Vincenzo Trani | |
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 Vincenzo Trani in 2019 | |
| Born | May 18, 1974 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Alma mater | St. Petersburg Institute of International Trade, Economics and Law |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Founding of Delimobil |
| Board member of | Delimobil |
Vincenzo Trani (born May 18, 1974) is an Italian businessman. He is the founder of the Russian car-sharing company Delimobil. [1]
Trani was born on May 18, 1974, in Naples, Italy. He comes from a family of Italian bankers. His father served as the head of international department of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, an Italian bank which is the world's oldest bank. [2]
He is a graduate of the St. Petersburg Institute of International Trade, Economics and Law with a degree in events economics and jurisprudence. [3]
Prior to his arrival in Russia, Trani served in the Italian Army [2] and was employed as a banker hailing different positions at Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena. [4]
Trani arrived in Russia in 2001 when he saw an advertisement in the Moscow Times about the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). [4] He started out as a senior advisor of small and midsize business development and then as the EBRD representative of the board of directors. [4] He later became the deputy director general of KMB Bank in Russia. [2]
Trani founded the company, Mikro Kapital launched in 2008, a firm which lends loans to small scale and medium-sized businesses in Russia, East Europe and CIS countries. [5] Trani stepped aside from the Board of Directors in 2024. [6]
In 2015, Trani founded the car-sharing service Delimobil. [7] [8] [9] [10]
From 2019 to 2022 he was President of the Italian-Russian Chamber of Commerce [11] [12] [13] [14] In March 2021, The Guardian reported that Trani had helped close the deal on an arrangement in which ten million doses of the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine would be produced in Italy for export to non-EU countries by the end of 2021. [13]
Trani is the recipient of the Order of the Star of Italy. [15]
In 2009, he was appointed as the Honorary Consul of Belarus in Naples. [16] [17] The term as consul expired in 2020 and has not been renewed.