Corrado Passera

From 2018 to date

Chief Executive Officer of illimity

From 2019 to date

Promotor and Chair of the Education Foundation

In 2016

Published the book “Ricomincio da cinque”

From 2013 to 2016

Created Italia Unica, a think tank of experts in all the main sectors of economic and social life

From 2011 to 2013

Minister for Economic Development, Infrastructure and Transport

From 2006 to 2011

Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Intesa Sanpaolo, the bank resulting from the merger between Intesa and San Paolo IMI. Intesa becomes one of the most solid European banking groups

In 2007 sets up Banca Prossima, a Third Sector bank dedicated to Social Enterprise

In 2010

Formation of Encyclomedia Publisher, a publishing project set up with con Umberto Eco for the production of the first top-quality “History of European Civilisation”, conceived for the new digital media for educational purposes and for advancing the dissemination of general knowledge

In 2006

Awarded the Order for Merit for Labour by the President of the Republic of Italy

From 2002 to 2006

Chief Executive Officer of Intesa BCI, the banking group arising from the merger between Banca Intesa and Banca Commerciale Italiana, where he drew up a three-year business plan to return the organisation to efficiency by way of a business reorganisation, a reformulation of the offer, a relaunch of the image and a rearrangement of the Italian and international network

From 1998 to 2002

Chief Executive Officer of Poste Italiane, where he carried out a deep-seated business and cultural transformation through the participation of over 160,000 employees and thanks to an effective trade union concentration

From 1996 to 1998

Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Banco Ambroveneto (in 1997 Ambroveneto was the major party involved, together with Cariplo, in the first large banking consolidation in Italy, through the creation of Banca Intesa)

From 1992 to 1996

Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Olivetti Group (at the time the Group was in the process of carrying out a profound innovation of its core business, entering the telecommunications sector and giving rise to Omnitel, now Vodafone, and Infostrada, now Wind)

From 1988 to 1992

General Manager of CIR

General Manager of the Mondadori Group

Deputy Chair and Chief Executive Officer of L’Espresso-Repubblica, the publishing group he took to a stock market listing

From 1985 to 1988

CIR, holding company of the De Benedetti Group: assistant to the Chief Executive Officer following numerous projects in the financial field, including the creation of a new controlling shareholding structure in Credito Romagnolo

From 1980 to 1985

McKinsey & Co: restructuring and revival of banking, insurance and service companies