Biography

Matteo Arpe was born in Milan on 3rd November 1964.

In 1987 he graduated cum laude in Business Administration at the Luigi Bocconi University.
From 1987 to 1999 he worked for Mediobanca in the financial area. In 1995 he was responsible for the coordination of all the activities related to placing stocks and obligations and those of extraordinary finance.

In 2000 he began working for Lehman Brothers as responsible for the activities related to Strategic Equity. He was also member of the European Executive Committee of Investment Banking.

In 2001 he moved to Banca di Roma as CEO of Central Mediocredito and as General Director of the Holding that was being formed.
The 6th of may 2002 he became General Director of Capitalia.

From July 2003 he has been CEO of the Group, covering at the same time the role of CEO of MCC until September 1st.

He is member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee in Banca di Roma, Mediobanca and in the Italian Banking Association. He is also member of the Board of Directors in MCC, Cnp Capitalia Vita, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Fondazione Cerba, and of the Permanent Committee of ABI Banks and Society.

Motivation for the attribution of the Liberation Award

Financial Times called him a mix between an “impudent banker and a shrewd manager”. Actually Matteo Arpe is the “enfant prodige” of the banking world, driven by talent, ambition and youth, characteristics that bring him to lead Capitalia in a gritty way.

Matte Arpe is an innovator, advocates his choices, and is oriented not only to profit but also to social innovations. He has created a new way of “making bank”, launching as a first step a social instrument, the “E Card”. This is not only a credit card for poorly women but also an solid opportunity for all the clients of the bank thanks to the total absence of additional costs. This initiative is also the realization of territorial values and support to community.
For all this reasons Matteo Arpe is the “Banker of the future”.

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