Biography

Dalinda Clemente has been a Director at the Bank of Italy since 2019 and, as of April 2026, supports the Head and Deputy Head of the Anti‑Money Laundering Supervision and Regulation Unit.

She holds a degree cum laude in Political Science from Sapienza University of Rome and completed an advanced course in Banking and Securities Market Policy and Legislation. She joined the Bank of Italy in 1999 and has held several positions in banking regulation, licensing, ownership structures, and on‑site supervision, including Asset Quality Reviews.

Her experience includes key roles within the European Single Supervisory Mechanism, where she acted as Local Coordinator of Joint Supervisory Teams for major Italian banking groups and contributed to strategic projects, including the establishment of Italian cooperative banking groups. From 2019, she led the Banking Groups Division IV, overseeing the supervision of foreign banks in Italy and contributing to the supervision of major G‑SIBs within the SSM.

Since 2022, she has worked in the area of Anti‑Money Laundering and Counter‑Terrorist Financing supervision, leading Division I at the Anti-Money Laundering Supervision and Regulation Unit and overseeing AML supervision of the largest banking groups and securities market intermediaries. She also coordinated preparatory work for the FATF Mutual Evaluation of Italy (2024–2025).

She regularly participates as a speaker in academic and professional seminars and conferences.