Fortress Appoints Giovanni Luna as Head of Origination, Europe, and Niccolò Biancheri as Head of Corporate Credit, Europe

Business Wire

13-05-2025

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fortress Investment Group today announces that Giovanni Luna has joined the organization as Managing Director, Head of Origination, Europe, and the appointment of Niccolò Biancheri as Head of Corporate Credit, Europe. Mr. Luna and Mr. Biancheri will both be based in London.
'We are excited to have Giovanni join the Fortress team,' said Francesco Colasanti, Head of Europe and Co-Head of Non-Performing Loans. 'Giovanni brings a wide and established network of relationships and strong experience in sourcing, structuring and executing complex deals. He will play a key role in growing our business across all of our investment strategies, including by working closely with Nicco in his new role.'
Brian Stewart, Global Co-Head of Corporate Credit, added, 'Nicco has been an important part of our team for almost nine years, and we're delighted to appoint him to this expanded role as we look to grow our franchise across Europe. Nicco will work with colleagues across our franchise, including Giovanni in his new role, to extend our relationships with corporate and sponsor counterparties.'
Mr. Luna has approximately 25 years of experience in the finance industry and for the past 10 years has been at King Street Capital Management, most recently as Head of Capital Markets in Europe, where he originated transactions across a variety of asset classes, including corporate credit, real estate, direct lending and illiquid receivables. He started his career in investment banking covering European financial institutions in roles at Citi and Morgan Stanley.
As a senior member of Fortress's global origination team, Mr. Luna will work across asset classes with a focus on opportunities in legal assets, non-performing loans, illiquid corporate financings, and real estate. His appointment is the latest in a series of hires made by Fortress to grow its Origination team. In February 2025, Fortress announced the expansion of its non-sponsor private lending team with the appointment of Eric Hartman and Bill Tefft as Directors in Private Credit Origination.
Mr. Biancheri joined Fortress in 2016 in the Corporate Credit business and was most recently Deputy Head of Corporate Credit, Europe. He previously held roles as a desk analyst in the distressed credit products group at Deutsche Bank, and in leveraged finance origination and securitised products at Societe Generale.
In Europe, Fortress's investing strategies span corporate and asset-based credit, real estate debt and equity, non-performing loans, private equity, net lease, legal assets and intellectual property.
Fortress Investment Group LLC is a leading, highly diversified global investment manager. Founded in 1998, Fortress manages $50 billion of assets under management as of 31 December 2024, on behalf of approximately 2,000 institutional clients and private investors worldwide across a range of credit and real estate, private equity and permanent capital investment strategies. AUM refers to assets Fortress manages, including capital that Fortress has the right to call from investors, or investors are otherwise required to contribute, pursuant to their capital commitments to various funds or managed accounts. For more information, please visit www.fortress.com