Francesco Melloni

Project Finance Lead

Francesco Melloni's interests

  • Carbon markets

  • Capital markets

  • Climate finance

  • Climate science

  • Environmental economics

  • ESG

  • Finance

  • Investment research

  • Investment strategy

  • Public finance

Francesco Melloni is a seasoned finance professional with a wealth of experience in global financial institutions. Driven by a passion for the intersection of capital markets and climate action, he oversees the analytical framework for execution and delivery risk assessments of early-stage carbon projects.

Before joining BeZero, he was Vice President in the Cross Asset Solutions team at Citigroup, where he specialised in researching, developing, and structuring innovative investment strategies, ranging from traditional products to ESG and carbon markets.

Selected publications

2019, Guidolin, M., Melloni, F., and Pedio, M. “A Markov Switching Cointegration Analysis of the CDS‐Bond Basis Puzzle”. BAFFI CAREFIN Centre, Research Paper No. 2019-121.

Education

  • School of System Change, School of System Change in Finance 2024

  • Bocconi University, MSc in Finance

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