With its 159-year history, a network of more than 12,700 post offices, a workforce of 125 thousand, total financial assets of €569 billion and 35 million customers, Poste Italiane is an integral part of Italy’s economic, social and productive fabric, occupying an unparalleled position in the country in terms of size, recognisability, reach and customer loyalty.
Listed on the Milan Stock Exchange since 2015, Poste Italiane is 29.3% owned by the Ministry of the Economy and Finance (MEF) and 35% owned by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti SpA (CDP), also controlled by the MEF. The remaining shares are held by institutional and retail investors. As of October 2020, the proportion of institutional investors that have pursued their investment objectives by integrating ESG criteria3 was 27%.

Since April 2017, Maria Bianca Farina has been the Company’s Chairwoman and Matteo del Fante its Chief Executive Officer and General Manager.
Poste Italiane is now the largest logistics operator in Italy, and is a leading player in the financial, insurance and payment services sector. 

The Purpose of Poste Italiane: Grow responsibly thanks to the decisive contribution of its people to the sustainable success, innovation, digitisation and social cohesion of the country.
The first half of 2020 was a defining moment in the history of the country and the Company. The benefits of business diversification and operational resilience were confirmed in the emergency of the environment created by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Thanks to its business model, Poste Italiane has been able to guarantee operational continuity, ensuring an uninterrupted service to its stakeholders and showing a strong ability to adapt even in a critical and unfavourable scenario such as the current one. In this context, the extensive collaboration with national institutions continued, making the Company’s operational know-how available to support the logistical activities of the Civil Protection, which are fundamental in the emergency scenario.