Stefano began his career in 1999 in KPMG as an Audit Analyst in Banking, Insurance & Financial Institutions.
He then moved to Allianz Group where, after covering different roles, he was appointed Head of Corporate Finance & Financial Markets of RAS in 2004. He was a member of the RAS Private Equity Partners Fund and a board member of CityLife.
In 2006, Stefano joined UniCredit as Head of Active Balance Sheet Management in the Group Finance Department. From 2009 to 2015, he led the Group ALM & Financial Planning before becoming Head of Group Planning & Capital Management. He was also appointed board member of UniCredit Employees Pension Fund and UniCredit Bank S.A.
From 2017, he was the Head of Group Administrative & Analytics Office (GAAO), coordinating Accounting & Regulatory Reporting, Group Tax Affairs, Group Data Office and Planning, Finance and Administration (PF&A) process support activities. In 2018 he was also appointed as "Dirigente Preposto" (Manager charged with preparing the company financial reports) for UniCredit Group, a position he held until 2023.
In March 2019, as a result of the combination of the GAAO and Group Chief Financial Office areas, Stefano was appointed co-Group Chief Financial Officer at UniCredit, with an enlarged role also covering Group Planning & Controlling, Group Finance, Group Shareholdings, Group Investor Relations and responsible for CFOs activities in the Group, while maintaining the position of board member of the Italian Interbank Deposit Protection Fund and also board member of the Council of Assonime. Since October 2020 he had the sole responsibility of the CFO function. In May 2021, Stefano is confirmed in his role as Chief Financial Officer