After graduating from Bocconi University in Milan in 1984, Paolo Basilico began his career with the IMI Group, initially as a financial analyst and then as a sales manager. A few years later, he moved to Mediobanca’s equity brokerage division.
Basilico joined Giubergia Warburg in 1991 where he served as CEO from 1992 to 1998 and was made a member of Warburg London’s European Equity Management Committee. In 1999, he co-founded the Kairos Group, a major Italian asset management company, and was Chairman and CEO until April 2019.
He was a member of the Executive Committee of Assogestioni from 2009 to early 2013. Since 2005 he has been the Chairman of Oliver Twist Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to disadvantaged children in Italy.