Piraeus Bank Board of Directors

Paola Giannotti De Ponti

Year of birth:

1962

Nationality

Italian

Board position

Non Executive Member

Paola Giannotti De Ponti

Board appointment

September 2024

Board committees membership

Vice Chair of the Nomination Committee Member of the Audit Committee Member of the Risk Committee Member of the Remuneration Committee

Joined Piraeus Bank

2024

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATION

2017 to 2023  Terna S.p.A.
Independent non-executive Board Director, Member of the Related Parties Committee & Chair of the Risk, Sustainability and Governance Committee 
2020 to 2023  Finecobank S.p.A.
Independent non-executive Board Director, Member of the Remuneration Committee and Risk Committee 
2018 to 2021  TIM S.p.A.
Independent non-executive Board Director, Member of the Related Parties Committee & Chair of the Risk Committee 
2018 to 2020  ICF Group S.p.A., EPS Equita PEP SPAC S.p.A., EPS Equita PEP SPAC2 S.p.A., Illimity SGR S.p.A.
Independent non-executive Board Director 
2016 to 2019  UBI Banca S.p.A.
Independent non-executive Director of the Supervisory Board, Member of the Related Parties Committee & Chair of the Risk Committee 
2015 to 2016  Ansaldo STS S.p.A.
Independent Board Director, Member of the Risk and Related Parties Committee 
2003 to 2013  BNP Paribas, Milan
Managing Director in charge of Italian Strategic Corporate Accounts, Head of Energy, Oil and Gas Coverage Team & Member of the Italian Executive Committee and European Senior Banker Committee 
2001 to 2003  Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, London
Managing Director Country Head for Italy, Member of the European Managing Director Committee and European Country Head Board & Board member of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein SGR 
1998 to 2001  Citigroup, London
Managing Director Country Head for Investment Banking Italy 
1989 to 1998  Morgan Stanley
Various roles in several areas, primarily equity and debt capital markets and corporate finance in London, New York & Milan 

OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

2024 to present  TIM S.p.A., Independent non-executive Board Director
President of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, Member of the Control and Risk Committee 
2019  Forbes Magazine included in 100 influential women list in Italy 
2002 to 2012  Italy – USA Council for International Relations member 
2002  Bellisario Foundation Award for best female Manager of the Year 

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

  • Degree in Economics 110 e lode, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, 1986
  • Single Semester Exchange Program, Universitaet zu Koln, Cologne, Germany, 1986
  • Single Semester Exchange Program, New York University, 1983