UniCredit to discuss on June 1 choice of headhunter for new CEO

UniCredit to discuss on June 1 choice of headhunter for new CEO

Italy's biggest bank by assets said on Tuesday its Chief Executive Federico Ghizzoni would step down and asked Vita to start the succession process.

Candidates tipped for the job of CEO include Frenchman Jean-Pierre Mustier, a former Societe Generale and UniCredit executive, UBS's investment banking boss, Andrea Orcel, and Merrill Lynch's Italy chief, Marco Morelli.

(Reporting by Francesca Landini)

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