Greco
comes from Italy having been born in Naples in June 16, 1959. He earned his
economics degree at the University of Rome in 1983. Greco had an advantage as
far as a varied academic education is concerned. Aside from his European
education he went to the U.S. which has a slightly different approach. There he
earned a masters degree in International Economics and Monetary Theory at
Rochester University, New York in 1986.
The
same year he graduated Greco joined McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey he was
a Partner Leader in the insurance segment and was with the company from 1986 to
1994. It has pretty been much in the insurance sector from then on. He joined
RAS (Allianz Group) (Riunione Adriatica) as Head of Claims Division in 1995. By
the following year Greco was promoted to General Manager in charge of Insurance
business. He became the Managing Director in 1998.
Greco
was already a rising star having been named Insurance CEO of the year in 2004.
He became the CEO of EurizonVita, which is a company in the Sanpaolo IMI Group
in 2005. He then was appointed CEO of Eurizon Financial Group.
Looking
for other opportunities Greco joined Zurich Financial Services in 2007 as
Deputy CEO Global Life. By the following year he became CEO and member of the Executive
Committee. Greco was named CEO General Insurance at the Zurich Insurance group
in 2010.
In
what could be described as his biggest promotion to date he became the Group
CEO of Assiucarazioni Generali on August 1, 2012. The Italian insurance company
Greco now leads is one of the largest in the world. It has presence in 60
countries and has more than 80,000 employees. The company’s
assets stand at more than €400 billion.
Greco
has worked with various insurance companies and has always been promoted to
higher positions. He knows insurance and it’s only fitting he is leading one of
the largest in the world.
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