Giorgio Pradelli is CEO of EFG International and EFG Bank. He chairs their Executive Committees and EFG International’s Global Business Committee and holds non-executive board positions in other entities directly or indirectly controlled by EFG International.
Prior to his appointment as CEO in January 2018, he served as CFO of EFG International and EFG Bank from 2012 and additionally as Deputy CEO from 2014. Before joining EFG International in 2012, Giorgio Pradelli spent six years as Head of International Operations and a member of the Executive Committee of Eurobank Ergasias SA. From 2003 to 2006, he served as Deputy Finance Director in London for EFG Bank European Financial Group SA, where he was involved in major restructuring and strategic initiatives, notably the initial public offering of EFG International in 2005.
Giorgio Pradelli began his career at Deutsche Bank, where he held several senior management positions, including Head of Private & Business Banking in Italy and Head of Business Development for the Private Clients and Asset Management Group in Frankfurt and London, between 1991 and 2003.
Alongside his executive role at EFG, Giorgio Pradelli holds various key mandates within the Swiss financial sector. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) since 2024, a member of the Board Committee since 2025 and became Chairman of the SBA on 18 September 2026. On the same date, he assumed the role of Chairman of the Swiss Finance Council in Brussels and became a Vice-President of economiesuisse. He has held a seat on the Board of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce in Zurich since 2020.
Prior to his appointment as SBA Chairman, Giorgio Pradelli was a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Swiss Asset and Wealth Management Banks (VAV ABG) from 2019 to 2026 and served as its President from 2024 to 2026. From 2025 to 2026, he was a member of the Board and Bureau of the Fondation Genève Place Financière, which represents the interests of Geneva’s financial centre.
Born in 1967, Giorgio Pradelli is both a Swiss and an Italian citizen. He holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Turin, Italy.