Agreement between Unicredit and the London Stock Exchange Group to support small and medium-sized enterprises in Central and Eastern Europe. The agreement provides for the creation of the ELITE UniCredit CEE Lounge, a platform that will provide SMEs with integrated services for managerial and organizational development in order to accelerate their growth.
Launched by the London Stock Exchange Group, the ELITE platform, created to accelerate the growth of Europe's most ambitious companies, offers companies high-quality training and coaching services for business leaders.
Initially 14 companies chosen by the bank from its Central-Eastern European network active in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Romania will participate in the new ELITE UniCredit CEE Lounge program born from the agreement between Unicredit and London Stock Exchange Group , Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary.
“We are delighted to partner with the London Stock Exchange Group to facilitate the growth of our SME clients in Central and Eastern Europe by offering them a broad spectrum of training and coaching services to support them in the next stages of their development,” explained Carlo Vivaldi, head of the Central-Eastern Europe Division and deputy chairman of the Management Board of UniCredit Bank Austria.
“The ELITE UniCredit CEE Lounge has been specifically designed – added Vivaldi – to provide all the necessary know-how to companies that can make a difference in tomorrow's world, and to help them make the right investments. UniCredit strongly believes in the growth potential of small and medium-sized enterprises present in Central and Eastern Europe and, by supporting their growth, aims to strengthen its role as trusted partner of these companies, providing innovative services aimed at accelerating their development. ELITE UniCredit CEE Lounge marks a clear step in this direction”.
Raffaele Jerusalmi, CEO of Borsa Italiana and director of capital markets of the London Stock Exchange Group, was also very satisfied with the partnership launched with Unicredit: “The collaboration with UniCredit, through the ELITE Unicredit CEE Lounge, aims to select and accompany in ELITE the more ambitious companies in the countries covered by the agreement to accelerate their growth. We are certain that UniCredit, with its widespread presence in the area and through the privileged relationship with the best entrepreneurial realities in each country, can make an important contribution to the development of ELITE in CEE".
