Massimiliano Bianco - Chairman
Massimiliano Bianco has been CEO of Suez in Italy since September 2022. Graduated with honors from Bocconi University in Milan, he is a senior executive with over twenty years of experience in Italy in the water service, circular economy, energy and environmental transition, infrastructure and public services locals. Previously he was Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of the multi-utility Iren (2014-2021), listed on the Stock Exchange and one of the main operators of Italian energy and environmental services. Furthermore, he was General Manager of Acquedotto Pugliese (2005-2013), the main operator of public services in Southern Italy and manager of one of the most complex and articulated water infrastructures in Europe. Among the other positions held, that of General Manager of Federutility and CEO/GM of Gallo & C. (Meliorbanca group).
- E-mail: massimiliano.bianco@art-er.it
Roberto Righetti - Director
Roberto Righetti graduated Magna cum Laude in Industrial Economics at the University of Modena in 1988. After many years as a consultant in the fields of Economic Development and Environmental Economics, in 1994 he was employed by ERVET, the regional development agency of Emilia-Romagna. From 1994 to 2008 he worked as an economist and project manager on different fields of analysis (i.e. regional development, human capital, industrial sectors, regional policies). From February 2008 to the beginning of 2019 he served as Chief Operating Officer in Ervet Spa.
In May 2019 he has been appointed director of ART-ER, the Emilia-Romagna Joint Stock Consortium Company, born from the merger of ASTER and ERVET, with the purpose of fostering the region’s sustainable growth by developing innovation and knowledge, attractiveness and internationalisation of the territory.
- E-mail: roberto.righetti@art-er.it
Marina Silverii - Executive Director
Executive Director of ART-ER, expert in coordinating activities and services for technology transfer, research results valorization, skills and talent attraction.
Vice President of the Fondazione Ecosister.
For 10 years, she was in charge of the European Resource Center for Orientation, promoted by the Ministry of Labor and the European Commission.
She is a member of the Technical Scientific Committee of APRE.
On appointment by the MUR, she is an expert member of the Italian Task Force of the EIC and EIE Program Committee within Horizon Europe 2021-2027.
She is a member of the Management Board of the European Association Nereus.
Since July 2023 she has been appointed Member of the Board of Directors ABD – Associazione Big Data
- CV
- E-mail: marina.silverii@art-er.it
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/
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