Fabio Gallia

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Fabio Gallia
Born	(1963-08-20) 20 August 1963 (age 58) in Alessandria, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Education	Degree in Economics
Alma mater	University of Turin
Occupation	chartered account, banker
Employer	Capitalia (2002–2007) BNP Paribas (2008–2015) Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (2015–)
Title	chief executive officer & general manager
Board member of	BNL (2008–2015) Finsoe (2008–2012) Findomestic Banca (2009–2015) Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (2015–) Italian Strategic Fund (2015–)

Fabio Gallia (born 20 August 1963) is General Manager of Fincantieri S.p.a from September 2020. From July 2015 to July 2018, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP). He was also held the post of Vice Chairman of Italian Strategic Fund from 10 September 2015 to March 2016, a fund that was managed by CDP.^[1]

He was Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of BNL- BNP Paribas Group and member of the Executive Committee of . From 2009, he was Chairman of Findomestic Banca and, from 2012, he managed the BNP Paribas Group in Italy.

Career before Capitalia[]

He began his career in 1988 at consultancy firm Accenture.^[2]

In 1990 he was employed by Ersel Asset Management Sgr, the then Italian leading independent asset management firm (Giubergia Group), where he covered roles of increasing responsibility, before becoming General Manager and Partner in 1999.^[2]

Career at Capitalia Group[]

In 2002, he joined Capitalia Group, then Italy’s third largest banking Group, as Co-General Manager and Chief Financial Officer in charge of the Group’s Finance, Wealth Management and Distribution. In 2003, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Fineco (listed sub-holding of the Capitalia Group): in 2005, Fineco was incorporated into Capitalia. From 2005 to 2007, he was Chief Executive Officer of Banca di Roma and Chairman of the Management Committee of the Capitalia Group.

Career at BNP Paribas Group[]

From 2008 he was Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of BNL - BNP Paribas Group and member of the Executive Committee of BNP Paribas. From 2009, he was Chairman of Findomestic Banca and, from 2012, he managed the BNP Paribas Group in Italy.

Career at Cassa Depositi e Prestiti[]

From July 2015 to July 2018, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti.^[3]

Other professional experience[]

He is board member of Edison (EDF Group), SisalPay (controlled by the private equity firm CVC Capital Partners), Telethon Foundation (leading research institution focusing on rare genetic diseases) and Museo Egizio di Torino Foundation.

He held previous board positions in Borsa Italiana (Italian Stock Exchange), MTS (electronic trading platform), Ariston Thermo (Merloni Group, heating systems), Coesia (Seragnoli Group, packaging machinery), Manifatture Sigaro Toscano and both in insurance and asset management businesses.

In 2018, he founded a M&A advisory firm and became Senior Advisor of Brookfield Asset Management.

Education[]

He graduated in 1987 with a degree in Business and Economics from the University of Turin.^[2] From 1989, he is in the register of the Italian chartered accountants. He is married, has two sons and lives in Rome.^[1]

Honours[]

In June 2013 Fabio Gallia was named “Chevalier” of the National Order of Legion of Honour of the France Republic.

In May 2015 Fabio Gallia was appointed Knight of Labour of the Italian Republic.^[4]

In February 2019, he received a PhD honoris causa in Management, Banking and Commodity Sciences from La Sapienza University in Rome.

References[]

External links[]

Fabio Gallia's Bio on en.cdp.it ^[1]