Giordano Lombardo

Co-Founder, CEO and Co-CIO

Giordano Lombardo is a co-founder, Chief Executive Officer & Co-CIO at Plenisfer Investments Management. Prior to establishing Plenisfer Investment Management, he was global CEO and Group Chief Investment Officer of Pioneer Investments, where he played a key role in establishing it as a global franchise from the end of the 1990s to 2017, when he left the firm. Alongside his role in Plenisfer Investments, he is a Founder and Chairman at Rationis, a fintech company dedicated to building risk management solutions.

Trained as an economist and with experience as both an analyst and a portfolio manager, Giordano has consistently worked throughout his career to build active, research-driven and risk-aware approaches to deliver long-term sustainable value for investors. Driven by a desire to innovate, he pushes to redefine boundaries and methods of active management to expand the solutions available for investors. An advocate of the power of collaboration, he has sought to foster cultures which promote knowledge sharing and team-based approaches to investing. An important voice in the Italian asset management industry, Giordano has been Chairman of Assogestioni, the Italian Association of Fund Managers. In this role, he promoted the adoption of the Stewardship Principles Code by Italian asset managers.

Based in Milan, he is married with five children and enjoys long distance running, reading and listening to music. He is a lifelong fan of Inter Milan football club.