CariVerona, Giordano new president. 'UniCredit well managed, confidence in Orcel'

(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - The CariVerona Foundation turns over a new leaf in the name of continuity. In a packed meeting lasting over five hours, the general council of the Verona-based institution elected Bruno Giordano as its new president, approving the name indicated by outgoing number one Alessandro Mazzucco. There was 'great consensus' with 'only one abstention and the others in favour', Giordano himself commented, setting the course for his work from now on: 'I will base my entire mandate on dialogue, sharing, efficiency and concreteness'. Also satisfied was Mazzucco, who left the institution's headquarters together with his successor. "It is enough to choose the right person. I am especially happy with the hands in which I am leaving' the Foundation: 'They are the right hands,' he remarked.

As for the Foundation's main shareholding, the approximately one per cent stake in UniCredit, Giordano, speaking to Radiocor, confirmed his line of full support for the current top management, led by CEO Andrea Orcel and chairman Pier Carlo Padoan. "I think Unicredit is very well managed by this team," he explained. He also reiterated his support for the list presented by the outgoing top management in view of the forthcoming UniCredit shareholders' meeting, which will have to elect the new board of directors: "We have great confidence in Orcel for the way he is managing the bank, so I think it will be like that.

Cariverona's general council then approved the 2023 budget, which closed with a surplus of EUR 35.3m, up 66% on 2022. The financial assets at the end of last year were 1.9 billion (+19%) and have since risen to 2.1 billion thanks mainly to the performance of the UniCredit share. In 2023, the Verona-based institution approved disbursements of 31.1 million (+22%) to 216 projects.

The other members of the board of directors were also elected, which will therefore consist of Margherita Forestan, deputy president, Giovanni Dolcetta Capuzzo, vice president, Alberto Marenghi, Giovanni Maria Pittoni, Giovanni Pizzolo and Sergio Visciano, in addition to Giordano. The general council includes Claudio Doglioni (nominated by the mayor of Feltre), Tommaso Dalla Massara (mayor of Verona), Pierangelo Tommasi (mayor of Verona), Franco Fummi (mayor of Verona), Ermenegildo Francavilla (general managers of the Ulss of the provinces of Vicenza and Belluno), Anna Galtarossa (by the superintendent of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of the provinces of Verona, Vicenza and Rovigo and by the Regional Secretary of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism for the Veneto Region), Giovanni De Manzoni (Rector of the University of Verona), Silvio Fortuna (President of the Fondazione Studi Universitari Vicenza), Grazia Settin (Mayor of Pieve di Cadore), Michele Cassol (Bishop of Belluno-Feltre), Bernardo Dalla Bernardina (by appointment of the General Council).