
