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CESI: Domenico Villani succeeds Matteo Codazzi as the new CEO

October 28, 2022

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MILAN, Italy, Oct. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today the Board of Directors of CESI (Centro Elettrotecnico Sperimentale Italiano, Italian Experimental Electrotechnical Center) SpA, chaired by Guido Bortoni, appointed Domenico Villani as the new CEO of the firm. Villani takes over from Matteo Codazzi, who leaves the firm to pursue new skilled alternatives.

Domenico Villani, who joined CESI in 2006, has thus far held the roles of Executive Vice President of the Testing, Inspection and Certification Division and Chief Executive Officer of IPH GmbH and FGH E&T GmbH – the two German corporations of the Group – of KEMA BV Arnhem, in Holland, and of ZKU, in Prague. Villani can also be a member of the Board of Directors of CESI USA, as properly as Vice President of CIGRE Italia and Advisor of the Italian Electrotechnical Committee (CEI) and of the Circular Evolution Association. Previously, he labored at Siemens, VATech and Schneider Electric.

“I wish to thank the shareholders for the trust they have placed in me. After many years, it was decided to directly select a CESI manager for this role; this is an important signal of consideration for the capabilities of CESI, a solid company with interesting development prospects. The energy sector is changing rapidly and is offering us several opportunities. The skills and dedication of our people put us in the best conditions to achieve these goals,” commented the new CEO.

Matteo Codazzi wished to increase his appreciation to the shareholders and his colleagues in CESI: “My thanks go to the shareholders and the Board of Directors who in recent years, with their trust, gave me the opportunity to carry out my assignment in the best possible way. A special thought goes to all my colleagues: working with all of them has been a real privilege for me. Indeed, it is first and foremost due to their commitment that CESI has proudly transformed itself from a center of technological excellence into an actual multinational service provider supporting the energy transition, with offices and laboratories all over the world.”

Finally, with regard to the change, President Bortoni acknowledged: “I congratulate the new CEO, Domenico Villani, and I thank Matteo Codazzi, also on behalf of the entire Board of Directors, for the efforts he devoted to CESI. I am also pleased that the shareholders voted for the appointment of Domenico, a manager with much experience of the company, since he comes from CESI’s interna corporis (from within CESI). I am confident that he will be able to lead the company as a whole, and also value the Consulting Division, “sister” of the Testing Division where he carried out his professional work. As of now, I assure my convinced support to the new CEO, to whom I extend my personal best wishes, as well as those of all the Board.”

For over sixty years, CESI (Centro Elettrotecnico Sperimentale Italiano) has been providing its clients, positioned in additional than 70 nations round the world, companies in the discipline of innovation, digitization, testing and engineering, as properly as consultancy in the electrical energy sector and in civil and environmental engineering. In explicit, by its KEMA Labs Division, the Group is world chief in the unbiased actions of testing, inspection and certification of parts and programs for the electrical energy and digital sector. Finally, CESI is amongst the few corporations in the world which develop and produce superior photo voltaic cells for house purposes.

The firm’s key purchasers are Power Generation Companies (GenCos), Transmission and Distribution System Operators (TSOs and DSOs), worldwide producers {of electrical} and digital parts and programs, non-public traders, public establishments (governments, public administrations, native authorities) and regulatory authorities. In addition, CESI works in shut cooperation with worldwide monetary establishments, such as World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Bank, Asian Development Bank and Arab Fund.

CESI has workplaces in Milan, Arnhem (NL), Berlin and Mannheim (GE), Chalfont and Knoxville (USA), Prague, Dubai, Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai (China), Santiago de Chile.