Michele Quaranta is a Principal of Neuberger Berman and Partner of NB Renaissance Partners. Previously, he was a Principal of the Private Equity Group at Intesa Sanpaolo’s CIB Division. Mr. Quaranta’s prior role at Intesa Sanpaolo/Banca IMI was Vice President of M&A Advisory, where he was a member of the M&A Advisory group with responsibility for advising Italian and international corporate and private equity clients. Before that, he was an Associate in Intesa Sanpaolo/Banca Commerciale Italiana Equity Capital Markets, where he originated and executed equity and equity-linked transactions such as IPOs, convertible bonds, capital increases and tender offers. Before joining Intesa Sanpaolo in 2000, Mr. Quaranta started his career at Trudeau & Trudeau Associates in Boston, where he worked on equity capital markets and M&A deals. He received his degree in Business Administration from the University of Bari, where he graduated cum laude, and M.B.A. from Bentley College in Boston, where he was a member of the “Beta Gamma Sigma” Honor Society. He is a Board member of GCL Holdings, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, Termomeccanica and Comelz.