CIV - Multi Family Office

Overview

CIV presents its legal name as CIV, Compagnia per l’Innovazione e per i Valori S.r.l.¹ The firm says it promotes responsible finance among high net worth individuals, enterprises, and leaders of social and environmental innovation.¹ It describes itself as a private sector actor focused on realizing the Common Good.¹

CIV says it serves a restricted number of families and enterprises.¹ CIV says its group structure addresses the investment and corporate advisory needs of institutions, enterprises, and families.¹ The firm states that it oversees entirely controlled companies active in European and pan European jurisdictions.¹

History

CIV says it was established in Milan in 2013.¹ Its founder, Alessandro Nitti, left JPMorgan in September 2012 to pursue social entrepreneurship projects.¹ The firm describes its work as studying the multidimensionality of capital and socioeconomic practices involving currency and community development.¹

CIV says it seeks to produce social innovation through several forms of economic activity and engagement with capital markets.¹ Its stated fields include market finance, corporate finance, and social finance.¹

Timeline

1. 2012Its founder, Alessandro Nitti, left JPMorgan in September 2012 to pursue social entrepreneurship projects.
2. 2013CIV says it was established in Milan in 2013.

Leadership

Alessandro Nitti is identified as Founder and Social Entrepreneur.¹ He studied Banking, Finance and Insurance Sciences at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and completed a master’s degree in Arbitrage Trading at New York University.¹ CIV states that his career included two decades at Banca Intesa and JPMorgan.¹ His banking experience included non government bond market making, debt and equity capital markets, over the counter equity derivatives, and private equity.¹

Francesco Tam is identified as Board Member and Chief Investment Officer.¹ He studied Economics at the University of Bologna and International Finance at Consorzio Pavese degli Studi Post Universitari.¹ He began his career at Cofiri SIM, which CIV describes as wholly owned by the Ministry of the Treasury.¹ His experience includes government bond trading, fixed income derivatives, credit structures, and corporate finance.¹ Tam joined CIV as Board Member and Chief Investment Officer in 2018.¹ He is also identified as a lecturer in the postgraduate Financial Maths program at the University of Bologna Faculty of Mathematics.¹

Services

CIV lists wealth management, wealth preservation, and planning among its objectives.¹ Its core services include market analysis and dedicated research, asset allocation and risk management, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, corporate governance, social and environmental impact activities, and control, supervision, and financial consolidation.¹

What the firm offers

• Family governance and education
• Risk and insurance

Client focus

CIV says its group structure addresses the investment and corporate advisory needs of institutions, enterprises, and families.¹ CIV specifically describes a restricted number of families and enterprises as its clients.¹

Investment philosophy and approach

CIV says finance is a means rather than an end goal.² Its homepage identifies economic, social and environmental, cultural, human, and intellectual capital as relevant forms of value.² The firm identifies its vision as the integral development of individuals and the achievement, protection, and preservation of the Common Good.¹

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Sources

1. CIV About Us Accessed 2026-10-23.
2. CIV Homepage Accessed 2026-10-23.

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