Piero Manzoni

He has been an independent Director of Snam since 27 April 2022.

He graduated in mechanical engineering, specialising in Technology, from the Polytechnic University of Milan and obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Bocconi University of Milan.

He is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Neoruralehub, Chief Executive Officer of Neorurale SpA, companies focused on climate change and biodiversity, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Simbiosi Srl, Vice-Chairman of Confindustria Cisambiente, Member of the European Land Owner & Friends of Countryside, Member of the Board of the Life Sciences Group in Assolombarda.

In 2022, alongside Tamburi Investment Partners and as founder and CEO, he created Simbiosi S.r.l., a company whose objectives include the optimisation of the use of natural resources such as water, soil, air, energy, materials and biodiversity within the agri-food supply chain, and the efficiency of the food cycle (From Farm to Fork and Back to Farm Again), according to the principles of circular economy. The Simbiosi mission is also to offset the effects of climate change with nature-based solutions (NBS) for the use of clean and renewable energy that can be stored, emissions management systems that use artificial intelligence, and environmental blockchain systems to measure decarbonisation in production processes, absorption systems for CO2 in the soil according to regenerative ecosystem practices, production of fertilisers and soil conditioners from organic waste fractions, aimed at the development of regenerative farming models according to natural principles, and much more.

From 2009 to 2016 he held the position of Chief Executive Officer and General Manager at Falck S.p.A. and Falck Renewables S.p.A.

From 2006 to 2009 he was the Chief Executive Officer of Atel Energia S.p.A. (now Alpiq), also holding the position of Member of the World Energy Council Italia.

From 2001 to 2006 he worked for Siemens Italia, holding, among others, the position of Managing Director at Siemens Power, Chairman of Telegyr S.p.A., and Chairman of Fiat Avio Power Service and Chairman Vatech Italia, as well as being a member of WEC Italia.

From 1994 to 2001 he held various managerial positions in Italy and abroad and, among other things, he was the CEO and Country Manager of ABB Asea Brown Boveri Libia in Tripoli following his position as General Manager of the Power Solutions Business Area of ABB Italia.