Massimo Arrighetti was born in Bergamo on 31st March 1957. He is married and has a son.

After graduating in Business Management from Bocconi University in Milan, he began his professional career at IBM in 1981 as a systems engineer and sales representative in the large industry division. In 1986 he joined McKinsey & Company as a consultant and then worked his way up to the position of Senior Partner.

Here he managed numerous strategic projects for the banking sector both in Italy and abroad. He became an active member of the McKinsey banking ‘Practice’ and was one of the founders of the IT ‘Practice’ for financial institutions.

In 1998 Arrighetti moved on to Poste Italiane where he was appointed Director of the Banco Posta Division, and personally oversaw the drawing up and implementation of the related Business Plan. He was also appointed CEO of Poste Vita, as well as board member of Postecom, Eurogiro and Banco Posta Fondi SGR.

In 2002, he joined Banca Intesa as Director of the Network Division. During his time in office, Arrighetti realized the operative and commercial integration of the Comit, Cariplo and Banco Ambroveneto networks and of the three headquarters.

In addition, he launched the new single Banca Intesa brand and reorganized the Retail Division and related companies (Intesa Media Credito, Intesa Leasing and Setefi). Finally, he created Intesa Vita and Intesa Private Banking.

He is Chief Executive Officer of SIA as of 5th May 2010.