Autostrade per l'Italia
Autostrade per l'Italia is one of Europe's leading concessionaries for the construction and management of toll motorways, with around 3,000 km of network managed in Italy.
Autostrade per l'Italia's equity is divided as follows:
- HRA : 88,06%
- Appia Investments S.r.l. : 6,94%
- Silk Road Fund : 5%
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Autostrade per l'Italia Group
The Autostrade per l'Italia group includes four other motorway concession companies and eight companies that provide ancillary services to the core motorway business and play a key role in implementing the Company's transformation plan.
Concessionaries
The motorway concession companies in the Autostrade per l'Italia Group are:
- Società Italiana per Azioni per il Traforo del Monte Bianco (51%) operator of the Italian part of the tunnel (5.8 km)
- Raccordo Autostradale Valle d'Aosta (47.97% owned by Società Italiana per Azioni per il Traforo del Monte Bianco) a link road between Aosta and Mont Blanc (32.4 km)
- Tangenziale di Napoli (100%) serving the Neapolitan metropolitan area (20.2 km)
- Società Autostrada Tirrenica (99,99%) managing the Livorno-Rosignano-San Pietro in Palazzi section and the Civitavecchia-Tarquinia section for a total of 54.8 km.
Other Companies of the Group
- Movyon (100%), which operates in the areas of research and development and integration of hardware and software systems in the field of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
- Tecne * (100%), which coordinates the design, construction management and monitoring of the maintenance and investment plan, in partnership with Movyon
- Amplia which is involved in the construction, maintenance and modernisation of roads and the development of road paving materials and technologies
- Elgea which is involved in the production and sale of energy from renewable sources.
*Company name: Tecne – Gruppo Autostrade per l'Italia
- Free-to-Xperience** which deals with innovative services related to sustainable mobility and environmental sustainability
- AdMoving (100%) which markets advertising space and services and manages events in service areas
- Essediesse Società di Servizi (100%) which manages the administrative, general and real estate services for the whole Group and the debt collection and toll billing activities
- Giovia (100%) which carries out cleaning activities on external yards, green areas and toilets in about 70% of the Service Areas of the ASPI network
** Company name: Free-To-X
Corporate governance
Management
Elisabetta Oliveri
She graduated from classical high school in 1982 with a final mark of 60/60 and in 1987 she obtained a Degree in Electronic Engineering at the University of Genoa with a final mark of 110/110 cum laude and recommendations for publication.
After obtaining a scholarship in Operating Systems from DEC - Digital Equipment Co., followed by an experience as a RW specialist, she started her working carrier at Marconi Plc, an Italian and international leading group in electronic communication systems for defence and Telco, where she worked from 1991 to 2001. After a career in the technical field, in which she developed a solid experience in high-tech R&D software, she was appointed manager of the “IP, Voice and Data Networks Test Division” for the Group and after that, she was appointed Senior Vice President Strategy of Marconi Mobile S.p.A.
In 2001, she joined Sirti, a leading engineering group of telecommunications networks, wired networks, installations for railway lines and local public transport and systems integration. From 2001 to 2003, she held the position of Director of ‘Strategic Planning and Business Development’, taking care of defining the company’s strategy and planning the evolutionary process in order to diversify the Group both in terms of supply and market. In 2003, she was appointed General Manager of the Group, with wider responsibilities in commercial, technical and operational fields, but also Managing Director of Sirti Progetto Reti S.p.A., Board of Directors of Sirti Sistemi S.p.A., and she continued to climb the ladder until she reached the position of CEO.
In 2011, she joined Gruppo Fabbri Vignola SpA, firstly as General Manager, and in 2012 she was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Group. The company, world leader in the fresh food packaging sector, with factories in Italy and Switzerland and worldwide sales both through subsidiaries and through a wide network of partners, was awarded by the SME Observatory / Global Strategy as “Excellent Company” by their profitability results achieved in the five-year period 2012-2016.
Since 2019, she has been Chairwoman of Sagat S.p.A., the management company of Turin’s “Sandro Pertini” Airport, of which she was Board of Directors in the three-year period 2016-2019.
Since May 2022, she has been Chairwoman of Autostrade per l’Italia S.p.A.
Since 2010, she has held the position of Board of Directors in important Italian and international companies.
She currently holds the following positions:
- ERG S.p.A: Board of Directors, member of the Control, Risk and Sustainability Committee
- TREVI FINANZIARIA INDUSTRIALE: Chairwoman of the Appointments and Remuneration Committee and member of the Committee for Transactions with Related Parties
- STELLA S.p.A.: Board of Directors
- INDUSTRIE DE NORA S.p.A: Board of Directors, Chairwoman of the Appointments and Remuneration Committee, Member of the Committee for Transactions with Related Parties
- CIR S.p.A.: member of the Control, Risk and Sustainability Committee
In the past:
- From 2011 to 2014: Board of Directors of ATM – Azienda Trasporti Milanesi S.p.A. From 2011 t 2013: Chairwoman of the Supervisory Body
- From 2010 to 2019: Board of Directors of SNAM SpA, in which she held the positions of Chairwoman of the Control and Risk Committee and Chairwoman of the Remuneration Committee, at different times.
- From 2012 to 2019: Board of Directors of GEDI SpA, Lead Independent Director, Chairwoman of the Control and Risk Committee and member of the Committee for Transactions with Related Parties.
- From 2012 to 2016: Board of Directors of EUTELSAT S.A. and member of the Audit Committee.
- From 2014 to 2019: Board of Directors of Gruppo BANCA FARMAFACTORING SpA, Chairwoman of the Remuneration Committee and Chairwoman of the Committee for Transactions with Related Parties.
- From 2019 to 2021: Board of Directors of FINCANTIERI SpA, Chairwoman of the Sustainability Committee, and member of the Remuneration Committee
In addition to her professional career, since 2009 she has been involved in social and solidarity engagement through her activity in the Furio Solinas Onlus Foundation, of which she is founder and Chairwoman. The Foundation is a non-profit organisation carrying out charitable and support activities for those in need, with particular attention to minors and to the community.
She was appointed Cavaliere al Merito of the Italian Republic.
In 2016, she was awarded by Federmanager – Aldai with the prize “Merito e Talento”
Gianluca Ricci
Gianluca is the Head of MAM’s Real Assets business in Italy and is based in Milan. Gianluca is responsible for MAM’s investment activities in infrastructure and renewable energy sectors in the region. His role involves reviewing investment opportunities, leading engagement with key stakeholders, and managing MAM’s existing portfolio of investments including Autostrade per l’Italia and Open Fiber.
Gianluca has over 20 years of experience in corporate finance and joined Macquarie in 2022 from CDP Equity, the equity investment arm of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, where he was Head of Investments and Equity Portfolio Management. In this role, Gianluca oversaw investment and asset management activity for direct equity investments made by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti and CDP Equity. Gianluca has previously served on the Board of Fondo Italiano d’Investimento SGR, Italy’s largest private institutional investor, and led the M&A practices of various investment banks in Italy, including HSBC among others.
Gianluca graduated in Economia and Legislazione per l’Impresa at Bocconi University in Milan with honours and attended the Master in Business Administration from the University of Michigan as visiting scholar.
Roberto Tomasi
He graduated with honours in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Padua. He has been Chief Executive Officer of Autostrade per l'Italia since February 2019. During his career, he has held important managerial positions both in the operations industry and as managing director in the design and construction of major investments and in the management of complex multinational companies. Upon starting his professional career, he improved his education with important experiences, including: an Executive Program at the Harvard Business School, in the USA; an International Executive Program at INSEAD, France; and a Master's degree in Finance and Project Control at SDA Bocconi in Milan.
He gained his first professional experiences in the Engineer Corps of the Italian Army, in the military vehicles division at IVECO, and then at FIAT AVIO, in the Heavy-Duty division, where he worked in an international context. In 1996, after a short period in the service of Nuovo Pignone - GE Group - he joined the ENEL Group, covering various managerial roles and gaining an experience of approximately 20 years, during which he held multiple roles of increasing responsibility.
- 1998-2001 - VP BU La Spezia-Genova power plants
- 2001-2004 - SVP CCGT Power plants 7 GW Enel Group
- 2004-2006 - SVP Procurement Major Project Enel Group
- 2007-2014 - EVP Engineering and Construction Thermal Power & Nuclear conventional island Plans Enel Group
- 2014-2015 – EVP International Coal Power Plants Enel Group
He joined Autostrade per l'Italia in July 2015 and held the position of General Director for New Works until 2018. Since February 2019, he has been the new Chief Executive Officer of Autostrade per l'Italia, leading the process of corporate renewal and transformation.
The new corporate transformation plan is characterised by a profound "change management" programme, which entails hiring over 2900 new resources and changing the entire managerial team at the different levels of the Group.
Mr. Tomasi's management strategy aims at transforming ASPI from a pure concession holder to an integrated operator bringing about a powerful industrial transformation through multiple players:
MOVYON | is the leader in the development and integration of Intelligent Transport Systems solutions and a centre of excellence for research and innovation of the Autostrade per l'Italia Group. |
TECNE | manages key engineering projects for the evolution of the network and coordinates asset design activities, works management and monitoring of the maintenance and investment plan. |
FREETOX | deals with the development and provision of innovative services related to sustainable mobility and environmental sustainability. |
AMPLIA | deals with the construction, maintenance, restoration and modernisation of infrastructures and the development of materials and technologies for road paving. |
ELGEA | operates in the generation of clean energy by enhancing the surfaces around the motorway network and focusing on technologies and systems capable of producing renewable energy. |
A great deal of effort has been put on creating a new concept of the approach to business, now based on the digitalisation of processes and assets. Finally, Mr. Tomasi is shaping a new vision of a future-oriented Company which aims to become a real operator of integrated mobility by building an industrial plan which, in addition to investments and maintenance in a medium-long term perspective, will invest in new skills to cope with the sustainable transformation of mobility, restoring Autostrade’s reputation of a national and international leading player: this will be based on a new ethics of behaviours, on transparent actions and on the ability to respect corporate commitments.
Nicola Allocca
He holds a degree in Economics from the University Federico II and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Hult International Business School in Boston.
He is Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Committee of Business@OCSE (BIAC) and a member of the SIGA (Sport Integrity Global Alliance) Permanent Committee on Anti-Corruption in Sport.
He began his career in 2001 as an auditor with Arthur Andersen. In 2003 he joined FINMECCANICA S.p.A. as Senior Internal Auditor. Since 2005 he has had international working experiences (Brazil, EU, UAE, China) in multinational companies such as Accenture and Dufry International LTD, mainly in the areas of risk management, performance improvement and strategic consulting. In 2012 he returned to Italy as Director Risk Advisory Services for EY, and from 2015 to 2020 he participated in the reorganisation of Thyssenkrupp Acciai Speciali Terni in the role of Governance Director & Business Continuity Officer. In June 2020 he joined Autostrade per l'Italia where he currently holds the position of Risk, Business Integrity, Resilience Director & Quality and Anticorruption Officer.
Massimiliano Arces
In 1997, he graduated with honours in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering. After initial experience in geotechnical design firms, in 1999 he joined Arthur Andersen and then Deloitte & Touche, where he worked as a business consultant – in the field of HSE and social responsibility - supporting major Italian industrial companies.
From 2005 to 2008 he worked as a manager at Det Norske Veritas - a ship classification company and world leader in risk management and safety improvement solutions - where he strengthened his environmental and safety management skills in important national and international contexts.
In May 2008 he joined the Astaldi Group, where he gained significant international experience in the HSE management of complex infrastructure projects and where, until 2020, he held positions of increasing responsibility in the parent company, including HSE Manager, Sustainability Manager and head of Organisation and Integrated Management Systems.
He is a lecturer in dozens of masters and specialisation courses, including several EMAS and Ecolabel schools and, most recently, the Executive Programme in Compliance Management at Luiss Business School in Rome.
Since 2020 he has been a manager at Autostrade per l'Italia, part of the Group's transformation process focused on cultural and organisational growth in the area of Health, Safety and Environment.
He has been Group HSE Director since September 2023.
Fernando De Maria
He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Federico II University. He started his career at Fiat Auto in 1998 as team leader for the new Panda dashboard module.
In 2001, he joined Leonardo and started taking on increasing responsibilities in operations and sales. He has consolidated his experience in core business activities such as Aerostructures, Military Aircraft, Helicopters and Radar, often thanks to long periods spent abroad.
In 2019, he was Chief Executive Officer of FATA Logistic Systems and in 2020 of Leonardo Deutschland GmbH.
In January 2021, he joined Autostrade per l'Italia as Business Unit Operations Director.
Luca Fontana
Graduated in Mechanical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, he worked from 1996 to 2017 at Foster Wheleer first as Project Director and then as Chief Executive Officer of the South East Asia Area and Senior Vice President for Asia Pacific. In 2017 he became Chief Executive of AECOM Project & Construction Management, Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. After more than 25 years of international experience in the management of major projects, in 2020 he joined Autostrade per l'Italia as Engineering and Construction Business Unit Director to lead investment projects on the network, from the implementation of new infrastructures to the modernisation of existing ones.
Amedeo Gagliardi
He graduated in Law from La Sapienza University in Rome. He is a lawyer with a background in legal counselling on public works and operational assignments within the high-speed railway construction group and leading construction companies. Before joining Autostrade per l'Italia he held the position of Head of Legal Affairs of Italferr, a company of the FS Group. He joined Autostrade per l'Italia in May 2007, where he initially worked in the purchasing and procurement department, later joining the company's Legal Department in 2012. In January 2015, he was appointed ASPI’s Head of Legal Affairs. He is also Director in some of the Group's subsidiaries and Chairman of Amplia Infrastructures.
Danilo Gismondi
He graduated in Economics and Business from Tor Vergata University.
He began his career in 1995 as a freelancer, working on various projects, first on management control systems, then as a Business Analyst on ERP systems.
In 2003, he joined Trenitalia SpA as IT Program Manager in the logistics and maintenance area. Over the years, he took on roles of increasing responsibilities until being appointed Chief Information Officer in January 2011, launching the company's digital transformation plan. In November 2019, he took on the role of Chief Information Officer and Executive Systems Director of the West Coast Partnership rail franchise in the UK, participating in the start-up of the new rail service on the west coast of the UK. In August 2020, he returned to Italy and took on the role of Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of FSTechnology, the FS Group's in-house company for the development and management of information systems. Since May 2022, he has held the position of IT Director and Digital Transformation Officer of Autostrade per l'Italia Group.
Gianluigi Iacobone
Gianluigi Iacobone was born in Canosa di Puglia in 1979 and he graduated in Economics and Commerce. He joined Autostrade per l'Italia in January 2005 and is currently the Director of Studies and Strategies and Head of the CEO Office. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Movyon. He was Deputy Director of Purchasing and Procurement between 2021 and 2022.
From 2020 to 2021, he was a member of the Board of Directors of one of the service subsidiaries of the Group (Giove Clear). He has more than 15 years' experience in planning and control, with various roles and responsibilities both in the control of the company's business and human resources and in the management of other group companies, contributing to the redesign of processes, the definition and continuous improvement of reporting and the development of models and KPIs for measuring performance. After his graduation in 2003, he became a contract researcher in economics and innovation management at the Department of Economics of the Gabriele D'Annunzio University of Pescara, where he worked on national, sectoral and territorial innovation systems until January 2005.
Andrea Oglietti
He holds a degree in Economics from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan and a Master’s degree in Regulation from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
After a brief period in London in 1999 at British Telecom Plc, where he worked on regulatory aspects concerning wholesale offers, at the end of 2000 he joined the energy sector regulator ARERA (Autorità di Regolazione per Energia Reti e Ambiente - Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment), where he worked on the regulation of infrastructure tariffs. At ARERA, he was Director of the Infrastructure Directorate from 2012 to January 2023. Between 2008 and 2012 he was also a contract lecturer at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, teaching a course called Economics of market types.
Since February 2023 he has been Regulatory Affairs Director at Autostrade per l'Italia.
Gian Luca Orefice
He graduated in Law from the University Federico II. He started his career at Deutsche Bank in 1997 dealing with legal affairs and labour relations. In 2004, he joined ACEA SpA, first dealing with industrial relations and then as human resources manager of the parent company and some subsidiaries. In 2006, he joined Alenia Aeronautica, initially dealing with Labour and Industrial Relations and then taking on increasing responsibilities until 2015, when he took on the role of HR & Organisation Director. In those years, he had the opportunity to be in the frontline in the management of the projects launched for a major transformation of Finmeccanica's Aviation Sector. In 2017, he was appointed HR & Organisation Director of Leonardo's Helicopters Division, also holding positions in several subsidiaries. Since 2020 he has been Head of the Human Capital & Organisation Department of Autostrade per l'Italia Group. He is also a director of some of the Group's subsidiaries.
He actively collaborates with important associations and initiatives for the development and enhancement of professional identity, especially as a member of the board of directors of Valore D Association, Mentor for the Mentoring Guido project promoted by Luiss and member of the steering committee of the Distretto Italia project promoted by the ELIS Consortium.
Piergiorgio Peluso
He graduated in Economic and Social Sciences from Bocconi University, he joined Mediobanca in 1994 in the Holdings Department.
In 1998, he joined Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), where he managed complex transactions in the credit and utilities sectors.
In 2002, he joined the Capitalia Group, where he was responsible for the Corporate Division of the banking group. Following the acquisition of Capitalia by Unicredit, he took on the role of Head of Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) for Italy and Chief Executive Officer of the Group’s Corporate Bank.
In mid-2011, he joined Fondiaria SAI as General Manager.
In 2012, he left the insurance field to join the telecommunications sector, in particular Telecom Italia Group (TIM), where he held the position of Chief Financial Officer of the Group.
He has been Chief Financial Officer of Autostrade per l'Italia since 2nd March 2023.
Riccardo Pugnalin
Riccardo Pugnalin
As of 1 May 2023, Riccardo Pugnalin has been the Director of External and Institutional Relations, Communication and Marketing of Autostrade per l'Italia.
Born in Milan in 1962, Riccardo has over 30 years of experience in the field of communication and institutional affairs. From 2020 to April 2023 he served as External Affairs Director and member of the Executive Committee of Vodafone Italia, in charge of institutional, regulatory and network security affairs. Between 2008 and 2020, he held various positions at Sky Italia, rising to the position of Executive Vice President - Communications, News and Public Affairs. Previously, he held positions and offices of increasing responsibility in other companies and groups such as BAT Italia and Fininvest.
Alessandra Vari
She graduated in Economics and Business Administration from La Sapienza University in Rome.
She started her career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen, where she also gained experience in business consulting. In 1995, she joined Ferrovie dello Stato Group in the newly established Audit Department and then moved to the Administration and Accounting Department with increasing responsibilities. In 2010 she was appointed Head of the Audit Department of Trenitalia until September 2022, and then took up the same position at Rete Ferroviaria Italiana. She was member of the Supervisory Board of Trenitalia, RFI and Trenord; the Supervisory Board of Netinera, a Berlin-based sub-holding operating in regional rail transport; the Arbitration Committee of AGENS, a trade association (transport and services) of the Confindustria system.
Since 1st February 2002, she has been Head of the Internal Audit Department of Autostrade per l'Italia.
