Paolo Pietrogrande

Director, Board of Directors

Paolo Pietrogrande is Chairman, Element Power Solar, where he is contributing with his 30 years of experience in alternative energy and corporate management and his direct supervision of the development and operation of over 4000MW of renewable energy projects around the world, inclusive of 200MW solar power plants.

Mr. Pietrogrande is also a Board member of Ryanair PLC (Nasdaq: RYAA), Camco International (AIM:CAO), Amka Onlus and Link2, and sits on the advisory committees of several companies. He is a founding partner of Netplan Management Consulting and has held CEO position with Enel Green Power (power generation in Italy, North and Latin America, $7B market cap), Executive Chairman with Gamesa Solar/9REN Group (solar contractor and clean energy investor), Chairman with Atmos Holding (Cleantech Venture Capital), CEO with NCA (shipbuilding) and CEO with CISE (energy R&D). Paolo has also held executive positions at General Electric, Bain and Company, and Kinetics Technology International B.V. (petrochemical engineering). At KTI Paolo initiated his professional career as junior process engineer in the R&D division in California, in 1981, working on fuel cells, hydrogen generation and advanced combustion systems.

Paolo received his Doctorate in Chemical Engineering from Università di Roma, and received management education at Insead, at California Institute of Technology and at GE Learning Center.