Founder and CEO of DAF Private Office, advising principals to (re-)structure and innovate their family interests with a broad asset allocation approach as well as managing the own private investments.
Member of the Advisory Board of R.F.O. – a family office focusing on sport finance and philanthropy in Bruxelles, London, Milan and Rome
Senior Advisor of the venture fund Label Ventures, Member of the Board of Directors of GAM Holding AG, Zurich serving as Member of the Audit and Risk Committee as well as Member of the Governance and Nomination Committee.
June 2011 – June 2023 Chairwoman of the Executive Board of the Flick Family Trust as well as CEO and Managing Director of the Flick Family Office, where she oversaw a dedicated team of asset management professionals for the management of the wealth of the Flick Family while pursuing asset allocation strategies on a global basis both in the liquid and illiquid space.
November 2011 – January 2024 Will Executrix for the Flick Family.
2014 – present Member of the Supervisory Board of AMG Critical Materials NV, a leading critical material company listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. She serves as Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee as well as Member of the Selection and Appointment Committee.
2014 – present Board Member of the Organization for International Economic Relations (OiER) based in Vienna. The OiER focusses on building partnerships in key future-oriented areas like sustainability, innovation, communication, energy and mobility.
2006-2014 Non-executive Director for GCS Business Capital, a globally operating M&A Company based in Chicago (USA).
January 2008-2011 Merrill Lynch, Managing Director advising UHNW individuals and family offices, managing actively the trusted wealth.
2001-2006 Executive Director at Lehman Brothers in Germany for all major global cash equities and equities derivatives products.
1998-2001 Co-Head of Cash Equity Advisory for Southern Europe at Deutsche Bank in London, advising Institutional Investors in their pan-european Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation. She spent the first 11 years of her career as a stock broker at the Headquarters of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt.
She studied in Heidelberg, Triest and specialized in New York at NYU.
Donatella is fluent in five languages – Italian, German, English, Spanish and French.
She has been selected “Top Italian Female Executive” by Italy’s Ministry for Equal Opportunities and was awarded the Honor of the Order of “Cavaliere dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana” for outstanding professional achievements.