Sanpaolo IMI

Type	Public
Fate	In 2007, merged with Banca Intesa to form Intesa Sanpaolo
Founded	1563 as Compagnia di San Paolo
Headquarters	Turin, Italy
Key people	Alfonso Iozzo, CEO
Industry	Bank, Insurance
Revenue	€ 9.726 bn (2004)
Employees	44,000 (2006)
Website	Gruppo Sanpaolo IMI

The Gruppo Sanpaolo IMI was one of Italy's major banking and insurance groups, based in Turin. It employed about 44,000 people and had about 7 million customers.

On August 24, 2006 a merger with Banca Intesa was announced, which on 1 December 2006 was approved by the joint meetings of the shareholders of Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI. On 2 January 2007 the merger went into effect, thereby creating Intesa Sanpaolo, now the largest Italian bank and one of the largest in the Eurozone.

The new banking company based in Turin and is administered under the "two-tier model", with the presence of a Supervisory Board and a Board of Management. This was the first application of this model in a major Italian company.

[edit] Activities

Sanpaolo IMI had about 3,200 local offices where private, business and retail banking activities take place. It also managed savings and retirement funds.

[edit] Management

The last CEO of Sanpaolo IMI was Alfonso Iozzo, the last president was Enrico Salza.

In 2006, its main shareholders were the Compagnia di San Paolo and Banco Santander.

[edit] External links

• Sanpaolo Italy
• Sanpaolo IMI Bank Romania

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