Vincenzo Trani (born May 18, 1974) is an Italian businessman. He is the founder of the Russian car-sharing company
Delimobil.
Early life and education
Trani was born on May 18, 1974, in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
. 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.
He is a graduate of the
St. Petersburg Institute of International Trade, Economics and Law with a degree in events economics and jurisprudence.
Prior to his arrival in Russia, Trani served in the
Italian Army
"The safeguard of the republic shall be the supreme law"
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and was employed as a banker hailing different positions at
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena.
Career
Trani arrived in Russia in 2001 when he saw an advertisement in the
Moscow Times
''The Moscow Times'' is an independent English-language and Russian-language online newspaper. It was in print in Russia from 1992 until 2017 and was distributed free of charge at places frequented by English-speaking tourists and expatriates su ...
about the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
He started out as a senior advisor of small and midsize business development and then as the EBRD representative of the board of directors.
He later became the deputy director general of KMB Bank in Russia.
Trani founded the company, Mikro Kapital launched in 2008, a firm which lends loans to small scale and medium-sized businesses in
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
,
East Europe and
CIS countries
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional intergovernmental organization in Eurasia. It was formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It covers an area of and has an estimated population of 239,796,010. ...
.
In 2015, Trani founded the car-sharing service
Delimobil.
From 2019 to 2022 he was President of the
Italian-Russian Chamber of Commerce In March 2021,
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
reported that Trani had helped close the deal on an arrangement in which ten million doses of the Russian
Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine
Sputnik V (russian: Спутник V, the brand name from RDIF) or Gam-COVID-Vac (russian: Гам-КОВИД-Вак, the name under which it is legally registered and produced) is an adenovirus viral vector vaccine for COVID-19 developed by ...
would be produced in Italy for export to non-EU countries by the end of 2021.
Awards and achievements
Trani is the recipient of the
Order of the Star of Italy
The Order of the Star of Italy ( it, Ordine della Stella d'Italia ) is an Italian order of chivalry that was founded in 2011. The order was reformed from the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity by the 11th President of Italy, Giorgio Napoli ...
.
In 2009, he was appointed as the Honorary Consul of
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
.
The term as consul expired in 2020 and has not been renewed.
See also
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Italy–Russia relations
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Delimobil
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Carsharing in Moscow
References
External links
Official website
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1974 births
Italian businesspeople
Italy–Russia relations
Transport in Moscow
Living people