MILAN, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Italy's Nextalia has hired

Enrico Monti, a former senior banker at JPMorgan ( JPM ) in London, to

lead the private equity firm's new private credit strategy.

He will join Nextalia as a partner, an update of Monti's

LinkedIn profile showed.

Monti had lately been the head of corporate banking at

Rome-based Banca del Fucino, where he had arrived in 2023 to

spearhead a push into investment banking.

Before that, Monti held senior roles at JPMorgan ( JPM ) in London,

where he was responsible for coverage of major financial

sponsors in Europe within the bank's markets division.

The move comes as Nextalia expands into private credit, a

market which has grown rapidly in recent years globally and is

attracting rising interest in Italy.

(Reporting by Elvira Pollina; Editing by Valentina Za)