 Since 10 September 2003 he was the CEO of Fineco, until the company was absorbed into Capitalia in 2005.In August 2005 he was appointed as the CEO of Banca di Roma (another Capitalia subsidiary), a roles that he covered until 2007 when the merger with the UniCredit Group took place.He joined the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL in short; a BNP Paribas subsidiary in Italy) on 1 January 2008, as the general manager.