Governance
UniCredit Foundation is the corporate Foundation of UniCredit Group.
It is born from the merger, completed in April 2018, between UniCredit Foundation, established in 2003 with the goal of contributing to the development of solidarity and philanthropy in the communities and territories primarily where the Group is operating and UniCredit & Universities Foundation, established in 2009 which aims to promote studies and initiatives designed to deepen knowledge in the academic fields of finance, economics, law, politics and the social sciences.
The Governing bodies of the Foundation are:
- the Board of Directors;
- the Chairman;
- the Secretary General;
- the Board of Auditors;
- the Scientific Committee.
The Board of Directors
The Board of Directors approves objectives and programs of the Foundation proposed by the President, and examines its overall operating results.
The Board of Directors is composed by :
- Maurizio Beretta - Chairman
- Franco Bruni - Deputy Chairman
- Giorgio Barba Navaretti - Director
- Serenella De Candia - Director
- Erik F. Nielsen - Director
- Anna Maria Tarantola - Director
- Giovanni Toniolo - Director
- Carlo Vivaldi - Director
The Chairman
The Chairman is the legal representative of the Foundation before third parties, sees to the relations with authorities, institutions, private and public enterprises and other organizations, also for the purpose of establishing cooperation relationships and support for the various initiatives of the Foundation.
The current Chairman is Maurizio Beretta.
The Secretary General
The Secretary General is nominated by the Chairman and appointed by the Board of Directors. He ensures the execution of the resolutions of the Foundation's Board of Directors and reporting back to the Board on the provisions adopted and the results achieved.
The current Secretary General is Giannantonio De Roni.
The Board of Auditors
The Auditors' Committee is the accounting body of the Foundation and supervises the financial management of the Foundation, verifies that the accounting records are correctly kept, examines the draft budgets and financial statements, prepares the relevant reports and makes cash inspections.
The Board of Auditors is composed by:
Giorgio Loli - Chairman
Elisabetta Magistretti - Standing Member
Michele Paolillo - Standing Member
Claudia Cattani - Substitute Member
Valerio Villoresi - Substitute Member
Scientific Committee
The Scientific Committee, in its sole discretion, draws up the rankings of the candidates in order of merit for any scholarships, prizes and research grants set up by the Foundation's Board of Directors.
The Scientific Committee is composed by:
Marco Pagano - Chairman
Klaus Adam
Tullio Jappelli
Eliana La Ferrara
Christian Laux
Catherine Lubochinsky
Massimo Motta
Giovanna Nicodano
Branko Urosevic
Oriana Bandiera
Michele Tertilt
Agar Brugiavini
The Scientific Committee is assisted by a series of scientific consultants who are, from time to time, tasked with evaluating specific initiatives that require scientific knowledge. The Scientific Consultants are:
Guido Ascari - Macro Banking Finance Conference
Orazio Attanasio - Top-Up Foscolo Fellowship; Marco Fanno Fellowship
Miguel Bagues - Best Paper Award on Gender Equality
Francesco Caselli - Top-Up Foscolo Fellowship; Marco Fanno Fellowship
Aureo De Paula - EU Job Market Best Paper Award
Matthias Doepke - Best Paper Award on Gender Equality
Elsa Fornero - Summer School on Gender Equality
Camille Landais - EU Job Market Best Paper Award
Claudio Michelacci - EU Job Market Best Paper Award
Michele Polo - Masterscholarship; EU Job Market Best Paper Award
Paola Profeta - Best Paper Award on Gender Equality
Kjell Salvanes - EU Job Market Best Paper Award
Fabiano Schivardi - EU Job Market Best Paper Award
Mirco Tonin - Summer School Prize; Study Abroad Program
Josef Zechner - SUERF-UniCredit Foundation Prize

All Bodies of the Foundation are in office as of 5 March 2018 with the exception of the Secretary General and the Scientific Committee, in office as of 21 May 2018.
Updated to 1/06/2020

The Staff
Secretary General
Giannantonio De Roni
Scientific Director
Annalisa Aleati
Pietro Blengino
Anna Cravero
Anna Pace
Anna Maria Rizzi