Gianni Franco Papa
Chief Executive Officer
BPER
Gianni Franco Papa graduated in Law from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan.
He began his professional career at UniCredit S.p.A., holding various senior management positions in Italy and abroad.
In 2000, he was appointed Head of Asia (Singapore) and, subsequently, in 2003, he became Head of the Americas (New York), a position he held until 2005, when he returned to Europe to serve as General Manager at UniBanka (Slovakia). In 2008, he was appointed as General Manager of Ukrosotsbank (Ukraine).
In 2010 he was appointed Head of the CEE division and Deputy CEO of Bank Austria.
In 2015, he took on the role of Head of the Corporate & Investment Banking Division and Deputy General Manager of the Group, to then become Group General Manager in 2016 and Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer from February to end of May 2019.
He has held, inter alia, the positions of Chair and Member of the Board of Directors of numerous Italian and foreign banks and companies operating in the financial sector of the UniCredit Group.
He was also a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Italian Banking Association (ABI), as well as a member of the Executive Committee of FEBAF (Italian Banking, Insurance and Finance Federation).
From 2021 to April 2024 he has been a Member of the Board of Directors of BPER Banca S.p.A., where he held the position of member (former Chair) of the Control and Risk Committee.
Since April 2024 he has been Chief Executive Officer of BPER Banca S.p.A.
He was awarded the highest-ranking honour of Commendatore by the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.