the Roman banker who will join the board of Rome

He was the key man in the negotiation that led Dan Friedkin – now it can be said with certainty even though we are waiting for the signatures on the contracts – on the command bridge of As Roma. They say that he is a refined banker, with a sporty soul and a skilful resolutive touch in international transactions. Roman and, never hurts, Romanist, Alexander Barnabas, born in 1973, graduated from Luiss and for more than twenty years now appreciated banker in the heart of the London city, he was the man who for Jp Morgan agreed Pallotta and Friedkin and will receive a reward, in addition to the balance of the invoice at six, or maybe seven zeros, also a place in the future Board of Directors of the new American Rome.

In an article in the economic pages of the Corriere della Sera of 2015 he was included among “The Italian knights of global finance”, together with profiles such as the ex-minister of economy Vittorio Grilli. For Jp Morgan he was appointed head of the division of world markets, a sector of the London investment bank which alone had 10 billion euros in revenues (2014 figure). Married to Natasha Bradbury, he has a sister lawyer, Elizabeth, who sits with him on the Board of Directors of the famous Roman clothing company Battistoni, mentioned in 2015 Barnabas (with the shareholder Luigi Gatti) took over 70% of the shares (at the modest sum of 3 million euros). Result: in one year, revenues increased by 50%, in two years by 100%, above all thanks to the opening of a 600 m2 boutique in Los Angeles.

Barnaba graduated with honors from Luiss with honors and is among the main testimonials of the association of graduates of the prestigious Roman university. If it can, it does not miss the events that the institute occasionally organizes. And he is also a sportsman: on the internet there are traces of his exploits as captain of the polo team sponsored by Battistoni. In 2016 Barnaba was placed second among the highest paid managers of Jp Morgan, in the organization chart of the company he is at the absolute top, his reflections on the performance of global markets are often cited by financial newspapers as references to be taken into account. He is an industry guru.

Linked by a deep friendship with James Pallotta, oversaw the complicated financial management of the stadium project for him and for As Roma, acting as an advisor (with Jp Morgan) to bring together the companies interested in the financial and commercial sharing of the investment. A true Roma fan, so much to follow the away matches of the Champions with the passion of curvarolo (he was also in Liverpool), he has a deep bond with Rome, but it is very likely that he will not detach himself from London, the city in which he made his fortune anyway, climbing the top of the institute for which he began working in 1996.

This will obviously not preclude him from sitting on the board of the new Rome, as an external but reference figure, as has happened in recent years to many Pallotta supporters on the board, from John Galantic to Mia Hamm, from Richard D’Amore to Stanley Gold, from Cam Neely to Barry Sternlicht. If it will also have an operational role at the moment no one is able to say it. For Pallotta he was certainly an important consultant, but for Friedkin he could also become a manager of reference. In this first phase of the adventure, not many will have the opportunity to influence the financier’s choices.