Alessandro Profumo is a businessperson who founded Appeal Strategy & Finance SRL and who has been the head of 15 different companies. Presently, Mr. Profumo occupies the position of Non-Executive Chairman for Appeal Strategy & Finance SRL, Chairman for Aerospace & Defence Industries Association of Europe, Chairman at Fondazione Ricerca & Imprenditorialità and Chief Executive Officer & Director at Leonardo SpA.

He is also Member of Institut International d'Etudes Bancaires and on the board of 5 other companies.

In the past Mr. Profumo held the position of Chairman of European Banking Federation aisbl, Chief Executive Officer of UniCredit SpA Chairman-Supervisory Board for UniCredit Bank AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board for UniCredit Bank Austria AG, Chief Executive Officer for UniCredito Italiano SpA (Old) and Chief Executive Officer for UniCredit Banca Mobiliare SpA (which are all subsidiaries of UniCredit SpA), President for International Monetary Conference, Principal at McKinsey & Co., Inc., Chairman for Equita SIM SpA, Chairman at MPS Capital Services Banca per le Imprese SpA, Chairman at Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA, Chief Executive Officer at RAS Holding SpA and Chief Banking & Para Banking Officer at RAS SpA.

Alessandro Profumo received a graduate degree from the University of Bocconi.