Stefania founded Physis with the vision to disrupt the financial industry and empower investors to make an impact through their investments. As CEO, Stefania has developed Physis from an idea to an award-winning AI fintech company. Today, Physis serves clients globally, helping investment managers advance their sustainable investments.

Before starting Physis, Stefania was a skilled portfolio manager with extensive global experience. She previously worked at Sella SGR as the youngest impact investing fund manager in Europe for a multi-asset global allocation fund, which grew from $16M to $100M in assets in just two years. Stefania was the first fund manager to provide a methodology for impact reporting, and she reached over 6,000 individual investors with this report. She has advised institutional investors with $90 billion in assets on sustainable portfolio implementation. Stefania has published two books on sustainable finance, and she is a guest lecturer on sustainable investing at universities around the world, including Harvard.

In her free time, Stefania is dedicated to fostering women's empowerment and entrepreneurship. She is a mentor at Harvard’s Undergraduate Women in Business and the Global Director at Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs. She is also a member of the Scientific Committee at Symbola. Previously, she was a member of the Harvard Sustainable Leadership Council and a Board Member at Etica SGR.

Stefania received her undergraduate degree in Economics and Finance from Bocconi University in Italy and has studied at the London School of Economics and ESADE. She also has a master’s degree in Sustainability and Finance from Harvard University.