President
Sergio Balbinot joined Generali in 1983 and built his career in several companies within the group in Italy and abroad. He was appointed managing director in 2002. He is in charge of Generali's international insurance business and is responsible for the technical insurance and actuarial activities of the group in Italy and abroad as well as for research and development.
After graduating in economics, Balbinot joined Generali's Munich office. In 1986 he moved to Generali's headquarters in Trieste, where he joined the insurance operations department.
In 1989 Balbinot relocated to Zurich with responsibility for Generali's Swiss branch. In 1992 he moved to Paris and took responsibility for the international activities of Europ Assistance.
In 1996, after his return to Trieste, the company appointed him assistant general manager and head of group insurance operations. Then, in 1998, he was promoted to deputy general manager. In 2000 he became general manager and in 2002 managing director.
Balbinot holds the positions of chairman, vice-chairman or member of the board of directors of many companies in the Generali Group. Since 2007 he has been a member of the Provincial Consultative Council of the Governor of Guangdong in China. In 2009 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in commercial science by St John's University, New York.
He is member of the European Financial Services Round Table of Europe's leading banks and insurers and a member of the Pan European Insurance Forum.