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Andrea Orcel - CEO of UniCredit | Podcast | In Good Company | Norges Bank Investment Management

2026-02-04 · 5 company · 10 thematic

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Andrea Orcel has led UniCredit since 2021, delivering a 10x total shareholder return. Previously a 35-year M&A investment banker at Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, and UBS, advising on major European bank deals. Known for disciplined capital allocation, cultural transformation, and pursuing cross-border consolidation.

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“today we that stake will generate close to 800 million uh euros a year post tax growing assuming they make their plan and maybe in an undefined period of time there will be the the possibility to convert that into a combination that would…”

—andrea orcel

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