Board Member

Paolo has held the role of General Manager of the Milan Branch of ABC International Bank Plc. since January, 2005.  He has worked in the international finance market for over 20 years through different banking experiences; he started with Banca Commerciale Italiana in London and then moved to the Milan Branch of Deutsche Bank AG where he concluded in the early 80’s the first forfaiting transaction of the bank in Italy.

In 1988 he joined HVB in Milan as Operation Manager and then set up the Trade & Export Finance Desk with a focus on forfaiting and buyers credit transactions; during those years was member of the Board of Intrafin Ltd, Geneva.  In 1993 he moved to Creditanstalt Bankverein AG Milan as General Manager and two years later he joined the Spanish Banco Sabadell S.A. where he was Managing Director of the Italian subsidiary and Regional Manager for Central & Eastern Europe.

He has worked with the IFA from it’s creation as Chairman of the Southern Europe Regional Committee, and is the organizer of the last Conferences in addition to his role as treasurer.