Our management

Alessandro Brussi earned two degrees: in Business Economics in 1986 and Political Science in 1990, at the University of Trieste, Italy. After working as a researcher at the University, he was employed by the auditing company Coopers & Lybrand for a few years, where he performed mandatory certification of financial statements for companies such as Assicurazioni Generali and Fincantieri, as well as the duties of senior analyst in both national and international merger & acquisition transactions. Since 1991, he has been working in Danieli & C., where he performs the administrative, accounting and fiscal duties. He has been appointed as officer in charge of the corporate accounting documents, administrative/financial duties for the parent company, the consolidated financial statements for the Danieli Group, and relations with subsidiaries and affiliates. He is also Risk Manager and Investor Relator. In 2015, he joined the Board of Directors of Danieli & C., gaining additional executive powers. He has been a member of the Danieli Group Executive Board since 2017, and in 2019, he became Vice President of the Board of Directors. As of May 14, 2024, he is serving as the acting Chairman of the Danieli Group.

Benedetti Camilla studied at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, where she earned a degree in Economics and Management. Before joining Danieli she worked at Ernst & Young, primary as an auditor assistant, then as a senior auditor. Her duties were to ensure the accuracy of the company’s financial reporting and budgeting and to coordinate the customer-facing auditing teams. She started her career in Danieli in 2008 as a Management Controller for the European and American subsidiaries. Subsequently she was promoted to Operational Coordinator for the Compliance Project responsible for analyzing, monitoring and defining the remedial actions regarding the company’s flows and processes. In 2012 she became a Head of Accounts Payable Department and Cash Office. In 2015 she was in charge of Organizational Development of the Danieli Group in the field of Human Resources with a mission to define the human capital management process in terms of organizational development and training. In 2016 she elevated to the position of Head of Human Resources. She has been a member of the company’s Board of Directors since 2015, member of the Board of MIP, Polytechnic of Milan - Graduate School of Business from 2016 to 2024, as well as member of the Scientific Committee of the MIB in Trieste- Graduate School of Business. Today, she holds a position of the Board Director of the same school. The company appointed Mrs. Benedetti as Vice Chairwoman of the Danieli Board of Directors in 2017. On January 1st 2022, she was appointed Vice Chairwoman of ABS with responsibilities in IT, HR, and Controlling, and later was promoted to President of ABS on October 25th of the same year.

Giacomo Mareschi Danieli graduated in Electrical Engineering at Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy in 2005. His career started at the Danieli Group steelmaking division Acciaierie Bertoli Safau (ABS), focusing on a deeper understanding of the steelmaking process. Later, he spent different years on Danieli construction sites worldwide, including three years in Abu Dhabi and two years in Ukraine, assuming his first the role of project coordinator and then becoming site manager, responsible for the Interpipe Project. Next, he joined the Danieli Thailand team, the largest affiliate of the Danieli Group at the time. This experience culminated with his appointment as CEO of Danieli Thailand in 2012, focusing on the improved efficiency and specialization to compete in the SEA market. In 2015 he returned to the group headquarters and took over the management of the Danieli Plant Engineering department, aiming to consolidate the commercial activities for multi-product line projects, meanwhile managing product lines such as Cranes, Hydraulics, Environment, and Centro Metallics. In 2009, he became a member of the Board of Directors of Danieli & C. and since 2017 he has been a Chief Executive Officer of Danieli & C. and member of the Danieli Group Executive Board.

Rolando Paolone graduated as a mechanical technician at A. Malignani Technical High School, Udine, Italy in 1981. He has been in Danieli & C. since 1985, starting as a design engineer in the Long Product Hot Rolling Mills Division (Danieli Morgardshammar). He took on the title of Design Office Team Leader in 1989 before being promoted to Design Office Manager of the Rolling Mills Finishing Area in 1994. In 2001 he was promoted to the position of Technical Director for the Hot Rolling Mill Division for Long Products. In 2006 he was in charge of the Process & Technological Department for the Long Products division of which he was appointed Executive Vice President in 2008. In 2014, he became Danieli Research Center Executive Vice President. In 2017, he was promoted to Chief Technology Officer of the Danieli Group and became a member of the Group Executive Board. Promoted again in 2021, he became Group Chief Executive Officer while retaining the title of CTO. In 2022, he became a member of the ABS Board of Directors.

Mrs. De Colle has been with Danieli since 1963. Her role in administrative and accounting sector was expanded when she took the position of the Head of Industrial Accounting and Management Control of the company. In 1981 she was commissioned to set up and launch the Production Planning System starting from the Machine tool operations up to the Assembly lines for the steel industry plants. In 1982 she was appointed to Company Executive. In 1984 she became General Manager of Danieli Natisone, a subsidiary which sells and designs cold finishing lines. In 1991 she assumed the position of Deputy General Manager of the Danieli & C. that put her in charge of production, Purchasing Department, Warehouses and activities related to incoming semi-finished parts and shipping of pre-assembled plant parts. In 1999 she was appointed Member of the Board of Directors with executive powers. She has been Chairwoman of the Acciaierie Bertoli Safau SpA since 2003 and she held a position of Deputy Chairwoman of the Danieli Group from 2003 until 2017. Mrs. De Colle takes an active role in passing decisions as a representative of the Board of Directors and Group Executive Board.

After graduating with a degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University in Milan in 2004, Anna Mareschi Danieli began her career at Monte dei Paschi Banque in Paris. In 2005, she moved on to the position of Financial Analyst at UMCC (Unicredit Medio Credito Centrale), the investment bank of the Unicredit Group. She joined the Danieli Group in 2007, holding positions with increasing responsibility, heading the Legal and Finance Department over the following years. In 2008, she became a member of the Board of Directors of Danieli India in Chennai, a position she still holds. In 2017, Mareschi Danieli was elected President of Confindustria Udine and since 2018 has held important positions in the region, such as being a member of the Board of Directors of the Burlo Garofalo Foundation, the CRO of Aviano Foundation, and Promos Italia S.c.r.l. On a national level, she has been a member of the General Council of Confindustria since 2018. From 2019 to 2022, she was a member of the Board of Directors of Simest and from 2020 to 2022, Chairman of the Risk Committee of the same Board. Since 2020, Anna Mareschi Danieli has been Vice-Chairwoman and a member of the Board of Directors of ABS — Acciaierie Bertoli Safau S.p.A., the steelmaking division of the Danieli Group with direct responsibility for Finance, Administration, Management Control, IT and Legal departments. In 2023, after obtaining an Executive MBA from the University of Udine, she was elected President of Confindustria Slovenia and became a member of the Advisory Board of the Luiss Business Hub of the North-East. Since 2024, she has been a member of the Board of Directors of Fidimpresa FriulVeneto, as well as the member of the Advisory Board for the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Italy. In October 2024, she joined the Board of Directors of Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A.

Marco Di Giacomo began his career at Danieli & C. in 1987 as a Technical Supervisor and Commercial Manager, overseeing spare parts sales in Italy and the Middle East. Over the years, he advanced through positions of increasing responsibility, including Spare Parts Commercial Director (1994-1997) and Vice President of Danieli Service (1997-2000). In 2000, he was promoted to Executive Vice President of Danieli Service, where he coordinated global activities and held board positions in multiple international subsidiaries, such as Austria, China, and Italy. From 2016 to 2019, he served as Executive Vice President of Group Sales & Marketing, leading sales, Key Accounts, as well as Marketing and macro-planning. In 2019, he took on a special Executive Vice President role to spearhead a development project. Since 2020, Di Giacomo has been the Executive Vice President of Procurement & Logistics, overseeing direct and indirect procurement and logistics across the organization. Di Giacomo has almost 40 years of experience in the steel industry and has been a member of the Danieli Group Executive Board since 2024.

Antonello Mordeglia graduated in Electronic Engineering at Assumption University of Bangkok, Thailand in 1996. He worked for 11 years at Ansaldo Industria as a HW design engineer and start up engineer in marine, paper, cement, metals industries. In 1992 he moved to Thailand as a branch manager of Ansaldo. In 1996 he transferred to ABB as an Asia Pacific Regional Manager. In 2000 he joined Danieli Group as a Central Sales Manager for South-East Asia and between 2004 and 2012 he became responsible for Danieli Group Central Sales. In 2013 Mr. Mordeglia moved to Danieli Automation and he was appointed Chief Executive Officer. Thanks to his 14-year experience he has been appointed to lead the Danieli Engineering Japan, that functions as an excellence center for project management and engineering development for the Danieli Group. In 2004 he was nominated a Knight of the Republic of Italy and in 2017 he was awarded the Honorary Degree in Engineering, Electrical Energy and Systems from the University of Trieste. Since 2017 he has been a member of the Danieli Group Executive Board.