Governor, Bank of Italy Mario Draghi of Italy

On the plus side: as an Italian banking regulator, Draghi is committed to opening the market to inter-European competition.

Draghi is a more pragmatic person and will probably be more open,'' Codogno said in an interview.

Analysts say he has a good reputation but "Draghi has a tough job to restore the Bank of Italy's credibility, but he is appreciated internationally and has done a lot of jobs and done them well," said Luigi Speranza, an economist with BNP Paribas.

Giovanni Battista Draghi, an Italian composer.

Italian voters blamed a few influential politicians, but Draghi took the view that the risk was inherent in a system in which the state played a large business role.

Draghi was appointed chairman of the Italian Committee for Privatisations in 1993, and carried out extensive privatisation (totaling 108 billion dollars in market value) up to about 1999.

In 1998 Draghi was the major author of a law regulating corporate governance (including takeovers) in Italy, which became known as the "Draghi Law.

Draghi joined Goldman Sachs as a partner in January 2002, and resigned in January 2006.

Starting in April 2006, Draghi has been Chairman of the Financial Stability Forum, an organization that brings together financial regulators and central bank officials from a number of different countries (the G7 countries as well as Australia, Hong Kong SAR, the Netherlands and Singapore.

Mario Draghi officially took over his duties on Monday as the new governor of Bank Centrale of Italy, according to Italian News Agency ANSA.

Mario Draghi takes over Bank of Italy helmMario Draghi officially took over his duties on Monday as the new governor of Bank Centrale of Italy, according to Italian News Agency ANSA.

Draghi was tapped for the job on Dec 29 by the Bank of Italy's Superior Council replacing Antonio Fazio, who quit on Dec 19 in the wake of in a banking takeover scandal.

Draghi was Italian Treasury director general for 10 years from 1991 to 2001 during which time he spearheaded Europe's biggest- ever privatization program and framed a new company takeover law protecting small investors, which bears his name.

Draghi is thought to be much more open than Fazio to foreign banks entering the Italian banking market, lured by its high margins.

November 19, 2008 (LPAC)-- Mario Draghi is described as the mastermind of the G-20 plan, which boosts the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) as the world bankers government.

At that point, Draghi was director general of the Treasury Ministry.

Draghi is so afraid to be called Mr.

Mr Draghi is Governor of the Bank of Italy.

defending and promoting competition and corporate takeovers.

more open, Codogno said in an interview.

Draghi was named to a six-year term renewable one time.

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Italy's Central bank governor Mario Draghi leads the annual assembly of Bank of Italy in Rome May 31, 2008.

economy and rising energy and raw materials prices, European Central Bank Governing Council member Mario Draghi said on Saturday.

Mario Draghi has been managing director of Goldman Sachs since January 2002.

Prior to joining the corporate sector, Draghi was director general of the Italian Treasury (1991-2001), chairman of the European Commission's Economic and Financial Committee, a member of the G7 Deputies, and chairman of the Working Party 3 (OECD.

During his time at the Treasury, Draghi chaired the committee that redrafted Italian corporate and financial legislation, producing the law which governs Italian financial markets.

Draghi is on the board of trustees of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies and was a fellow at the Kennedy School at Harvard University.

However, Mr Draghi has called for the governance of these popolari banks, especially the larger ones, to be changed, and for foreign investors to be allowed greater shareholding and decision-making rights.

Vice Chairman and Managing Director.

Mario Draghi is to fill his shoes.

During this time Draghi was an Executive Director of the World Bank.

In an article on April 1 Mario Draghi was wrongly referred to as the former governor of the Bank of Italy.

As Governor of the Bank of Italy, Mario Draghi is a member of the Governing and General Councils of the European Central Bank and a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements.

Draghi was the Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International and a member of the firm-wide management committee (2002-2005.

Draghi chaired the committee that revised Italian corporate and financial legislation and drafted the law that governs Italian financial markets.

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But even more worrying (particularly for the Unions) were the Governors words on the timing of this giant relief operation for Italian salaries (Mr Draghi was the first to denounce their unacceptable low levels some months ago.

Mario Draghi has been Director-General of the Italian Treasury, a member of the Economic and Financial Committee of the European Economic Community and a member of the G-7 deputies since 1991.

Draghi has been appointed to the post following the departure of Antonio Fazio.

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Draghi has worked at the World Bank and was a professor at the University of Florence during most of the 1980s.

AMSTERDAM, June 11 (Reuters) - Low interest rates contributed to the global financial crisis and central banks must learn a lesson from that, European Central Bank governing council member Mario Draghi said on Wednesday.

LONDON Goldman Sachs today announced that Mario Draghi is joining the firm as a Managing Director.

Notes to EditorsMario Draghi has extensive international experience of macro-policy making and corporate activity.

Professor Draghi has significant corporate experience both as a lawmaker, having chaired the committee that re-drafted Italian corporate and financial legislation, and as a former board member of several banks and corporations (Eni, IRI, BNL, IMI.

Professor Draghi chaired the committee that drafted the legislation governing the Italian financial markets (the so-called "Draghi Law.