Alessandro Santoni

A distinguished banking and financial supervision expert with over 25 years of experience, including 15 years in leadership roles, specializing in financial crisis management, supervision, and on-site inspections.

Since 2014, when the ECB’s Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) was established, he has been actively involved in crisis management and on-site supervision at the European level. As Head of Crisis Management Operations, he led several high-profile financial crisis interventions across the EU. He also headed the Onsite Inspection Section, overseeing assessments in credit risk, asset quality reviews (AQR), market risk, IRRBB, and IT/cyber risk. His contributions extend to key supervisory initiatives, including the SSM NPL Task Force (SSM NPL Guidance), the Anti-Money Laundering Task Force, and the Liquidity Task Force.

At the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets (MCM) Department, he contributed to technical assistance missions and financial sector assessments (FSN) within the Financial Crisis Division, focusing on MENA and the Caucasus.

Before transitioning to supervisory roles, he spent over 15 years in the banking industry. He served as Head of Strategic Planning, Investor Relations, and Research at BMPS, and previously led the Southern EU Banking Sector (Equity Research) at Goldman Sachs London.

Academically, he holds a PhD in Behavioral Finance from the University of Siena, an Executive MBA (Columbia University, Hong Kong University, London Business School), a Master’s in Economics from SDA Bocconi, and Bachelor’s degrees in Economics, History, and Political Science.

He is certified in Advanced Financial Crimes Investigation (CAMS-FCI), Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS), and AML (CAMS). Additionally, he has authored several academic articles and two books published by Springer: “Corporate Governance in the Banking Sector” and “How to Value a Bank: From Licensing to Resolution”.