2 Quotes & Sayings By Mario Draghi

Mario Draghi has been President of the European Central Bank (ECB) since November 2011. He is a member of the Governing Council of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a member of the Group of Thirty, an international body of eminent economists and leading financial policymakers. He was appointed by the Italian President in July 2012 to be Chairman of the Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision at the ECB, where he represents all national central banks. Before his appointment as President of the ECB, Mr Read more

Draghi was Governor of the Bank of Italy from November 2006 to July 2011 and Governor of the Bank of Portugal from 2002 to 2006. He began his career in public service in 1984 when he joined the Italian Treasury and held several positions within it. In 1990, Mr.

Draghi joined Goldman Sachs in New York where he was a partner until 2002. Between 1991 and 1994, Mr. Draghi served as Member and Vice-Chairman for International Affairs at Goldman Sachs’s London office.

From 1998 to 2002, he served as President and CEO of Bocconi University in Milan, Italy’s leading private university; he also served as Vice-Chairman for Financial Markets at Bocconi from 1998 until 2002. Mr. Draghi joined Fiat S.p.A.

in 1978 where he held several positions in its industrial operations in Turin, including Chairman and CEO for Fiat Industrial between 1992 and 1995; Chairman and CEO for Fiat Automobiles between 1995 and 1998; Chairman for Fiat Agencies from 1993 to 1995; and General Manager for Fiat Industrial from 1991 to 1993. In 1984, Mr. Draghi joined Goldman Sachs in New York where he worked on mergers and acquisitions, equity research, equity underwriting, asset management, investment banking, investment research, equity trading, foreign exchange trading, commodities trading and client services until 1986 when he left to join CNL Gruppo Finanziario SGR in Luxembourg as a Managing Director in 1986 until 1989 when he became a Partner at Lazard Freres in London until 1992 when he returned to Goldman Sachs in New York as Managing Director until 1996 when he returned to Italy to become Executive Vice-President at Unicredito Italiano di Lavoro until 1999 when he became Chairman and CEO at Capitalia Assicurazioni until 2000 when Unicredito Italiano di Lavoro merged with Intesa San Paolo to form Intesa Sanpaolo Group which merged into UniCredito Italiano di