Giuseppe Corbo

Giuseppe Corbo

Head of the Internal Audit Directorate

Born in Siena on 16 November 1961, he is married with two children.

He is the Head of the Internal Audit Directorate and a member of the Internal Audit Committee (IAC) established within the European System of Central Banks.

He joined Banca d'Italia in 1990 as an Adviser and was assigned to the Accounting Directorate. In the capacity of Deputy Head of Division, he dealt with the implementation and update of the internal accounting framework and procedures. He also contributed to redesigning the Bank's accounting system and was involved in many working groups in the fields of monetary policy and payment systems.

Serving at the Internal Audit Directorate since 2003, he took part in audit reviews on business units and processes in place at the Bank's head office and branches, exclusively in the role of head of mission as of 2010. On appointment of the IAC he was a component of the Audit Task Force on Monetary Policy from 2010 to 2018 and chairperson of the Joint Audit Team (JAT) from 2013 to 2018, leading numerous audit missions at the Eurosystem's Central Banks. From 2011 to 2013, he coordinated the review of the financial report relevant to the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group. In 2015 he was responsible for the Internal Quality Assurance Review at local level while in 2017 he was engaged in the similar engagement of the IAC.

As of 2019 he has represented Banca d'Italia in all the compositions of the IAC (ESCB/Eurosystem and SSM), inter alia by chairing the Task Force on Reporting (TFR) and the Audit Task Force on Management and Support (ATF MS), and has participated in the Central Bank Internal Auditors Group (CBIA) and the Financial Stability Authorities Group (FSA).

He became Deputy Head of the Internal Audit Directorate in 2021 and Head in 2025.

Prior to joining Banca d'Italia, he spent eight years in the Finance department of Istituto di Credito delle Casse di Risparmio Italiane.

He graduated in Economics and Banking from the University of Siena and specialized in banking at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza'. In addition, he earned international certifications on internal controls (Certified Internal Auditor - CIA and Certification in Risk Management Assurance - CRMA).