Alessandra Franzosi is Head of Pension Funds & Asset Owners at London Stock Exchange Group, responsible for relationships with pension funds and asset owners and developing strategic intelligence for new business opportunities. Franzosi has an economic research background, having joined Borsa Italiana in 2000 where she was Head of Economic Research for almost ten years. She graduated at Bocconi University and gained a master’s of science in econometrics at Southampton University. Since 2007 Franzosi has been Professor of International Financial Markets at Bocconi University and is the author of publications about international flows of funds, institutional and retail investor asset allocation and behaviour, and responsible investments.