Meet Azzurra, CTO Euronext Securities Milan
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Azzurra joined Euronext as Chief Technology Officer in February 2022. She has more than 20 years’ experience in Information Technology, most of which spent in management roles in the Financial Sector.
She has a Master Degree in Business Administration and her strong interest in Finance and IT brought her to invest her carrier in bringing Technology at service of relevant evolutions in the Finance Industry. She contributed to several IT Projects, both related to market infrastructures evolutions and to client services enhancements.
Benito joined Euronext Securities Milan in June 2022 after several years spent in Luxembourg working in financial sector.
During his career he worked in client facing area, back office operations and 2nd line control functions.
Today he is working in Post Trade area for the Italian CSD. His focus is on domestic Italian issuance, financial instruments lifecycle management and Italian government bonds.
Paolo joined Euronext in July 2022 in the Post-Trade area as a Software Development Manager in Euronext Clearing.
He studied Computer Engineering at the University of Naples Federico II and graduated cum laude. Some years later he decided to strengthen his non-technical skills in the finance, strategy, marketing areas, attending an MBA program at Luiss Business School in Rome.
Sara joined Euronext in June 2022 in the Post-Trading area, where she works as a Clearing Operations Associate in Euronext Clearing.
After her studies in Statistics and Finance, since 2018 she has worked for public Financial Institutions and international Banking Groups in the area of Financial Markets and Collateral Management, developing her expertise on Trading and Post-Trading processes in international contexts.
Francesco joined Euronext (then Borsa Italiana) in 2018 as a Primary Markets Relationship Manager and previously worked in investment banking in London and Milan
He has 10-year experience in the Equity Capital Markets industry, and he is currently Post-Listing Advisory Manager at Euronext Corporate Services, managing Italian and Belgian clients after he studied BSc in Finance and Economics and MSc in Finance at Bocconi University in Milan. He participated to exchange programs in partner universities in the USA, Canada and Switzerland during his university career.
Giulio joined Euronext in June 2022 in the Post Trade area. He has 7 years of relevant experience in the Risk management area after having worked within big banks.
He has a master’s degree in Finance & Banking, from the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, that helped him acquire the critical skills to work as Market Risk Analyst and Risk Analyst, and gain the necessary knowledge related to financial markets, risks and institutions.
Anais initially joined Euronext IT teams in 2019 for an internship. She worked on the design and the development of an application for file validation for regulators.
Just graduated, she started her career as a Software Developer. Her deep interest in financial markets and her passion for IT allow her to work on the development of a software to monitor the activity of Liquidity Providers on the Cash and Derivatives markets.
Flavia joins Euronext Porto in 2016 as Product Support and Functional Analyst. His deep interest in IT and financial markets allows her to work on the Optiq project.
In 2018, she became Business Analyst and is now responsible for creating functional designs for the new trading platform features taking into account customer needs, technical impacts and quality assurance.
Joel joins Euronext Market Surveillance in 2013 as an Analyst in charge of contributing to the trading sessions. He will then specialize in high frequency trading and market fragmentation issues, before moving on to projects in the Market Operations division.
Based on these experiences, he joined the Issuer Relations (Listing) teams as an Analyst. In addition to being in charge of data quality and sales support, he is assigned to various business development and strategic deployment projects.
Francisco Gonçalves Joined Euronext in 2017 as a QA Analyst.
He worked on delivering OPTIQ® for international Exchanges, followed by OPTIQ® Derivatives for Euronext Markets, while moving to a Team specialized in the End-to-End testing of all Euronext Systems.
Patrícia joined Euronext Porto in April of 2018 as a Software Developer trainee, in the Tools and Automation team.
During this time, she was able to work on the tool that QA teams to test OPTIQ and Orchestrator, the tool that allows teams to monitor OPTIQ®, the Euronext trading platform.
In 2020, she became Software Engineer in the Data Services team, and is working on projects related to business and Data, like DataShop.
Presentation
Does the CAC 40 speak to you? But did you know that behind it is Euronext?
Euronext is the leading pan-European stock exchange and brings together the financial markets of Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Milan, Oslo and Porto.
Recent acquisitions and international expansions have enabled the group to expand its service offering and be present in 18 countries. Euronext has tripled in value since 2014 and has around 2000 issuers listed on its markets with a total market capitalisation of €5.8 trillion as of end September 2022.
Their varied product offering includes stocks, bonds, certificates, indices, ETFs, currency trading and caters to a diverse clientele.
Euronext also relies on its expertise to provide technological solutions transforming financial markets around the world, and does not lack assets to become the reference place to finance the real and sustainable economy.
What they are looking for
Join a vibrant international team and thrive in a high-performing culture. They have great opportunities for all types of profiles ranging from finance (analysts, project managers, business developers) to IT (developers, architects, QA, operations), to central functions (marketing, human resources, legal, regulatory affairs), and more!
They are looking for motivated, hands-on candidates who are keen to learn and to create. While you are not required to be familiar with the functioning of financial markets, you should be curious to learn more about the stock exchange ecosystem. If you have an entrepreneurial mindset and believe that innovation can thrive within an established business, then this is the place for you!
They value those who dare to take initiatives, explore new areas of expertise and share their ideas to make progress with their team. If you speak English fluently and are passionate about working in an international environment, there’s sure to be a career option at Euronext that’s right for you.
Good to know
Their internal culture promotes employee well-being through their Wellnext programme and encourages CSR initiatives. Celebrate major internal successes with a ‘Bell / Gong ceremony’ on the trading floor. Take advantage of their ‘Learning Weeks ’ with a range of internal and external thought leaders, and ‘Lunch & Learn’ sessions on the latest tech and capital market trends.
Seize opportunities with flexible career paths in all of their cross-border departments. With a clear view of your responsibilities, you make an impact on your projects and shape your scope from the outset. Euronext will help you plan your development from the start.
Jump-start your career with them through one of their Early Career initiatives. Their Trainee, Apprenticeship and International Graduate (VIE) programmes expose you to multiple facets of the latest technologies and projects in a world-class international environment.