The UniCredit Board of Directors - further to the recommendation of the Corporate Governance, HR and Nomination Committee - today appointed to the Board Dr. Martha Dagmar Böckenfeld, as an independent non-executive Director.
The new Director possesses longstanding experience in the banking and insurance fields (the latter particularly from the Winterthur / AXA Group) and was the CEO of Kleinwort Benson Bank and the CFO of BHF Kleinwort Benson Group until June 2016.
Her curriculum vitae is available on the UniCredit website (www.unicreditgroup.eu).
Dr. Böckenfeld is considered as an independent pursuant to (i) the UniCredit S.p.A. Articles of Association and the Corporate Governance Code for listed companies, as well as (ii) the Legislative Decree no. 58/1998.
The cooptation of Dr. Böckenfeld brings back to the number of the UniCredit Board of Directors Members, in accordance with the resolution taken by the Shareholders' meeting of May 13, 2015.
Milan, September 22, 2016
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