Paolo Pietrogrande

Implementing radical corporate changes, restructuring and repositioning large organizations

Paolo Pietrogrande - Partner Netplan
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Managing Partner, Netplan Management Consulting, LLC, implementing radical corporate changes,
restructuring and repositioning large organizations and
Chairman and CEO of Sofinter Group, world leading supplier of Steam Generation Systems for Oil & Gas
and Power generation
Chairman of Romagna Trasporti, leading italian low temperature transport and logistic operator
Chairman of Edera, Development and Facilitation of advanced civil engineering solutions
And member of the Board of Directors of:

  • MAPs Group SpA (stock listed big-data management, Italy)
  • Massimo Motors (stock listed US based recreational vehicles)
  • Fundacion Hospitalarias (specialized, Spanish hospital operator)

Chemical engineer by training, past positions as CEO or executive Chairman include

  • Enel Green Power (world largest renewable energy producer)
  • EGEA (multi utility, 1M customers in Northern Italy)
  • 9REN/Gamesa Solar (a Spanish project developer, engineer, contractor and investor of renewable
    energy projects)
  • Element Power Solar (developer of large solar power projects in Europe, North and Latin America,
    headquartered in Portland, Oregon)
  • Solopower (high tech manufacturer, Silicon Valley, California)
  • Nuovi Cantieri Apuania (commercial ship building in Italy)
  • CISE (energy R&D)
  • GOVECS GmbH (German manufacturer of premium electric scooters)
  • Atmos Holding SpA (Cleantech Venture Capital)
  • Solar Energy Italia

Vice Chairman of

  • CHI Energy (Independent Power Producer, Connecticut)
  • EGI (IPP, Costarica and Latin America)

Held senior executive positions at General Electric, Bain and Kinetics Technology International BV (now part
of Technip). At KTI Paolo initiated his professional career as junior process engineer in the R&D division in
California, in 1981.
Served, among others, in the Boards of Directors of Pirelli, Ryanair, Camco, Iren, SMRE, Ducati Motor,
Neodecortech, Falck Renewables (now Ebara) (all stock listed at the time), Trinergy and ENI Acqua and as
Scientific Director of the Executive Master in Business Administration of Bologna Business School,
Università di Bologna, where he still regularly teaches leadership skills. Teaches Corporate Economics and
Sustainable Governance at Universita’ di Salerno, and has taught at Columbia University (NYC), Luiss
(Roma), Isida (Palermo).
In his function as CEO of Enel Green Power, he received the Platts/Business Week 2002 Global Energy
Award for the Renewables Company of the Year.
Paolo received his Doctorate in Chemical Engineering from Università di Roma, received management
education at California Institute of Technology, at Insead and at GE Learning Center in Crottonville.

Among his publications

  • “Le Rinnovabili sono un business?” in the textbook “Future Energy, Future Green”, Mondadori Università, 2017;
  • “Energia Verde per un Paese Rinnovabile”, 2nd edition 2007, Muzzio editore;
  • the hydrogen technology section of “Fuel Cell Systems”, Plenum Press, 1993.