Change at the top of the Italian company RINA certification and classification. After twenty years Chief Executive Officer Ugo Salerno will step down from Carlo Luzzatto, who has been appointed to this role and to that of general manager of the company and whose appointment will be formalised by the end of this year in conjunction with the finalization of Fondo Italiano d'Investimento's entry into the RINA's shareholding structure ( of 4 August 2023).

In a note, the company specifies that Luzzato "happens, in continuity with the company's strategic line, to Ugo Salerno who remains in office as Executive Chairman' and 'remains an active part of the company's life." The note states that The change "takes place in full coherence with the growth shared with Fondo Italiano d'Investimento, in line with The group's ambition to enter the stock market in the medium term (3 to 5 years)'. 'The turnover - The note continues - represents a natural step in the path of global growth of the group and is part of a phase of great momentum for the company, focused on pursuing the plan efficiency, process efficiency and evolution towards increasingly based business models and services on innovation and ESG principles'.

RINA explains that "Carlo Luzzatto was chosen at the the end of a very extensive selection process that lasted months, which involved several of the best Italian managers, managed by Egon Zehnder who is the world's largest privately owned research company in executives to the world. Engineer trained in the best business school in the world - underlines the company - Luzzatto boasts over Thirty years of experience in the energy, aerospace and Infrastructure. Over the course of his career, he has held top management roles, in Italy and abroad, in public and public companies. such as General Electric, Ansaldo Energia, Chromalloy and Impresa Pizzarotti'.

If Paolo d'Amico, president of the Italian Naval Register, highlighted "that Luzzatto, in his capacity as director delegate, and Salerno, in the role of Executive Chairman, A further boost to the already brilliant growth path of RINA', Davide Bertone, CEO of Fondo Italian Investment Officer, remarked that "Carlo Luzzatto possesses all the necessary skills and experience to RINA's next phase of growth. We are therefore particularly happy - he added - to have collected, with Ugo Salerno and the Registro Italiano Navale, its adhesion to the project and enthusiasts to have him on board right away."