05/01/2012
Alfredo Gysi appointed as chairman of the board at BSI
An extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting has appointed Alfredo Gysi as a new member of the board of directors at BSI (Assicurazioni Generali), BSI announced on 4 January. At the same time, the board of directors at BSI has appointed Gysi as its chairman from 1 January 2012. The appointment of Gysi as chairman was approved sooner than the previously planned date of April 2012, following the sudden decease of his predecessor, Giorgio Ghiringhelli. Also from 1 January 2012, as previously planned, Stefano Coduri has begun his term as CEO of the bank. “These two appointments provide a guarantee of continuity in the management of the BSI Group at a historic moment marked by major changes in the macroeconomic context and for the Private Banking sector,” the bank says in a statement. Gysi, who joined BSI in 1975, had been CEO since 1994. After 18 years, he left his operational responsibilities at the group at the end of 2011, having reached retirement age. In addition to his new role as chairman of BSI, Gysi will also have other major institutional responsibilities. He has been president of the Association of foreign banks in Switzerland (ABES) since 1999, and is a member of the Banking Council at the Swiss National Bank (BNS) and a member of the board of directors and the advising committee at the Swiss Bankers’ Association (ASB).
