UniCredit CEO Denies Tensions Within Bank
May 23 2016 - 7:28AM
Dow Jones News
By Jeannette Neumann and Giovanni Legorano
MADRID--UniCredit SpA Chief Executive Federico Ghizzoni on
Monday denied there are tensions within the Italian bank despite
questions swirling about his leadership.
"We don't have any tension inside the group," Mr. Ghizzoni said.
"There is nothing dramatic going on."
The relationship with the board "is very transparent, very
simple, straightforward," Mr. Ghizzoni said at a news conference in
Madrid, where he and other executives at UniCredit -- Italy's
largest bank -- announced the launch of an investment bank in
Spain.
When asked whether he would resign, Mr. Ghizzoni told
journalists, "I am not here to make comments about this
subject."
Mr. Ghizzoni could step down as early as this week, people close
to the bank's board told The Wall Street Journal last week. Board
members are looking for a new chief executive to replace Mr.
Ghizzoni, who has been at the helm since 2010, but they have so far
failed to agree on the right profile for the job, the people
familiar with the situation said.
Shareholders have grown increasingly unhappy with the leadership
of Mr. Ghizzoni and are now seeking a CEO who can shake up a bank
that suffers from low profitability, a high percentage of bad loans
and a sprawling international network that has failed to live up to
expectations.
Write Jeannette Neumann at jeannette.neumann@wsj.com and
Giovanni Legorano at giovanni.legorano@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
May 23, 2016 07:13 ET (11:13 GMT)
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