Walter Vecchiato

Chief Risk Officer

Born in Venice in 1969.

He has been CRO of Banca Ifis since January 2020.
Between 2018 and 2019 he was Chief Risk Officer of Gruppo Bancario Cooperativo Cassa Centrale SpA. He gained extensive experience working in leading banks such as Banca Intesa, Cariplo and Comit in the areas of Risk Management, Corporate Finance & Lending.

He spent four years as Principal Bank Sector Regulatory Expert at the European Banking Authority, overseeing the benchmarking analysis of internal models used for EU banking sector capital requirements and in support of the EU-wide Stress Test.

Walter holds a degree and PhD in Statistical Sciences from the University of Padua. He was Visiting Researcher in San Diego at the University of California and is the author of numerous scientific publications.