Marcello Sala is Director General for Financial Institutions at the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance from March 2023. Prior to joining the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance he was a Partner at Apis Partners (2016-2023) and the Executive Vice Chairman of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group Management Board (2007-2016), where he was in charge of the international business and institutional relations. In 2008, he co-founded Banca ITB (now Mooney), a neo-bank focused on innovative payment solutions for the Italian retail market, and as Executive Director, managed its sale in 2016. A member of the Council for Inclusive Capitalism, the Board of Directors of Leonardo Spa and of the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance Fintech Committee, his past appointments also include: Chairman of the Italian Egyptian Business Council, Vice Chairman of Alexbank, member of the Trilateral Commission (a non-governmental policy oriented forum), member of the International Council of the Bretton Woods Committee, board member of ISPI (Italian Institute for International and Political Studies), and member of the New Champions Advisory Board and the Global Agenda Council on Future of Financing and Capital of the World Economic Forum.