Federico Ghizzoni: Leading A Huge Institution

There are many company employees who are new to the job. Some get promoted and reach very high positions just like Federico Ghizzoni. He was born on October 14, 1955 in Pianza Italy. Ghizzoni has a law degree from the University of Law in Parma.

Ghizzoni began his career as a customer relations manager at Credito Italiano’s Piacenza Branch. He became the Head of Credit & Marketing Department at Piacenza Branch then later took on the role of Branch Director in Trieste between 1988 and 1989. Rising through branch banking Ghizonni was eventually appointed Deputy General Manager to Credito Italiano’s London Office.

More promotions came along with more international assignments in places like Singapore. Ghizzoni began to work at Koc Financial Services in 2003; a 50-50 joint venture of Koc Holding and UniCredit Group. After more senior executive roles he became the CEO of UniCredit in September 2010 and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of UniCredit Bank AG in Munich.

The institution Ghizzoni heads is huge. It is a leading European commercial bank with an international network covering 50 markets. It has more than 9,200 branches and more than 150,000 employees. UniCredit does business in 20 European countries.