Ivana Sara Gigantiello was born in Bari on 22 December 1971 and graduated with a degree in Business and Economics from the University of Bologna in 2003. She is registered with the Association of Chartered Accountants in Bologna, and with the Register of Statutory Auditors. She joined Studio La Croce in 2004, where she has been a partner since 2014. She has experience and expertise in the fields of corporate restructuring, extraordinary transactions, insolvency procedures, corporate audits, and corporate law. She also works as a corporate liquidator and statutory auditor and assumes legal duties at the Court of Bologna.