Management team
Enrico Chiapparoli is the Country Head and legal representative of the Italian branch of Global Banking & Investor Solutions which groups the businesses of Corporate and Investment Banking and Securities Services.
In addition, Enrico has direct responsibility on the Global Banking and Advisory, the department that groups the Coverage and the product divisions of capital raising, M&A, financing solutions and advisory.
In November 2024, Enrico Chiapparoli joined Societe Generale from Barclays where he most recently was CEO of Barclays Italy and Co-Head of EMEA Industrials Investment Banking.
He had previously been responsible for Investment Banking Italy and Central Eastern Europe as well as EMEA Automotive. He joined Barclays in 2016 from CMC Capital, an independent corporate finance boutique with offices in London and Milan, where he was a partner. Prior to CMC Capital, he was head of Investment Banking Italy and Chairman EMEA Automotive at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Enrico has a Bachelor of Science in International Economics from Bocconi University and completed Harvard Business School's General Management Program.
Valeria Dal Corso is appointed as Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of SGSS S.p.A. and Country Head of SGSS in Italy as of 3 July 2023. She started her career as IT business analyst in an Italian software company. She joined UniCredit Group in 1999, covering several positions mainly in the organisation, client support and operational area. Valeria joined Societe Generale Securities Services in 2006 as Head of Securities Banking Operations in Italy before taking the global responsibility of the Custody and Issuer Services operational line in 2013. In November 2020, she was appointed Deputy General Manager and Chief Operating Officer in Italy, in charge of Operations, Technology and Transformation including IT.
Philippe Valigny has been appointed CEO of ALD Automotive since 1 July 2020.
He started his career in Bossard Consultants in 1991 before joining the Renault Group in 1993, where he held several managerial positions in the Sales and Advertising division.
In 2000 Philippe Valigny joined Societe Generale as Advertising Director for the bank's retail branch.
He has been in the ALD Group for over 16 years, a period in which he was responsible for starting greenfield operations in Romania before becoming CEO in Ukraine and later in Turkey where he was also Regional Director for Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Romania and Bulgaria . From 2016 to 2020 he was the CEO of ALD Automotive Morocco also holding the role of Mediterranean Regional Director.
Philippe Valigny holds a master's degree in management from the Esser Business School.
He graduated at the University of Milan “Bocconi” in Finance & Business Administration, he began his career at Citibank Consumer Bank in 1983, where he held various roles in marketing, sales and finance. In 1999 he was appointed Managing Director of Citifin, the company's consumer credit group Citibank in Italy. Three years later he became Country Head for Citibank's worldwide consumer in Italy with the responsibility of the Division Credit Cards and Retail Banking. In 2005 he was appointed General Manager at Fortis Group, where he developed the business Retail & Wealth Management. In 2011 he joined the management of Fiditalia with the task of Joint General Manager and Deputy CEO and in 2013 he was appointed General Manager of Fiditalia. CEO of Fiditalia since September 2014.
Since 2001 Carlo Mescieri is the CEO of SGEF Italy and SG Factoring. Before joining the Societe Generale group, he was in charge of the easing business of Deutsche Bank Italy.
He also took on the position of President of ASSILEA Servizi. ASSILIA Servizi is the Italian company fully controlled by ASSILEA (National Leasing Association), in charge of supplying all the associates with services.