BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA SPA 
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The Board of Directors of Banca Monte dei Paschi di
Siena has appointed Fabrizio Viola as General Manager. Mr
Viola was born in Rome in 1958 and obtained a degree in
Business Economics from Milan's Bocconi University. After
serving as General Manager of Banca Popolare di Milano from
September 2004 to September 2008, Mr. Viola was appointed CEO
of Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna, a position he held
until he joined the Montepaschi Group. A member of the Board
of Directors and Executive Committee of the Istituto Centrale
delle Banche Popolari Italiane (Italy's Central
Institution for Cooperative Banks) and ASAM, Associazione per
gli Studi Aziendali e Manageriali (Association for Managerial
and Business Studies) since 2005, Mr. Viola was later
appointed Chairman of the Italian Corporate & Investment
Banking Association, AICIB. In 2006 he was elected member of
the Board of Directors of Milan's Trade Fair, Fiera
Milano SpA. In the early part of his career, Mr. Viola worked
for leading finance and consulting organisations to then
enter the asset management industry, where he managed a
number of world-class mutual investment funds. Among Mr.
Viola's most important professional experiences was his
joining the IMI Group in 1987, where he was in charge of the
Italian Securities portfolio for Sige's consumer and
institutional managed funds. In 1990, Mr. Viola joined the
Fondiaria Group. In 1995, he entered the Banca Popolare di
Milano (BPM) Group as Deputy General Manager and Head of
Investments for BPM's fund management company Ges.Fi.Mi
S.p.A., responsible for the BPM Group's asset management
activity. After three years as Deputy General Manager of
Banca Popolare di Vicenza, Mr. Viola returned to the BPM
Group in 2001 as co-General Manager and member of the Board
of Directors of asset manager Bipiemme Gestioni SGR, of which
he was appointed Managing Director in 2002. In today's
meeting, Monte dei Paschi's Board of Directors also
formalised the departure of Antonio Vigni, Group General
Manager for the last 6 years who, with his unfailing sense of
commitment to the Company, expressed his willingness to
consensually end his employment relationship while remaining
available for future assignments. The Chairman and the Board
of Directors thanked Mr. Vigni for the business objectives
and results achieved by the Bank under his leadership since
2006, a period in which -against a particularly difficult
economic backdrop- Monte dei Paschi di Siena has grown to
become Italy's third largest banking group, profoundly
transforming itself to establish a consistent footprint
across the entire country.
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA - Media Relations
Tel: +39 0577.296634, Fax: +39 0577.294148
ufficio.stampa@banca.mps.it
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA - Media Relations
Tel: +39 0577.296634, Fax: +39 0577.294148
ufficio.stampa@banca.mps.it
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