Our governance

Discover the people and principles guiding UniCredit Foundation. Our governance structure ensures transparency, accountability, and commitment to our mission.

Living and acting sustainably: Our way to lead

In order to pursue its ambitious goals, the UniCredit Foundation relies on a Board of Directors composed of internal and external members of the UniCredit Group, with an international profile representing the four UniCredit regions (Italy, Germany, Central Europe, Eastern Europe). It is characterised by members with different backgrounds and genders, as well as highly qualified academic skills and philanthropic experience.

Living and acting sustainably: Our way to lead

In order to pursue its ambitious goals, the UniCredit Foundation relies on a Board of Directors composed of internal and external members of the UniCredit Group, with an international profile representing the four UniCredit regions (Italy, Germany, Central Europe, Eastern Europe). It is characterised by members with different backgrounds and genders, as well as highly qualified academic skills and philanthropic experience.

Chairman and Board of Directors
Andrea Orcel
Andrea Orcel
Chairman of UniCredit Foundation and Chief Executive Officer and Head of Italy of UniCredit Group
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Giorgio Barba Navaretti
Giorgio Barba Navaretti
Vice Chairman
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Joanna Carss
Joanna Carss
Head of Group Stakeholder Engagement
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Micheal Spence
Micheal Spence
Board Member
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Simona Costanzo Sow
Simona Costanzo Sow
Board Member
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Martina Paola Fusano
Secretary of the Board
General Manager
Silvia Cappellini
Silvia Cappellini
General Manager
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Supervisory Board
Giorgio Loli
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Elisabetta Magistretti
Supervisory Board member
Michele Paolillo
Supervisory Board member
Auditing Firm

The auditing firm currently appointed by UniCredit Foundation as its external auditors is KPMG S.p.A. whose address is as follows:


Via Vittor Pisani, 25
20124 Milano
Tel. 02 83322111

Scientific Committee
Marco Pagano
Chairman, Professor of Economics, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Klaus Adam
Professor of Economics, University of Mannheim, Germany
Agar Brugiavini
Professor of Economics, University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Italy
Valentino Dardanoni
Professor of Economics, University of Palermo, Italy
Luigi Guiso
Professor of Household Finance and Insurance, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, Italy
Eliana La Ferrara
Professor of Development Economics, Harvard Kennedy School/Bocconi University, Italy
Christian Laux
Professor of Finance at Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Massimo Motta
Research Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra and at the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Italy
Loriana Pelizzon
Financial Markets Department Head, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE Frankfurt, Italy
Barbara Rossi
Professor at University Pompeu Fabra, Italy
Branko Urošević
Program Director, School of Computing, Union University, Serbia
Andrea Weber
Professor of Economics, Central European University, Austria
Chiara Baronio
Scientific Director

UniCredit Foundation statute

The UniCredit Foundation ETS is an Italian Legal Entity responding to the principles and legal scheme of the Third Sector Entities. The Statute rules its functioning, its scope as well as roles and responsibilities of its internal bodies.