The Liquidity and Sustainability Facility (LSF) has appointed Gabriele Frediani as head of development and market infrastructure coverage in Europe.
In this new role, Gabriele will focus on developing partnerships with European institutions such as CSDs and ICSDs, triparty agents, exchanges, trading platforms and central banks.
Frediani has more than 25 years of experience in the financial industry across fixed income and repo.
He has notably occupied the positions of head of European expansion at BondCliQ, business development advisor at Absolute Collateral, chief business development officer at Elixium and head of markets at MTS.
Frediani comments: “I look forward to contributing to the growth and development of its relationships in Europe.
“I fully adhere to its objectives of supporting the liquidity of African Sovereigns Eurobonds and incentivising SDG-related investments such as GSS bonds on the African continent.”
David Escoffier, CEO of the LSF Secretariat, adds: “The African Sovereign repo market is garnering increased interest and we are keen to contribute to crowding in more private investors from different horizons wishing to participate in it.”
