Roberto Leva joined the Trade and Supply Chain Finance team at ADB in Manila in 2019, reporting to Steven Beck’s, moving from his previous position in the J.P.Morgan trade finance team in London. Roberto is a relationship manager in the Trade and Supply Chain Finance program, covering Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam.

Roberto is a banking and trade finance front office professional, who started his career back in 2007 after excelling in a degree in management engineering at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy. During his university studies, Roberto attended Universität Stuttgart, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and KTH Royal Institute of Technology of Stockholm, before being accepted as trainee in A.P.Moller Maersk.

Roberto started his career at J.P.Morgan in 2008 as a graduate, rotating for two years in different positions in Frankfurt, London and New York, followed by eight years in the trade finance team in London. As part of the trade finance team, Roberto looked after the relationships with financial institutions and Asian multinationals located in Europe.

Roberto is active in the industry via ICC, ITFA and other trade finance bodies; Roberto is currently an active member of the ITFA ESG working group and manages several ESG initiatives for the ADB Trade and Supply Chain Program.

Expertise In: Trade Finance, Credit Risk, Supply Chain Management

Languages: English, German, Italian, Spanish