OREANDA-NEWS. Starting from April 1st, new managerial changes are effective in CIB and CEE perimeters.

CIB Division

CIB Division expands its top management structure with two Deputy Heads reporting to Gianni Franco Papa, Head of the Division and Deputy General Manager of UniCredit:

- Olivier Khayat, in his current role of Deputy Head of the CIB Division, will oversee F&A (Financing & Advisory) as well as Markets & Research Product Lines.

- Gianfranco Bisagni, currently Head of CEE CIB at UniCredit Bank Austria AG and Deputy Head of CEE Division, will join the CIB Division as Deputy Head of CIB and ExCo member to take on direct responsibility for the commercial activities of a newly defined and enlarged CIB International Network.  This structure will cover existing geographies as well as exploring new ones in order to better serve the needs of our clients. Therefore it will comprise our operations in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as well as all our branches, representative offices and activities around the world.

In addition, Mr. Bisagni will also take the leadership of the Global Transaction Banking Product Line, which fits perfectly taking into account the international approach of any given GTB activity.

CEE Division

Enrico Minniti will take over Gianfranco Bisagni's role as Head of CEE CIB at UniCredit Bank Austria AG, which serves corporate customers in 13 countries of Central & Eastern Europe.

Mr. Minniti, currently Head of Financing & Advisory CEE at UniCredit Bank Austria AG, will report in his new position to Carlo Vivaldi, Deputy CEO and Head of CEE Division of UniCredit Bank Austria AG.

Further, Andrea Diamanti has been appointed, also effective from April 1st as Head of Financing CEE at UniCredit Bank Austria AG, succeeding Enrico Minniti.

As far as Retail is concerned, Mauro Maschio - current Head of CEE Retail at UniCredit Bank Austria AG – will take over a higher role within CEE Division to be communicated shortly.

At the same time, Csilla Ihasz, so far Head of Commercial Development at UniCredit Bank Austria AG, will succeed Mr Maschio as Head of CEE Retail at UniCredit Bank Austria AG. Mauro Maschio and Csilla Ihasz appointments will be effective from May 1st.

UniCredit Bank – is one of the largest multifunctional banks of Ukraine, offering its clients a full range of actual services in both individuals’ and corporate clients’ segment.

The renovated UniCredit Bank was created in December 2013 through integration of two Ukrainian assets of UniCredit Group, which has been operating on the local market since 1997. The integrated bank combined power, solidity and wide coverage of PJSC “Ukrsotsbank” and European experience, quality of servicing and flexibility of PJSC “UniCredit Bank”.

The widespread network of UniCredit Bank consists of 435 branches. Bank staff consists of the best specialists at the country’s market and totals 6 164 employees (as for 01 December 2013).

UniCredit is a leading European commercial bank with an international network spanning 50 markets, with more than 9,000 branches and over 148,000 employees. The Group operates in 20 European countries.