Born in Como (Italy) in 1979, Marco Botta holds a BSc cum laude in financial economics from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, an MSc in Economics and Finance, awarded with distinction, from the Warwick Business School at the University of Warwick and a PhD in Economics from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.<br>He now works as a business consultant at his firm Studio Botta Consulenza Aziendale, based in Como, and teaches Corporate Finance to graduate students of the MSc in Banking and Finance at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.<br>His research interests are in corporate finance, performance measurement and applied econometrics.<br>He also holds the position of adjunct professor at the Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, where he teaches Principles of Economics to undergraduate students of the BSc in Industrial Chemistry.<br>A former fencer, he currently holds the position of delegate of the Italian Olympic Committee for the province of Como.