Cristoforo Rocco di Torrepadula spent his entire career in finance, working in London, Tokyo, Geneva, Zurich and Seoul. Cristoforo also sits on the board of various companies and is an active member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs and the Defence and Security Forum. He has a particular interest in the Middle East and North Africa and sits on the Executive Board of the International Cooperation Platform (ICP) in Istanbul.

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Cristoforo graduated from SOAS, University of London and has a master’s degree in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University in the USA.