The Italian Offshore Wind market: macroeconomic scenario, risks and opportunities

Daniel Gros

Daniel Gros is Director of the Institute for European Policymaking at Bocconi University.
Between 2020 and 2022 he was Distinguished Fellow and Member of the Board of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). Before that, was the director of CEPS since 2000. In 2020, he held a Fulbright fellowship and was a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley. In March-June, 2022 he was visiting Research Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute, Florence.
Gros is also currently an adviser to the European Parliament. Previously he worked at the International Monetary Fund and collaborated with the European Commission as economic adviser to the Delors Committee, which developed plans for the euro. He has been a member of high-level advisory bodies to the French and Belgian governments and advised numerous central banks and governments, including Greece, the United Kingdom, and the United States at the highest political level.
He has published extensively on international economic affairs, including on monetary and fiscal policy, exchange rates, banking, and climate change. He is the author of several books and editor of Economie Internationale and International Finance. He has taught at several leading European universities and contributes a globally syndicated column on European economic issues to Project Syndicate. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago.

Carmelo Scalone

Since 2017 he is Chief Growth Officer. Carmelo Scalone leads an international team whose main mission is the expansion of Renantis’ portfolio and international presence, combining greenfield development, acquisitions, entry into new markets and technological differentiation.
He has a degree in Electrical Engineering from the La Sapienza University of Rome and has completed a course in Business Administration at the School of Business Management of the Bocconi University in Milan and an Advanced Management Program at the IESE Business School in Barcelona.
Before joining Renantis in 2017, he was on the Executive Committee of EDF Renouvelables in Paris, with global responsibility for Business Development activities. He has been working in the renewable energy sector since 2000.
Between 2000 and 2007 he held the position of CEO of Gamesa Energía Italia in Rome and subsequently of Executive Vice President of the Gamesa group for the entire Mediterranean region. Between 2007 and 2013, he was Executive Vice President of Business Development at EDP Renewables in Madrid.
He began his career in ABB, in Italy and in Sweden, holding roles of increasing responsibility during 8 years, including that of Chief Commercial Officer in ABB Energy Automation.

Fabrizio Botta

Born in 1982, Fabrizio Botta was awarded a First-Class degree In Mechanical Engineering at the University of Palermo. He went on to complete his studies with a Master's Degree in Business Administration at the MIP Graduate School of Business - Milan Politecnico.
He began his professional career in 2007 at Edison SpA, where he rose to the position of "Project Mechanical Engineer" in the Engineering Department. He joined the Saipem family in April 2010, where he has held three posts in chronological order: Technical Manager for Renewables, Proposal Director, Office of the CEO and Chairman and Area Manager Middle East for Drilling based in Abu Dhabi (UAE). On his return to Italy, he worked as Director of Global Strategy Commercial and Tendering for the Onshore E&C division from 2019 to 2021.
In December 2021, he was appointed Chief Commercial Officer at Saipem.

Silvia Keller

In 1998 Silvia Keller graduated with honors in Economics at the University of Salerno where she completed her studies, becoming Philosophy Doctor (PhD) in Economics of Public Sector. In 2000 she achieved a Master's degree in Sviluppo economico - Istituto Tagliacarne, Fondazione Unioncamere in Rome and began working in the economic regulation department of BLU S.p.A. (mobile phone operator). From 2007 to 2012 she worked as economic consultant in the telecommunications, energy and transport sectors in NERA Economic Consulting.
In 2012 she joined the CDP Group, where she was taking care of investments in the energy sector and has been appointed Head of Circular Economy. Currently, she is Investment Principal in the Energy and Construction team of CDP Equity.