Benedetta Balducci

Benedetta Balducci serves as an Executive Fellow of Accounting at London Business School, teaching the Private Equity & Venture Capital course while maintaining a full-time executive role in private markets. She currently leads Private Markets EMEA efforts at State Street Investment Management with a focus on democratizing the asset class and serves on the Advisory Board of digital private markets platform Balentic.

Her educational foundation includes:

• BSc and MSc in International Management from Bocconi University, Milan
• MA in Corporate Management from Fudan University, Shanghai

Her professional expertise spans primary and secondary fund investments, co-investments, GP stakes, and business development across global private markets. She actively analyzes sector trends in private equity democratization and contributes insights to leading financial publications, with particular emphasis on EMEA market dynamics and investment strategies.