Since assuming the role of CEO at RINA in 2002, I have chosen to invest wholeheartedly in the human and expertise capital the company possessed, setting a direction that has remained steadfast and has defined our identity. I have always been convinced that the value of our company lies in the minds and hearts of the people working with enthusiasm, starting with myself.
My task was to transform the Registro Italiano Navale (Italian Naval Register), established in 1861 and operating as a monopoly, into a private company in the TIC sector-Testing, Inspection, and Certification-that could thrive in an open market environment. I designed a strategy to diversify areas of application while maintaining the company’s philosophy of offering competences. Gradually, we expanded into other markets, leveraging the similarities in the technical challenges our clients faced: starting from maritime, we grew into the energy, infrastructure, real estate sectors, and even into space and defense.
I have always believed that our success was tied to the ability to extend our value chain, adding skills that would allow us to offer our clients not just a part, but the whole of the complex services they need. In this way, we differentiated ourselves, becoming ever more valuable and appreciated partners. When RINA underwent a significant transformation in 2011, we enriched our offering, combining certification’s typical control capabilities with assisting clients in executing their projects and developing an engineering branch. Thus, alongside TIC, we introduced Engineering Consulting and continued to grow.
