Banca Intesa, as the official partner of the second international wine fair “Wine Vision by Open Balkan”, has organized a business event for representatives of the Serbian and Italian wine industries as part of the fair entitled “The Growth of Agribusiness Supported by Intesa Sanpaolo”, joining forces with its parent group to present ways of supporting the development of agriculture and the wine industry in the region, as well as the strengthening of economic and business ties between Serbia and Italy.

The business event brought together representatives of more than 50 Serbian and Italian wine producers, distilleries and distributers, as well as regional hospitality industries and was addressed by Darko Popović, President of Banca Intesa Executive Board; Massimiliano Cattozzi, Head of Agribusiness Department - Banca dei Territori Division, Intesa Sanpaolo; Giuseppe Ferraro, Head of Corporate and SME Department - International Subsidiary Banks Division, Intesa Sanpaolo and Alessandro Amendolito, Head of Asset Quality, NPL and Equity Investment Monitoring of SIMEST, the Italian financial institution for supporting internationalization of Italian companies.

International wine fair “Wine Vision by Open Balkan” is being held in Belgrade from November 16 to 19 for the second year in a row, under the patronage of the governments of Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania, bringing together over 400 wine producers, distilleries and other exhibitors from over 20 countries across the globe. This year, the fair manifestation is supported by Banca Intesa, which is the official partner of the fair and the official sponsor of the segment for organization of B2B meetings.