Giuseppe Castagna has been General Manger and CEO of Banca Popolare di Milano since 2014.
Mr Castagna has previously held various important positions with the Intesa Sanpaolo Banking Group, where he worked from 1981 to 2013. In particular, after having held office as General Manager of Banco di Napoli SpA (2009–2013), covering the position of Regional Director for Campania, Basilicata, Calabria and Puglia.
In July 2012 he took over the management of Intesa Sanpaolo Group’s domestic commercial banking division (with direct responsibility for more than 20 banks pertaining to the group network and approximately 47,000 employees).
In December 2012 he was appointed General Manager of Intesa Sanpaolo Group, retaining his responsibility for the domestic commercial banking division as well as taking on the role of interim General Manager of Banco di Napoli.
After having resigned from Intesa Sanpaolo Group in June 2013, Giuseppe Castagna was appointed as Chairman of Italian Private Debt Initiative of Munizich & Co. (an institutional asset manager specializing in corporate credit).
He has also held administration positions with banks and other financial intermediaries, including: Société Européenne de Banque SA Luxembourg, Mediofactoring SpA, Leasint SpA, Banco di Napoli SpA, IMI Fondi Chiusi SGR SpA, Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking SpA, and Bank of Alexandria.
