Carlo is Chairman of CMC Capital Limited, an investment banking boutique specialising in Mergers and acquisitions. Co-Sponsor of Centricus Acquisition Corporation, the Nasdaq -listed SPAC that combined with Arqit Quantum. Prior to founding CMC Capital, Carlo served as Head of Banking for Barclays Europe and was responsible for the investment banking activities of the firm in Continental Europe and CEEMENA. Prior to Barclays, he joined Merrill Lynch in 2006 as Vice Chairman of its Global Corporate and Investment Banking practice and remained in the post following the Bank of America takeover in 2008. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Carlo served as Head of International M&A at Credit Suisse. Carlo commenced his career at Morgan Grenfell & Co Limited. Carlo has a MA in Economics and Business from La Sapienza University in Rome.