Paolo De Ruggiero
Vice President, Finance
Paolo de Ruggiero, Vice President, Finance, is one of the most recent additions to the Egencia leadership team. An Italian national and a Paris resident, Mr. de Ruggiero has a long track record in financial leadership across multiple industries and countries.
Mr. de Ruggiero joined Egencia from GE, where he has held three consecutive CFO positions in 8 years with fast growing responsibilities within GE Capital. The last one covered 10 specialist banks and consumer lending platforms in 7 European countries, managing a team of 300 and an asset base of 30 Bn $. He has lent his expertise in a number of business development activities ranging from JVs with retail banks, acquisitions and disposals, greenfield operations, commercial B2B partnerships, and portfolio management.
Prior to joining GE, he spent 4 years as the Asia CFO for the leading Italian clothier GFT, based in Hong Kong. A big part of his scope was related to the joint venture activities of the fashion conglomerate in the PRC, including the launch of retail and franchised distribution.
Earlier in his career Mr. de Ruggiero held several finance positions with United Technologies and Crown, in Treasury, FP&A, and controllership roles in several European Countries and the US.
Mr. de Ruggiero has a BS in Economics from the University of Rome and an MBA from Purdue University. Passionate for Roman history, he is an Opera enthusiast and a keen wine collector.