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Giovanni Cerchiarini

Giovanni Cerchiarini is the current Head of International task forces, integration of acquired businesses into the
Operations at Terna Group, after joining in 2017. larger organisational structure, and optimisation of
Giovanni devoted most of his career to Saipem, a global business processes with a focus on a more regional
leader in engineering, procurement, construction and model. Giovanni was subsequently appointed Senior
installation of complex onshore and offshore projects in Vice President of Project Executions in 2011, Deputy
the oil & gas, power and infrastructure industry sectors, COO in 2012, and Country President & CEO in 2013.
where he served in a number of leadership capacities. He has successfully managed a portfolio of projects
Giovanni began his professional path with the company with a yearly turnover exceeding US$ 6B.
in 1990 as Site Superintendent, and he rapidly In 2014, Giovanni joined the Indian conglomerate
progressed to more senior roles, including Construction Larsen & Toubro as Board Director, where he led the
Manager, Project Manager and Project Director in International Hydrocarbon Mid- & Downstream
various jurisdictions. Business. Giovanni was in charge of managing all
Within ten years, Giovanni was promoted to Operations international onshore projects, with a total value of US$
Manager Onshore in Nigeria, a position which expanded 1.5B, and of establishing a standalone international
his responsibilities to include all onshore projects within organisation that would eventually consolidate both the
his region. Four years later he became the country’s company presence and performance in the GCC
Managing Director. His responsibilities included region, as well as developing new markets throughout
overseeing all regional operations and project Africa, CIS, and the Far East, focusing on culturally
acquisitions, defining bid strategies and execution driven organisational change.
schemes, as well as promoting locally the interests of In 2016, Giovanni joined GE Grid Solutions as projects
the Saipem Group, and coordinating the development General Manager. Giovanni has been a key player in
of assets and facilities in line with local requirements. transforming the GE Grid SAS Project Management
In 2008, Giovanni further progressed from regional roles organisation, leading his team to implement a project
to global positions at the company’s headquarters and execution model with global functional COEs to ensure
embraced a wider range of responsibilities, including sharing of expertise, process consistency and execution
integration of several business units, development of support across different Regions.
project execution models, organisation of large project

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