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Alessandro Foti

Chief Executive Officer and General Manager

He graduated with honours in Business and Economics from the Bocconi University of Milan in 1984. He began his professional career in the Financial Management Office of IBM in 1985. After three years of experience in Montedison S.p.A., where he became Head of financial coordination of the group's affiliate companies, in 1989 he joined Fin-Eco Holding S.p.A., with responsibility for capital market operations. In 1993 he became the Head of the operational section for administration, asset management and trading of Fin-Eco Sim S.p.A.. After being appointed as a member of the Board of Directors, General Manager and Managing Director, in 2002 he became Chairman of Fin-Eco Sim S.p.A.. After three years of experience as a member of the Management Committee of Assosim, in October 1999 he was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of FinecoBank. In 2001, he became a member of the Supervisory Board of Entrium Direct Bankers AG. From 2003 to 2005, he was a member of the Board of Directors of Ducati Motors Holding S.p.A. and General Manager of FinecoGroup S.p.A. (a company listed on the Midex segment of the Milan Stock Exchange). From October 1999 to December 2000 he was a member of the Board of Directors of FinecoBank. From December 2000 to date he has served as Chief Executive Officer of FinecoBank and from July 2014 also as General ManagerFrom May 2010 to January 2015 he was Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of DAB Bank AG. From April 2012 to April 2014 he was a member of the Management Committee of Assoreti.From 2013 to 2019 he has been a member of the Executive Management Committee of UniCredit Group.Since April 2014 he has been Director and Vice Chairman of Assoreti.He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Borsa Italiana S.p.A. from July 2014 to October 2020. In 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022 he was awarded by Institutional Investor as best CEO in Europe in the banking industry for the Small&Mid Cap category.Since 9th November 2018 he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Bocconi University of Milan.
On 3 October 2023 he was awarded an honorary degree in Management Engineering by the University of Salento.