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Gianfranco Battisti (Fiuggi, 19 January 1962) is Chief Executive Officer and General Director of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. from 31 July 2018.
Education
Battisti has a degree in Political Science and International Economics and Management.
Career
Gianfranco Battsti began his career in 1988 working for the Fiat Auto S.p.A. Group in the Marketing/Sales Department. Ten years later, in 1998, Battisti joined the FS Group as Head of Marketing and Yield Management for the Night Product. He then took on positions of increasing importance, including that of Marketing/Sales Director.
From 2009 Battisti has been a member of the Board of Directors for Artesia S.p.A. (until 2011) and Chief Division Officer of the National and International High Speed Passenger Division of Trenitalia (until 2017). During 2017, under his watch, the passengers of High Speed increased to 10 million. Thanks to this achievement he received the Global Award WTM.
From 2017 to October 2018 Battisti has been Chief Executive Officer of FS Sistemi Urbani.
Since July 2019, Gianfranco Battisti has been Chairman of Fondazione FS.
He has been a member of the EWC Management Committee “Community of European Railways and Infrastructure Managers” since February 2019, being reconfirmed in September for the 2020-2021 two-year period. Battisti has been a member of the European Management Committee of the UIC (Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer) since September 2018.
From July 2017 to May 2020, he has been the National President of Federturismo, the Federation of Confindustria that unites companies in the sector both at a national and international level, with institutional, governance and representation tasks.
Honors&Awards
In London in 2009 came the Global Award WTM—presented by Boris Johnson—for business development strategies in High Speed in Italy. Since 2010, he has been Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. In 2019, Battisti received the Excellent award, award given to prominent personalities who have distinguished themselves all around the world thanks to their contribution to the enhancement of the Italian brand, as a strategic asset of the national economy. In November 2019, Battisti was appointed by the European Commission for Transport as “European Ambassador for Diversity”, with the role of promoting a strategy of inclusion in the transport sector. In 2009 Battisti received the Global Award WTM (World Travel Market) for business development strategies in High Speed in Italy.