Role
Senior Advisor at Cherry Bank, Independent Board Member of Banca Popolare di Bari, Independent Board Member of 21 Invest, and Member of the Supervisory Board of STMicroelectronics (since 2025). Member of the Strategic Technical Committee for the direction and coordination of investment programs of the National Fund for Made in Italy (FNMI – Critical Raw Materials).
Bio
A graduate of the University of Padua, Simonetta Acri has gained extensive experience in the finance and banking sectors. She began her career holding senior roles at major international institutions, including Vice President at Morgan Grenfell and Director of Deutsche Bank's Corporate & Investment Bank division, with responsibility for the Italian and Southeastern European markets.
Having joined SACE in 2003, she contributed to the development of new business areas and promoted corporate growth in both the domestic and international markets. Throughout her career, she has held senior positions in credit insurance and corporate policies, coordinating strategic initiatives to support international growth programs for Italian companies and managing funds for the Italian Government's extraordinary interventions to support businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Alongside his managerial career, he has held institutional and governance roles in financial companies and investment funds, as well as being actively involved in publishing and lecturing in economics and finance.