Paola DURANTE

VP, Luxury Goods Team, Merrill Lynch

Paola Durante is part of the Merrill Lynch luxury goods team responsible for the Italian luxury and eyewear sector. She joined Merrill Lynch in November 1999
and prior to that was the luxury goods analyst for 2 years with CAI Cheuvreux
and consumer goods analyst in S&P Marketscope in London. In the last 5 years,
the Merrill Lynch luxury team has consistently ranked in the top 3 in leading surveys
including Extel (1st in the latest survey) and Institutional Investors (1st in the
latest survey). Paola has a first class degree in Economics from the Università
Cattolica in Milan and specialised in finance at The London School of Economics.