Gianfranco Battisti

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Born| 1962 (age 61-62)

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Nationality| Italian
Occupation| Businessman
Known for| CEO and general manager of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane

Gianfranco Battisti (Fiuggi, 19 January 1962) is an Italian corporate executive. Since 31 July 2018, he has been chief executive officer and general manager of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A..[1][2][3]

## Contents

* 1 Education
* 2 Career
* 3 Other roles covered
* 4 Acknowledgements
* 5 Honours
* 6 References

## Education[edit]

Battisti has a degree in Political Science and International Economics and Management.[4]

## Career[edit]

Gianfranco Battisti started his career in 1988 with Fiat S.p.A. in marketing management.[1]

Ten years later, he joined Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. as head of marketing and revenue management for night trains, eventually coming to fill roles of increasing importance such as marketing director.[5]

As of 2009, Battisti held the roles of director of the company Artesia_(railways)|Artesia S.p.A (until 2011) and director of the national and international passenger division along with that of high speed for Trenitalia (until 2017). During the same year, Gianfranco Battisti led the process that brought 10 million passengers to high speed, for which he also received the Global Award WTM (World Travel Market).[6][7]

From 2017 to October 2018, he was chief executive officer of :it:FS Sistemi Urbani|FS Sistemi Urbani.[8][9][10]

In July 2018, Battisti was appointed chief executive officer and general manager of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A..[4][3]

Since 31 July 2019, he has been chairman of the :it:Fondazione_FS_Italiane|FS Foundation.[11]

In March 2020, he presented the 2019 FS Italiane Group financial results, with more than 12 billion euro in revenues and 584 million in net profit, recording the best business result to date.[12][13]

## Other roles covered[edit]

He is a member of the management committee of Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER).[14][15] In October 2019, Battisti also joined the CEO’s Call to Action, the appeal for sustainable development launched by the international network CSR Europe to business leaders. He was also appointed ambassador for promoting diversity in the transport sector.[16][17] From July 2017 to May 2020,[18] Battisti served as national president of Federturismo, a Confindustria federation that unites companies in the sector at a national and international level.[19] He is part of both the committee of reference for the European University of Rome,[20] and the management committee of the Associazione Nazionale Onlus Incontradonna that deals with the prevention of breast cancer.[21]

## Acknowledgements[edit]

In London in 2009, he was awarded the Global Award WTM (World Travel Market) for the development of the high speed business in Italy.[22]

## Honours[edit]

Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana)- Order of Merit of the Italian Republic[23]

Knight of the Order of Merit of The Italian Republic (Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana)- Order of Merit of the Italian Republic[23]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gianfranco Battisti, manager di lungo corso tra Fs e turismo" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
2. ↑ "Perché il governo ha cambiato in corsa i vertici di Ferrovie dello Stato" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "FS appoints new board including Battisti as CEO". Retrieved 9 July 2020.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Chi è Gianfranco Battisti, il nuovo amministratore delegato di Fs" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
5. ↑ "Battisti, manager di lungo corso tra Fs e turismo" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
6. ↑ "Chi è Gianfranco Battisti, nuovo ad di Ferrovie" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
7. ↑ "Chi sono Battisti e Castelli, i nuovi vertici scelti per Ferrovie dello Stato" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
8. ↑ "Chi è Battisti, il nuovo amministratore delegato di Fs" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
9. ↑ "Management" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
10. ↑ "Cda FS: Battisti nuovo ad e Castelli presidente" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
11. ↑ "Rinnovato cda Fondazione Fs italiane: Battisti presidente" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
12. ↑ "Battisti: il 2019 è l'anno migliore della storia del gruppo Fs Italiane" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
13. ↑ "Gianfranco Battisti Ad e Dg: "Il 2019 è l'anno migliore del Gruppo FS Italiane"" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
14. ↑ "CER Management Committee elections" (PDF) (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
15. ↑ "Fs, l'ad Battisti nel management commitee delle Ferrovie europee" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
16. ↑ "Federturismo - Governance" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
17. ↑ "Gianfranco Battisti nuovo presidente Federturismo" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
18. ↑ "Federturismo Confindustria: Marina Lalli è la presidente designata" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
19. ↑ "Federturismo, Gianfranco Battisti eletto presidente" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
20. ↑ "È nato il comitato di riferimento dell'Università Europea di Roma" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
21. ↑ "IncontraDonna - Governance" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
22. ↑ "Fs trionfa a Londra" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Quirinale" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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