Matteo Arpe is Founding Partner of the Sator Group, Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sator S.p.A.. He is the sole Sator Partner admitted to attend the Investment Committees of all the Sator Group’s business segments, and he chairs the Private Equity Investment Committee.

He is Chairman of Banca Profilo S.p.A. and Arepo BP S.p.A.

He was formerly CEO of the Capitalia Group, from July 2003 to May 2007. Mr. Arpe entered the Banca di Roma Group as CEO of Mediocredito Centrale and as designated General Manager of the establishing holding company in October 2001. In 2002 he was appointed General Manager of Capitalia S.p.A., and in July 2003 he became CEO of the Capitalia Group, one of the youngest ever CEOs of a major Italian bank, maintaining the CEO position in Mediocredito Centrale until September 1, 2005.

Before joining Capitalia, in 2000, Matteo Arpe worked at Lehman Brothers in London, with responsibility for the European strategic equity activity. He was also named member of Lehman Brothers’ European Investment Banking Executive Committee.
Prior to this, he worked in Mediobanca’s Corporate Finance Department from 1987 to 1999, and in 1995 he assumed the coordination of Mediobanca’s equity and bond syndicate underwriting as well as M&A activity. In 1997, he was nominated Central Manager and assumed direct responsibility for the Investment Banking Department.
Matteo Arpe has been also a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Banca di Roma, Mediobanca, European Institute of Oncology (IEO) and the Italian Banking Association (ABI). In addition, he was a member of the Board of Directors of Mediocredito Centrale, Banco di Sicilia, CNP Capitalia Vita and Cerba Foundation. In 2005, Mr. Arpe became a member of the Young Global Leaders Group, as well as one of the youngest members of the World Economic Forum.

He is Professor of Corporate and Investment Banking at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome.

He received a BA cum laude in Economics and Finance from Bocconi University in Milan.

matteo.arpe@satorgroup.com