Gherardo Tani

Gherardo Tani serves as Global Vice President of Procurement at Hitachi Rail STS since August 2019, previously holding the position of Head of Global Commodities at Ansaldo STS, a Hitachi Group Company, from December 2010 to August 2019. During this tenure, Gherardo managed a team of over 20 procurement professionals with an annual spend responsibility of $440 million across various global commodities, including Power Supply, Telecom, Signaling, and Auxiliary subsystems. Gherardo has also held leadership roles in procurement across multiple regions such as the Middle East, Turkey, Australia, Malaysia, China, and India. Prior experience includes serving as India Sourcing Manager and in Operations and Supply Chain at Finmeccanica Group Services from January 2002 to November 2010. Gherardo holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Sapienza Università di Roma and completed a program in Finance and Accounting for the Nonfinancial Executive at Columbia Business School in 2015.