Cosimo Pacciani

Head of Research-Chief Economist, Poste Italiane, Rome

Cosimo Pacciani has been appointed as Head of Research and Chief Economist for Poste Italiane SPA, a major Italian financial and logistic conglomerate. He is board member and chair of the risk committee of PosteVita SpA, Net Insurance SpA and Net Life SpA.

He has covered the role of Chief Operating Officer for Algebris, a London based asset manager, and he was previously Chief Risk Officer for the European Stability Mechanism from 2014 to 2019.

Previously, he spent 11 years with RBS, where he was Chief Operating Officer for the Group Credit Risk function and Head of Risk and Compliance for the Asset Protection Scheme, the mechanism established by the British Government to rescue the banking system. Previously with RBS, he was Head of Credit Risk for Corporate and Public Institutions in Europe. Before RBS, he worked for the Investment arm of Credit Suisse First Boston and he started his City career for the London branch of Monte dei Paschi di Siena in 1998.

Cosimo holds a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Siena and an M.S. in Economics from the Faculty of Economics, University of Florence. He is also member of the Business Counsel of IRCAI, an Unesco initiative for AI applied for Sustainable Development Goals.