Chairman of Unipol Assicurazioni S.p.A., formerly Unipol Gruppo S.p.A., which incorporated, as of 31 December 2024, UnipolSai Assicurazioni S.p.A., of which he also held the position of Chairman.
Born in Cagliari in 1965 and with a degree with honors in Business Administration from the University of Bologna.
Has over 30 years of experience in the banking and insurance sectors.
He joined Unipol in 1990 and, over the years, held positions of growing responsibility, until he became one of the General Managers of the Unipol Group in 2005. Subsequently, in 2007, he became sole General Manager and, in 2010, he was also appointed Chief Executive Officer, a position he held until April 2022, when he was appointed Chairman.
Under his leadership, Unipol has achieved extraordinary results, consolidating its position as the leader in Italy in the Non-Life business with 12,000 employees, €13.3bn in insurance income in 2021 and approximately 16 million customers, leading Europe in terms of the number of black boxes installed, thus becoming one of the main players in the insurance sector at European level.
The proposal to rescue the Fondiaria-SAI Group, presented in January 2012, which was completed in 2014 with the establishment of UnipolSai Assicurazioni, was the focus of the Unipol Group’s growth path. The two insurance groups’ merger and a major strengthening of the financial position were the fully achieved targets of the 2013-2015 business plan.
The subsequent integration and corporate and shareholder simplification processes were completed within the scheduled period and according to the financial targets set, achieving the dual objective of creating value for stakeholders and safeguarding employment levels.
In May 2022, it presented the Strategic Plan for the three-year period 2022-2024 "Opening New Ways", focused on innovation and digital evolution, with which the Unipol Group aims to expand its positioning by continuing to "open new paths" in the Mobility, Welfare and Property ecosystems and in Bancinsurance.
For the Unipol Group, 2024 represents both an important consolidation phase as well as the end of a corporate rationalization process that has led, as mentioned, to the merger by incorporation of UnipolSai Assicurazioni into Unipol Group.
He currently also holds the position of Board Member of RCS Media Group, is a member of the board of Euresa Association, President of the Unipolis Foundation and of the European Institute of Oncology, which also includes the Monzino Cardiology Center, Italian centers of excellence in oncology and cardiology.
In 2016 he was awarded the prestigious "Guido Carli Award" recognized for Italian excellence in the world of economics, high finance, culture and social commitment.
On 2 June 2024 he was awarded the honor of Cavaliere del Lavoro by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella.
In October 2024, he was awarded the NIAF Leonardo da Vinci Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact in Washington D.C.