Ida Mercanti

Born in Rome on 3 August 1960, married with one child.

Since 1 June 2025 she has been Secretary General for IVASS.

She graduated summa cum laude in Economics and Business from La Sapienza University of Rome.

She joined the Bank of Italy in 1989 and was assigned to the Banking and Financial Supervision Area, where she was involved in the supervision of smaller banks. She contributed to strengthening and expanding the supervisory tasks attributed to the Branches of the Bank of Italy.

In 2006, she managed the division competent for changes in the ownership structure and access to the Italian market for new and foreign banks and financial intermediaries.

In 2013 she became Head of the Crisis Management Division for banks, dealing with the management of special administration and liquidation procedures.

In 2014 she was appointed Deputy Head of the Consumer Protection and Anti-Money Laundering Directorate, tasked with overseeing the transparency and fairness of banks and financial intermediaries’ conduct, combating money laundering, assisting the Banking and Financial Ombudsman, and promoting and creating financial education schemes. From 2018 to 2021 she was first Head of the Financial Intermediaries Supervision Directorate, then of the Banking Supervision 1 Directorate, in charge of supervising significant banks under the Single Supervisory Mechanism.

From 25 October 2021 to 31 May 2025, she was Deputy Director General for Financial Supervision and Regulation at the Bank of Italy.