elisabetta de bernardi di valserra

About elisabetta de bernardi di valserra

Elisabetta De Bernardi di Valserra is an Italian business executive with a strong background in corporate finance, investment strategy and listed-company governance. She is a non-independent director of Getlink SE, a position she has held since 2018, and she also serves on the audit committee. Her role at Getlink places her at the center of a strategic infrastructure group where capital allocation, financing discipline, operational resilience and long-term value creation are critical priorities. Her sustained presence and strong attendance record underline her active contribution to board oversight. She graduated magna cum laude in electronic engineering from the University of Pavia, a technical background that later complemented a career built in high-level finance. She joined Morgan Stanley in 2000 in the investment banking division, first working in the communications and media team in London and later in corporate finance in Milan. She remained with the firm until 2013, advising on a broad range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions as well as equity and debt financing. This early experience gave her deep expertise in capital markets, valuation, transaction structuring and strategic advisory work for complex businesses. From 2013 to 2015, De Bernardi di Valserra was a partner at Space Holding, where she helped launch and list special purpose acquisition vehicles on the Italian stock exchange, including Space SpA and Space 2 SpA. These investment platforms later completed business combinations with companies such as Fila, Avio and Aquafil. In 2015, she became investment director at Edizione Srl, the Benetton family holding company, strengthening her profile in long-term investing, portfolio governance and the management of strategic holdings. Her career therefore spans investment banking, private investment platforms and ownership oversight, giving her a broad and pragmatic understanding of corporate value creation. At Getlink, her appointment came alongside Atlantia’s increased presence in the group’s shareholding structure in 2018. This context highlighted the need for experienced board members with international financial expertise and a strong grasp of shareholder governance. Within Getlink’s board, she contributes a capital-markets perspective that is especially relevant for an infrastructure company with long-term investment needs and a complex, regulated operating environment. Her background makes her well suited to overseeing financial strategy, risk management and sustainable value delivery at board level.