Trinity SMF Podcast

🎙 Tune in to the Trinity SMF podcast with Emanuele Roncalli di Montorio-Veronese as he speaks with Ares’ Matthew Theodorakis
Mr. Theodorakis is a Partner and Co-Head of European Direct Lending in the Ares Credit Group, where he focuses on European direct lending, including portfolio management. Mr. Theodorakis is also a member of the Ares Credit Group's European Direct Lending Investment Committee and the Ares Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council. Prior to joining Ares in 2010, Mr. Theodorakis was a Vice President at Evercore Partners. Mr. Theodorakis holds a B.A. from Washington and Lee University in Economics.

🎙 Tune in to the Trinity SMF podcast with Emanuele Roncalli di Montorio-Veronese as he speaks with Oaktree Capital Management’s Howard Marks

Mr. Howard Marks is the Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Oaktree Capital Management, a global alternative investment firm with more than $200 billion AUM. His newsletters and memos about markets and economics are widely read on Wall Street and all around the industry. He has written the bestselling books Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side and The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor.

From 1985 until 1995, Mr. Marks led the groups at The TCW Group, Inc. that were responsible for investments in distressed debt, high yield bonds, and convertible securities. Previously, Mr. Marks was with Citicorp Investment Management for 16 years, where from 1978 to 1985 he was Vice President and senior portfolio manager in charge of convertible and high yield securities. Between 1969 and 1978, he was an equity research analyst and, subsequently, Citicorp's Director of Research. Mr. Marks holds a B.S.Ec. degree cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a major in finance and an M.B.A. in accounting and marketing from the Booth School of Business of the University of Chicago. 

🎙 Tune in to the Trinity SMF podcast with Emanuele Roncalli di Montorio-Veronese as he speaks with Citadel Securities’ Jim Esposito, President of Citadel Securities

Mr. Jim Esposito is the President of Citadel Securities. Jim was previously co-head of the Global Banking and Markets Division at Goldman Sachs. During his 29-year tenure at Goldman Sachs Jim served on the management committee, co-chaired the partnership committee, and was a member of the diversity and inclusion committee. Previously, Jim was co-head of the Global Investment Banking and Global Markets Divisions before they were combined and earlier in his career was co-head of the Global Financing Group. 


Jim earned a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Jim is a Trustee at Brown, serves on the Board of Overseers at Tuck and is a board member of Beat the Streets New England.

🎙 Tune in to the Trinity SMF podcast with Emanuele Roncalli di Montorio-Veronese as he speaks with Nathalie Dompé, CEO of Dompé Holdings and Co-CEO of Dompé Farmaceutici

Nathalie Dompé is Co-CEO of Dompé farmaceutici. Nathalie is responsible for the oversight, market development, and strategic approval of all new drugs launched by Dompé in the United States. She explores new opportunities for the company through interactions with other business leaders in the pharmaceutical and high tech industries.

Nathalie is concurrently CEO Dompé Holdings, a diversified holding company in Europe with business interests in pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and hi-tech. She sits on the board of several companies including Movendo, Philogen and Dompé farmaceutici. Nathalie graduated with Honors in Business Administration from Bocconi University in Milan.

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🎙 Tune in to the Trinity SMF podcast with Emanuele Roncalli di Montorio-Veronese as he speaks with John S. Daly, Former Chairman of Global Equity Capital Markets at Goldman Sachs, Co-Founder and Partner of 25madison and Board member of the National Treasury Management Agency

John was a partner at Goldman Sachs, where he worked for 32 years, before retiring in 2021. Immediately before his retirement, John served as Chairman of Global Equity Capital Markets and previously held leadership roles in Goldman’s Financing Group in both Hong Kong and New York; and served on Goldman’s Firmwide Commitments Committee. He started at GS after earning an MBA at Wharton Business School. Prior to business school, John earned degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics from Trinity College Dublin and worked as an engineer at General Electric.

Post retirement, John co-founded 25madison - an incubation and venture investing firm focussed on the healthcare, AI and industrial/supply chain sectors. He is also a board member of the National Treasury Management Agency in Dublin and Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Irish Sovereign Wealth Fund. He is a member of Trinity College Dublin’s Provost Council and serves as a board member for The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, the Irish Arts Centre in New York City, TMRW Sports (parent of TGL - the indoor golf league). He is also a Senior Advisor to Veriten - a research, investing and strategy firm focused on the energy sector. *This episode was Recorded in March 2025"*

 Tune in to the Trinity SMF podcast with Emanuele Roncalli di Montorio-Veronese as he speaks with Martin Gilbert, Co-Founder & ex-CEO of Aberdeen Asset Management and Chairman of Revolut, Toscafund, and River Global PLC (formerly AssetCo).

Martin co-founded Aberdeen Asset Management in 1983, transforming it into a global asset management powerhouse through organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Under his leadership, assets under management (AuM) grew from £70 million to £312 billion by 2016. Following the 2017 merger with Standard Life, he became co-CEO of Standard Life Aberdeen, later serving as Vice Chairman until 2020. Beyond Aberdeen, Martin has held key roles across finance and business, including Chairman of Revolut, AssetCo, and Toscafund, as well as Non-Executive Director at Glencore plc. He has served on multiple advisory boards, including British American Business and the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Recognized as one of the world’s top-performing CEOs by Harvard Business Review, Martin has received awards such as City AM’s Personality of the Year and Asset Management CEO of the Year. He holds honorary degrees from the University of Aberdeen, Robert Gordon University, and Heriot-Watt University, and is an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School. Born in Malaysia, Martin earned an MA in accountancy and an LLB in law from the University of Aberdeen before qualifying as a chartered accountant with Deloitte. His career journey—from law firm investment departments to leading a global financial giant—offers invaluable insights into leadership, finance, and business strategy.

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🎙 Tune in to the Trinity SMF podcast with Emanuele Roncalli di Montorio-Veronese as he speaks with Mr. Anthony Scaramucci, Founder & Managing partner of SkyBridge; Founder & Chairman of SALT

Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and the founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio. He co-hosts The Rest Is Politics US podcast and also hosts Open Book, a podcast interview series featuring some of the brightest minds in business, politics, entertainment, and more.Prior to founding SkyBridge in 2005, Scaramucci co-founded the investment partnership Oscar Capital Management, which was sold to Neuberger Berman in 2001. Earlier in his career, he worked in Private Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs & Co.

In 2022, Scaramucci was ranked #47 in Cointelegraph’s Top 100 Influencers in Crypto and Blockchain. In 2016, he was ranked #85 in Worth Magazine’s Power 100: The 100 Most Powerful People in Global Finance. In 2011, he received Ernst & Young’s New York Financial Services “Entrepreneur of the Year” Award. Scaramucci is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and serves on the board of the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation. He is also the author of five books.Scaramucci served on President Donald J. Trump’s 16-person Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee and briefly held roles in 2017 as Chief Strategy Officer of the Export-Import (EXIM) Bank and White House Communications Director.

A native of Long Island, New York, Scaramucci holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.

🎙 Tune in to the Trinity SMF podcast with Emanuele Roncalli di Montorio-Veronese as he speaks with Blackstone's Joe Baratta, Global Head of Private Equity Strategies at Blackstone

Joseph Baratta is the Global Head of Blackstone Private Equity Strategies and a member of Blackstone’s Board of Directors. He is also a member of the firm’s Management Committee and serves on many of the firm’s investment committees.

Mr. Baratta joined Blackstone in 1998 and in 2001 he moved to London to help establish Blackstone’s corporate private equity business in Europe. Since 2012, Mr. Baratta has served as the firm’s Global Head of Private Equity and is located in New York.

Mr. Baratta has served on the boards of many past Blackstone portfolio companies and currently serves as a member or observer on the boards of Ancestry, Candle Media, First Eagle Investment Management, Medline, Merlin Entertainments Group and SESAC. He is also a former member of the Board of Trustees of Georgetown University; is a trustee of the Tate Foundation; and serves on the board of Year Up, an organization focused on youth employment.

Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Baratta was with Tinicum Incorporated and McCown De Leeuw & Company. Mr. Baratta also worked at Morgan Stanley in its mergers and acquisitions department. Mr. Baratta graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University.

🎙 Tune in to the Trinity SMF podcast with Emanuele Roncalli di Montorio-Veronese as he speaks with Steve Varsano, Founder & CEO of The Jet Business

Mr. Steve Varsano is the founder and CEO of The Jet Business, the world’s first and only street-level aviation showroom for corporate jet aircraft. An internationally recognized executive and entrepreneur, Mr. Varsano started his career in marketing, buying and selling corporate jets 40 years ago. His London-based firm and showroom have been the subject of extensive profiles by The New York Times, the BBC, Forbes, and The Sunday Times, among others, and he is often sought by media for discussions on trends in business aviation. Varsano is a former board member of private jet charter company XOJET and the spaceflight firm Virgin Galactic.

Mr. Varsano is also the founder of the Atlantis 2000 Group, a consulting firm established in 1993 to seek merger and acquisition opportunities for companies in the real estate, aviation, and restaurant sectors. Over the course of his career, he has served as Chief Operations Officer at Mountleigh International, Senior Vice President at investment firm Triarc and Triangle Companies, and Head of Business Development for the international restaurant conglomerate Yum! Brands. Mr. Varsano has a BSc from Embry-Riddle in Aeronautical Studies.

🎙 Tune in to the Trinity SMF podcast with Emanuele Roncalli di Montorio-Veronese as he speaks with Dr. Colin Hunt, CEO of AIB

In March 2019, Colin was appointed Chief Executive Officer of AIB Group and an Executive Director on the AIB Board, following his initial role with the Group as Managing Director of the Wholesale, Institutional & Corporate Banking Division, which he began in August 2016. Before joining AIB, Colin was Managing Director at Macquarie Capital, where he spearheaded the development of its operations in Ireland. His career also includes roles as a Special Policy Adviser in the Departments of Transport and Finance, Research Director and Chief Economist at Goodbody Stockbrokers, Head of Trading Research and Senior Economist at Bank of Ireland Group Treasury, and a country risk analyst at NatWest. From 2008 to 2014, Colin served as a Non- Executive Director of Aer Lingus Group plc. He currently holds external board positions with The Ireland Funds and IBEC.

Colin holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Trinity College Dublin and degrees in Commerce and Economics from University College Cork. He is a Chartered Bank Director and a Fellow of the Institute of Bankers.