Gianpietro Benedetti

Danieli- Chairman

Benedetti Gianpietro started his career at Danieli & C. in 1961. From 1976 was appointed Director to the Research & Development, becoming the Sales Director in 1982. He was appointed Danieli Group Managing Director in 1986, 4 years later he ascended to Group President and CEO. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Acciaierie Bertoli Safau S.p.A. (Italy) since 1994.

Mr. Benedetti has received honorary degrees from three different universities: in 2000 in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Trieste, in 2016 in management engineering from the University of Udine and in 2018 for International Business from the MIB School of Management of Trieste.

In June 2006 the National order of Chivalry made him a knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, the highest ranking honor awarded for "merit acquired by the nation". In 2018 in recognition of his leadership in steelmaking technology and plant building over four decades, he received the Tadeusz Sendzimir Memorial Medal from AIST (Association for Iron & Steel Technology, U.S.A.). In addition, Mr. Benedetti is the holder of numerous patents for steelmaking machines and processes and over 85 inventions have been registered under his name.

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