Ghizzoni's has spent his entire career at UniCredit, with his first role as customer relations manager at a branch in his town of origin, Piacenza.
In 2000, Ghizzoni was appointed as head of UniCredit's division in Poland, Bank Pekao, while three years later, he was put in charge of the firm's joint venture that controlled Turkey's largest bank, Yapi Kredi [REF].