Walter Negrini

Walter Negrini

Head of the Regulation and Institutional Cooperation Information Directorate

He was born in Catanzaro on 9 April 1969, and was appointed Head of the Regulation and Institutional Cooperation Information Directorate within the Financial Intelligence Unit for Italy (UIF) on 1 May 2026. His role involves overseeing the UIF's regulatory drafting process, liaising with national institutions (including the judicial authorities, the National Anti-Mafia Directorate (DNA) and the supervisory authorities) as well as with international ones (such as the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA), the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and other countries' Financial Intelligence Units), planning the Unit's inspection activities in cooperation with the Guardia di Finanza (Italy's Finance Police) and Banca d'Italia's Anti-Money Laundering Supervision and Regulation Unit, and assisting the UIF's Director and Deputy Director in drawing up the Unit's organizational and management policies. He is also the Secretary of the UIF's Committee of Experts and participates in the meetings of the Advisory Committee for the Review of Irregularities (COCEI).

After joining Banca d'Italia at the end of 1991, he was assigned to the Banking and Financial Supervision Area, where he dealt with banks' incorporations and ownership structures. From 1996 to 2005, he worked in the Competition Division, where he performed tasks relating to Banca d'Italia's role as the competition authority for the banking sector. From 2009 to 2015, he served as Deputy Head of the Irregularity Analysis Division, where he dealt with irregularities discovered during the Bank's supervisory activity. In 2015, he became Head of the Suspicious Transactions Division II, within the Suspicious Transactions Directorate, where he oversaw all the main financial analyses for the territorial areas falling under its mandate. From 2023 to 1 May 2026, in his role as Deputy Head of the Suspicious Transactions Directorate, he was responsible for initiating and coordinating relations with entities subject to anti-money laundering obligations. On 19 February 2026, he was appointed Head of the Regulation and Institutional Cooperation Information Directorate.

He graduated with honours in Economic and Banking Sciences from the University of Siena and was awarded Banca d'Italia's 'Donato Menichella' scholarship for postgraduate specialization courses in international financial legislation in Europe and the United States. He subsequently specialized in Banking and Finance at the University of London (LL.M. Programme), where he obtained a PhD in Banking Law and Legislation.