Francesco Saita
Francesco Saita, graduated in Business Administration from Bocconi University in Milan, has been Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of FinecoBank’s Risk and Related Parties Committee (formerly, Audit and Related Parties Committee) since 2014 and, since April 2020, member of the Bank’s Corporate Governance and Environmental and Social Committee (formerly, from April 2017 to April 2020, he has been a member of the Corporate Governance, Appointments and Sustainability Committee).

Since 2005, he has been Full Professor of Economics of Financial Intermediaries at the Bocconi University where, since August 2017, he has also held the position of Director of the Financial Education Research Unit of the Baffi Centre for Applied Research on International Markets, Banking Finance and Regulation (BAFFI CAREFIN).

In the course of his career he has also gained the following experience:

2015-2017: Director of the Baffi Centre for Applied Research on International Markets, Banking Finance and Regulation (BAFFI CAREFIN), created from the merger between the Centre for Applied Research in Finance (Carefin, managed from 2011 to 2014) and Paolo Baffi Centre on International Markets, Money and Regulation.

2012-2014: Independent Director of Banca Aletti

2010-2014: Dean of the Graduate School at Bocconi University

2007-2010: Director of the Department of Finance at Bocconi University

2005-2007: Director of the M.Sc. in Finance at Bocconi University

2003-2006: Independent Director of Fondi Alleanza SGR

2001-2007: Deputy Director of the Newfin-Centre for Studies in Financial Innovation at Bocconi University

2001-2005: Associate Professor of Economics of Financial Intermediaries at Bocconi University

1999-2001: Researcher in Economics of Financial Intermediaries at Bocconi University

He is also a member of scientific committees and editorial boards (including: Editorial Committee of the Study Division of CONSOB, Scientific Committee of the Foundation for Financial and Savings Education (FEDUF) established by ABI) and is an honorary member of AIFIRM (Italian Association of Financial Industry Risk Managers) as well as of the Scientific Committee of the association's journal. He is the author of numerous publications on risk management issues in banks, asset management companies, life insurance companies and derivatives. He has taught numerous courses at Bocconi University where he currently teaches the compulsory course “Quantitative Finance and Derivatives 2” in the M.Sc. in Finance program.

He is currently also a member of the Board of Directors of Aessedomus S.r.l..

Elena Biffi
Elena Biffi has more than twenty years of experience as consultant: corporate governance, evaluation of companies, strategic decisions, risk management, quantitative analysis.

She graduated (110 cum laude) in Political Economy from Bocconi University of Milan. She is Independent Director of FinecoBank – where she holds also the position of Chairman of the Nominations Committee and member of the Risks and Related Parties Committee – as well as Independent Director of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A..

She is Insolvency Official Receiver of insurance company “La Concordia S.p.A. in LCA” and carries out consulting activities in EM Associates.

She is member of AIAF, Italian Financial Analyst Association, and WCD, Women Corporate Directors.

Elena Biffi is also co-founder of CSIP, Certified Sustainability Insurance Partners (Nonprofit organization for sustainable insurance). Previous positions: Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors and the Supervisory Board on the Organizational Model provided for by Italian Legislative Decree no. 231/2001 of Fondartigianato (appointed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy); Independent Director of Mediolanum S.p.A. (Bank and Insurance Group), Mediolanum Vita, Mediolanum Assicurazioni. She has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Pension Fund (Vittoria Lavoro) for nine years.

Paola Giannotti De Ponti
Paola Giannotti De Ponti, born in Alessandria on 13 July 1962, graduated in Political Economics with honours from Bocconi University in Milan and attended university semesters at Universität zu Köln (Cologne, Germany) and New York University.

She has over 30 years of international experience in the financial sector and in the Corporate and Investment Banking area with expertise in corporate finance, equity and bond capital markets, working capital management, structured finance, mergers and acquisitions, project finance. Over the years between New York, London, Milan, Frankfurt and Paris, she has held a variety of operational and management roles within leading global institutions such as Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Dresdner Bank and BNP Paribas where she was responsible for its Italian strategic clientele (including MEF, Telecom Italia, Eni, Enel, Terna, Ferrovie, Finmeccanica) and the Oil, Gas and Energy sector.

In the past she was member of the Board of Directors of Ansaldo STS S.p.A., UBI Banca S.p.A., EPS Equita PEP SPAC S.p.A. and EPS Equita PEP SPAC 2 S.p.A. and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein SGR.

In 2002 she was awarded the Bellisario Foundation Prize as Manager of the Year. From 2000 to 2012, she was a member of the Council for Italy-United States Relations, under the honorary chairmanship of David Rockfeller. In 2019, she was included in the group of 100 Italian women leaders drawn up by Forbes magazine.

Other than the position as member of the Board of Directors, Risk and Related Parties Committee and Remuneration Committee of FinecoBank, she currently holds administration positions (including board committees) in other significant Italian companies.

Marin Gueorguiev
Marin Gueorguiev graduated in Economics and Business from Ca' Foscari University of Venice in 1998.He obtained the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 2002.

He has gained more than twenty years of experience in providing risk management and internal control systems consultancy services at financial intermediaries and companies in the Energy & Utility sector in Italy and other European countries.

He was Managing Director in the Milan office of Protiviti (2009-2017 and 2004-2007) also covering the south-east European market. Previously he worked in Oliver Wyman, Finance & Risk (2007-2009) and Deloitte, audit and capital market (1997-2004) with the role of Senior Manager.

Maria Alessandra Zunino de Pignier
Maria Alessandra Zunino de Pignier, graduated in Economics from University "Cattolica del Sacro Cuore" in Milan, is a chartered accountant and auditor. Since 1995, she has been providing consulting services to banks and financial intermediaries, with particular reference to issues of governance, compliance, internal audit, risk and staff training. She is co-founder of Alezio.net Consulting S.p.A..

In the course of her career, she has gained the following experience:

2016-2018: Independent Director and member of the Remuneration Committee of Banca Intermobiliare di Investimenti e Gestioni S.p.A.

2016-2017: Independent Director, member of the Risk Committee and Remuneration Committee of Veneto Banca S.p.A.

2015-2017: Standing Auditor of Gefran S.p.A.

2011-2016: Standing Auditor of Esperia Servizi Fiduciari S.p.A.

2008-2015: Chairman of the Investment Committee of Banca Ipibi - Financial Advisors S.p.A.

2012-2015: Independent Director of Mediolanum S.p.A.

2010-2012: Standing Auditor of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Investimenti SGR

2008-2011: Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Presidio Sgr (later, Presidio S.r.l.)

Apr/Oct 2010: Head of Internal Audit of Garda SGR

2008-2010: Head of Compliance of Garda SGR

2007-2009: Standing Auditor of Independent Global Managers SGR

2003-2006: Head of the consulting area for banks and financial intermediaries of Unione Fiduciaria S.p.A.

1985-1994: CEO, responsible for the asset management of Intergest - Società fiduciaria e di revisione S.p.A.

1984-1989: CEO, responsible for the bond sector of Commissionaria Mobiliare Europea S.p.A.

1981-1984: Intermediation of money market and bond instruments of Paribas Finanziaria S.p.A.

1979-1981: Broker on money market instruments of Unione Fiduciaria S.p.A.

1975-1979: Fund manager Mediolanum Selective Fund Lux and advisor on the international part of the portfolios for institutional investors of S.R.C.G. S.p.A. (later, Groupe Indosuez - Paris)

1974-1975: Assistant to the General Manager of Mittel S.p.A.

Currently, in addition to the position as member of the Board of Directors, the Risk and Related Parties Committee as well as Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Environmental and Social Sustainability Committee, holds administrative and control bodies’ positions within other significant companies.

Gianmarco Montanari
Gianmarco Montanari is General Manager of the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa.

Previously, he was City Manager (General Manager) of the city of Turin after having worked for twenty years as a manager in top positions in the Automotive, Financial Services, Management Consulting and Central Public Administration sectors, always managing processes of reorganisation and digital transformation of complex companies with modern organisation.

He received a degree in Management Engineering from the Politecnico of Turin followed by four other degrees in Management, Economics, Political Science and Law together with various specialisations in Management from prestigious international business schools (Columbia, Insead, IMD, Bocconi).

He has been a member of numerous boards of private and public companies including the Turin Transport Group, Agenzia delle Entrate in Italy and AGID.

He was honoured first as “Cavaliere” of the Italian Republic and then as an “Ufficiale al Merito” of the Italian Republic.

He is the author of the book “Tech Impact. Luci ed ombre dello sviluppo tecnologico” (“Tech Impact. The Lights and Shadows of Technological Development”) and many other publications, as well as being an authoritative speaker on issues relating to innovation and change management. He is the inventor of IED® Intergenerational Environmental Debt.

Currently, in addition to his position as member of the Board of Directors, the Nominations Committee as well as Chairman of the Remunerations Committee of FinecoBank, he is also member of the Board of Directors of the University of Turin as well as of Reale ITES Information Technology Engineering Services SRL and Reale ITES Information Technology Engineering Services.ESP SL.

Giancarla Branda
Giancarla Branda graduated in Law and Economins from University “La Sapienza” in Rome, where she also obtained a postgraduate diploma in banking sector. She works as a tax attorney and she is an expert in business income and indirect taxation in the industrial and financial sector. She has carried out numerous due diligence assignments related to the acquisition and privatisation of banking and financial companies. She provides technical assistance in tax litigation at the Italian lower courts and the Supreme Court.

She is currently a partner of Studio Salvini e Soci - Studio Legale e Tributario founded by F. Gallo.

In the course of her career, she has gained the following experience:

1994-2000: Associate Attorney at Law and Tax Firm Ernst & Young International

1988-1994: Associate Attorney at KPMG International Law and Tax Firm

During the 12th Italian Legislature, she collaborated, as an independent technical advisor, with the President of the Finance Commission of the Chamber of Deputies on the drafting of legislative texts on tax matters.

She has taught at the “Scuola Superiore dell’Economia e della Finanza” as well as in postgraduate master’s degrees.

In addition to the positions of member of the Board of Directors and the Remunerations Committee of FinecoBank, she currently holds positions in the control bodies of significant Italian companies. She is also a member of the Supervisory Committee of Banca Network Investimenti in compulsory administrative liquidation by appointment of the Minister of Economy and Finance upon proposal of the Bank of Italy.

Paola Giannotti De Ponti
Paola Giannotti De Ponti, born in Alessandria on 13 July 1962, graduated in Political Economics with honours from Bocconi University in Milan and attended university semesters at Universität zu Köln (Cologne, Germany) and New York University.

She has over 30 years of international experience in the financial sector and in the Corporate and Investment Banking area with expertise in corporate finance, equity and bond capital markets, working capital management, structured finance, mergers and acquisitions, project finance. Over the years between New York, London, Milan, Frankfurt and Paris, she has held a variety of operational and management roles within leading global institutions such as Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Dresdner Bank and BNP Paribas where she was responsible for its Italian strategic clientele (including MEF, Telecom Italia, Eni, Enel, Terna, Ferrovie, Finmeccanica) and the Oil, Gas and Energy sector.

In the past she was member of the Board of Directors of Ansaldo STS S.p.A., UBI Banca S.p.A., EPS Equita PEP SPAC S.p.A. and EPS Equita PEP SPAC 2 S.p.A. and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein SGR.

In 2002 she was awarded the Bellisario Foundation Prize as Manager of the Year. From 2000 to 2012, she was a member of the Council for Italy-United States Relations, under the honorary chairmanship of David Rockfeller. In 2019, she was included in the group of 100 Italian women leaders drawn up by Forbes magazine.

Other than the position as member of the Board of Directors, Risk and Related Parties Committee and Remuneration Committee of FinecoBank, she currently holds administration positions (including board committees) in other significant Italian companies.

Elena Biffi
Elena Biffi has more than twenty years of experience as consultant: corporate governance, evaluation of companies, strategic decisions, risk management, quantitative analysis.

She graduated (110 cum laude) in Political Economy from Bocconi University of Milan. She is Independent Director of FinecoBank – where she holds also the position of Chairman of the Nominations Committee and member of the Risks and Related Parties Committee – as well as Independent Director of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A..

She is Insolvency Official Receiver of insurance company “La Concordia S.p.A. in LCA” and carries out consulting activities in EM Associates.

She is member of AIAF, Italian Financial Analyst Association, and WCD, Women Corporate Directors.

Elena Biffi is also co-founder of CSIP, Certified Sustainability Insurance Partners (Nonprofit organization for sustainable insurance). Previous positions: Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors and the Supervisory Board on the Organizational Model provided for by Italian Legislative Decree no. 231/2001 of Fondartigianato (appointed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy); Independent Director of Mediolanum S.p.A. (Bank and Insurance Group), Mediolanum Vita, Mediolanum Assicurazioni. She has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Pension Fund (Vittoria Lavoro) for nine years.

Patrizia Albano
Patrizia Albano, graduated with honors in Law from University “La Sapienza” in Rome, is registered with the Bar Association of Rome. She began her activity working as an internal lawyer at Istituto Mobiliare Italiano S.p.A. from 1981 to 1999, then moved to San Paolo IMI S.p.A. as Head of the Central Legal Department of the Major Customers Division until 2000. She was General Counsel of IBI (today, Alerion Clean Power S.p.A.) and Head of the Corporate Secretariat of Risanamento Napoli S.p.A. and Fincasa S.p.A., both listed on the Italian Stock Exchange.

From 2003 to 2007, Ms. Albano worked at Studio Legale Carbonetti.

Since 2007 she has been practicing at her own firm in Rome and Milan (Albalegal Avvocati) in the field of corporate law and is mainly involved in corporate consulting and capital transactions, banking and financial transactions, as well as institutional and corporate compliance (privacy, anti-money laundering, security, administrative liability of legal persons pursuant to Law 231/2001).

She advises the Prada Group on an ongoing basis. In particular, she assisted Prada S.p.A. in its listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and holds the position of Head of the Group’s Corporate Affairs Department and Company Secretary. In this area, she deals with the governance and corporate legal issues of the listed Parent Company and subsidiaries in Italy and worldwide; supervises the Corporate Secretary, the Shareholdings, compliance and extraordinary transactions. She represented the company at Assolombarda, where she held the position of Chairman of the Fashion and Design Group from February 2015 to January 2018.

In the period April-October 2015 she was a member of the Board of Directors of Banca Carim – Cassa di Risparmio di Rimini S.p.A.. In the period June-December 2016 she also held the position of Director of Mediacontech S.p.A..

Other than the positions as member of the Board of Directors, Nominations Committee and Corporate Governance and Environmental and Social Sustainability Committee of FinecoBank, she currently holds the administration and control offices in Artemide Italia S.p.A., Artemide Group S.p.A. and Piaggio & C. S.p.A..

Gianmarco Montanari
Gianmarco Montanari is General Manager of the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa.

Previously, he was City Manager (General Manager) of the city of Turin after having worked for twenty years as a manager in top positions in the Automotive, Financial Services, Management Consulting and Central Public Administration sectors, always managing processes of reorganisation and digital transformation of complex companies with modern organisation.

He received a degree in Management Engineering from the Politecnico of Turin followed by four other degrees in Management, Economics, Political Science and Law together with various specialisations in Management from prestigious international business schools (Columbia, Insead, IMD, Bocconi).

He has been a member of numerous boards of private and public companies including the Turin Transport Group, Agenzia delle Entrate in Italy and AGID.

He was honoured first as “Cavaliere” of the Italian Republic and then as an “Ufficiale al Merito” of the Italian Republic.

He is the author of the book “Tech Impact. Luci ed ombre dello sviluppo tecnologico” (“Tech Impact. The Lights and Shadows of Technological Development”) and many other publications, as well as being an authoritative speaker on issues relating to innovation and change management. He is the inventor of IED® Intergenerational Environmental Debt.

Currently, in addition to his position as member of the Board of Directors, the Nominations Committee as well as Chairman of the Remunerations Committee of FinecoBank, he is also member of the Board of Directors of the University of Turin as well as of Reale ITES Information Technology Engineering Services SRL and Reale ITES Information Technology Engineering Services.ESP SL.

Maria Alessandra Zunino De Pignier
Maria Alessandra Zunino de Pignier, graduated in Economics from University "Cattolica del Sacro Cuore" in Milan, is a chartered accountant and auditor. Since 1995, she has been providing consulting services to banks and financial intermediaries, with particular reference to issues of governance, compliance, internal audit, risk and staff training. She is co-founder of Alezio.net Consulting S.p.A..

In the course of her career, she has gained the following experience:

2016-2018: Independent Director and member of the Remuneration Committee of Banca Intermobiliare di Investimenti e Gestioni S.p.A.

2016-2017: Independent Director, member of the Risk Committee and Remuneration Committee of Veneto Banca S.p.A.

2015-2017: Standing Auditor of Gefran S.p.A.

2011-2016: Standing Auditor of Esperia Servizi Fiduciari S.p.A.

2008-2015: Chairman of the Investment Committee of Banca Ipibi - Financial Advisors S.p.A.

2012-2015: Independent Director of Mediolanum S.p.A.

2010-2012: Standing Auditor of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Investimenti SGR

2008-2011: Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Presidio Sgr (later, Presidio S.r.l.)

Apr/Oct 2010: Head of Internal Audit of Garda SGR

2008-2010: Head of Compliance of Garda SGR

2007-2009: Standing Auditor of Independent Global Managers SGR

2003-2006: Head of the consulting area for banks and financial intermediaries of Unione Fiduciaria S.p.A.

1985-1994: CEO, responsible for the asset management of Intergest - Società fiduciaria e di revisione S.p.A.

1984-1989: CEO, responsible for the bond sector of Commissionaria Mobiliare Europea S.p.A.

1981-1984: Intermediation of money market and bond instruments of Paribas Finanziaria S.p.A.

1979-1981: Broker on money market instruments of Unione Fiduciaria S.p.A.

1975-1979: Fund manager Mediolanum Selective Fund Lux and advisor on the international part of the portfolios for institutional investors of S.R.C.G. S.p.A. (later, Groupe Indosuez - Paris)

1974-1975: Assistant to the General Manager of Mittel S.p.A.

Currently, in addition to the position as member of the Board of Directors, the Risk and Related Parties Committee as well as Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Environmental and Social Sustainability Committee, holds administrative and control bodies’ positions within other significant companies.

Patrizia Albano
Patrizia Albano, graduated with honors in Law from University “La Sapienza” in Rome, is registered with the Bar Association of Rome. She began her activity working as an internal lawyer at Istituto Mobiliare Italiano S.p.A. from 1981 to 1999, then moved to San Paolo IMI S.p.A. as Head of the Central Legal Department of the Major Customers Division until 2000. She was General Counsel of IBI (today, Alerion Clean Power S.p.A.) and Head of the Corporate Secretariat of Risanamento Napoli S.p.A. and Fincasa S.p.A., both listed on the Italian Stock Exchange.

From 2003 to 2007, Ms. Albano worked at Studio Legale Carbonetti.

Since 2007 she has been practicing at her own firm in Rome and Milan (Albalegal Avvocati) in the field of corporate law and is mainly involved in corporate consulting and capital transactions, banking and financial transactions, as well as institutional and corporate compliance (privacy, anti-money laundering, security, administrative liability of legal persons pursuant to Law 231/2001).

She advises the Prada Group on an ongoing basis. In particular, she assisted Prada S.p.A. in its listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and holds the position of Head of the Group’s Corporate Affairs Department and Company Secretary. In this area, she deals with the governance and corporate legal issues of the listed Parent Company and subsidiaries in Italy and worldwide; supervises the Corporate Secretary, the Shareholdings, compliance and extraordinary transactions. She represented the company at Assolombarda, where she held the position of Chairman of the Fashion and Design Group from February 2015 to January 2018.

In the period April-October 2015 she was a member of the Board of Directors of Banca Carim – Cassa di Risparmio di Rimini S.p.A.. In the period June-December 2016 she also held the position of Director of Mediacontech S.p.A..

Other than the positions as member of the Board of Directors, Nominations Committee and Corporate Governance and Environmental and Social Sustainability Committee of FinecoBank, she currently holds the administration and control offices in Artemide Italia S.p.A., Artemide Group S.p.A. and Piaggio & C. S.p.A..

Francesco Saita
Francesco Saita, graduated in Business Administration from Bocconi University in Milan, has been Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of FinecoBank’s Risk and Related Parties Committee (formerly, Audit and Related Parties Committee) since 2014 and, since April 2020, member of the Bank’s Corporate Governance and Environmental and Social Committee (formerly, from April 2017 to April 2020, he has been a member of the Corporate Governance, Appointments and Sustainability Committee).

Since 2005, he has been Full Professor of Economics of Financial Intermediaries at the Bocconi University where, since August 2017, he has also held the position of Director of the Financial Education Research Unit of the Baffi Centre for Applied Research on International Markets, Banking Finance and Regulation (BAFFI CAREFIN).

In the course of his career he has also gained the following experience:

2015-2017: Director of the Baffi Centre for Applied Research on International Markets, Banking Finance and Regulation (BAFFI CAREFIN), created from the merger between the Centre for Applied Research in Finance (Carefin, managed from 2011 to 2014) and Paolo Baffi Centre on International Markets, Money and Regulation.

2012-2014: Independent Director of Banca Aletti

2010-2014: Dean of the Graduate School at Bocconi University

2007-2010: Director of the Department of Finance at Bocconi University

2005-2007: Director of the M.Sc. in Finance at Bocconi University

2003-2006: Independent Director of Fondi Alleanza SGR

2001-2007: Deputy Director of the Newfin-Centre for Studies in Financial Innovation at Bocconi University

2001-2005: Associate Professor of Economics of Financial Intermediaries at Bocconi University

1999-2001: Researcher in Economics of Financial Intermediaries at Bocconi University

He is also a member of scientific committees and editorial boards (including: Editorial Committee of the Study Division of CONSOB, Scientific Committee of the Foundation for Financial and Savings Education (FEDUF) established by ABI) and is an honorary member of AIFIRM (Italian Association of Financial Industry Risk Managers) as well as of the Scientific Committee of the association's journal. He is the author of numerous publications on risk management issues in banks, asset management companies, life insurance companies and derivatives. He has taught numerous courses at Bocconi University where he currently teaches the compulsory course “Quantitative Finance and Derivatives 2” in the M.Sc. in Finance program.

He is currently also a member of the Board of Directors of Aessedomus S.r.l..