Luca Tonello

Luca Tonello

Luca Tonello

Deputy General Manager & Head of Project Finance Asia
SMBC

Luca Tonello is Deputy General Manager and Head of Project Finance Asia at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Luca has more than 15 years of experience in arranging transactions and advising clients in energy, natural resources and infrastructure, of which seven years were spent in the Asia Pacific region and based in  Singapore and Tokyo. 

 He heads the project finance team of SMBC in Asia, one of the most established and respected in the region. Before moving to Singapore in 2008, Luca was a Director in the Natural Resources team of RBS in London during 2006 to 2008 and was involved in a number of financings in the oil & gas sector in Africa and the Americas. He started his career with GE Capital in London.  

 Luca holds an MSc (Hons) in Energy and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Turin (Politecnico), Italy, and a Master in Finance from the London Business School. He is a member of AIPN and APLMA.