Francesco Bongiovanni

On Tuesday, December 11th, The Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (MVCA) held its General Assembly and year-end event at the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel, outlining its plans for 2013 to its members.

The invited guest speaker on this occasion was author Francesco Bongiovanni who shared his insights into his much endorsed and provocative book « The Decline and Fall of Europe ». His book was praised by the Wall Street Journal as the best account of the European crisis and the Guardian refers to it as a wake-up call for the twenty-first century. Mr. Bongiovanni, a Harvard MBA and Doctor in Chemical Engineering, spent several decades in Asia and in the Arab world/Africa and the rest in Europe and the USA. He is President and Founder of Codima, a firm based in Monaco and Singapore, active in private equity, M&A and wealth management in Europe and Asia. He has appeared several times in live interviews on the Eurozone on CNBC and Bloomberg. He is author of articles published in Turkish Policy Quarterly on a third way for EU-Turkish relations, and in The Guardian on what he calls « The Lazarus Option », the idea of reviving the defunct currencies of troubled countries alongside the Euro. He also believes Europe should consider introducing a dual-currency structure. 

For information go to www.thedeclineandfallofeurope.com

MVCA is a non profit organization with over 70 members, most of them accomplished Business Entrepreneurs. MVCA is actively participating in promoting Monaco as a globally attractive place for the financial sector, and it’s objective is to provide investment opportunities for its members, and to attract businesses and other financial activity to the Principality.

For more information go to www.mvca.asso.mc

Members of MVCA

Photos by Celina Lafuente de Lavotha