Gianpietro Benedetti

Gianpietro Benedetti started his career at Danieli & C. in 1961, after graduating from A. Malignani Technical Highschool, (Udine, Italy) as a design engineer in one of the technical offices. In 1963 he became a project engineer and by 1966 he was plant start-up engineer. With 1968, he was promoted to manager of the Rolling Mill Process and Roll Pass Design offices and by 1976 to the Research & Development Director, becoming the Sales Director in 1982. He was appointed Danieli Group Managing Director in 1986, 4 years later he ascended to Group President and CEO. From October 2003 he gained his current title as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Danieli Group. Since September 26, 2017 he is also Charmain of the Executive Board of Danieli & C S.p.A. With many years of experience leading the company, he maintained the corporate heritage, guided a transformation process and established a path towards continuous growth. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Acciaierie Bertoli Safau S.p.A. (Italy) since 1994 and of Friuladria Bank (Crédit Agricole Group) from April 2013 to December 2018. Also, a former Member of the Board of Directors of Friuladria Bank (Intesa BCI Group). Gianpietro Benedetti has received honorary degrees from three different universities: in 2000 in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Trieste, in 2016 in management engineering from the University of Udine and in 2018 for International Business from the MIB School of Management of Trieste. With strong beliefs towards the regional education system, he is the president of “ITS – Technical Secondary School – New made-in-Italy Technologies, Mechanical and Aeronautics Section” of Udine since September 2010. In June 2006 the National order of Chivalry made him a knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, the highest ranking honor awarded for “merit acquired by the nation”. In 2018 in recognition of his leadership in steelmaking technology and plant building over four decades, he received the Tadeusz Sendzimir Memorial Medal from AIST (Association for Iron & Steel Technology, U.S.A.). In addition to the MI.DA® Micromill, Gianpietro Benedetti is the holder of other numerous patents for steelmaking machines and processes and over 80 inventions have been registered under his name.