CLAUDIO ARTUSI

Year of birth:1951
Home addess: Turin.

Educational background: classical high scholl studies, Mechanical Engineering Degree from Turin Polytechnic in 1974

Professional Background

Since May 2001, Managing Director of Sviluppo Sistema Fiera SpA, an ad.hoc company that is overseeing the construction of the New Complex and redeveloping the existing exhibition complex.

1974-1975
Assistant lecturer at Turin Polytechnic

1975-1990
Wabco Westinghouse

1976-1978
Technical-commercial activities

1979
Italian sales manager

1985
Italian and overseas sales manager

1987
In addition to the above, Managing Director of the “controlled” company. Wabco Westinghouse Segnalamento Ferroviario.

1989
Managing Direcotor of Wabco Westinghouse Compagnia Italiana Segnali with an annual turnover of 110 bilion lire and 550 employees, 70% of whom technical university graduates and diploma holders

1990
Following the merge of Wabco Westinghouse and Ansaldo Trasporti, Manager of Ansaldo Trasporti's Segnalamento Business Unit

1992
Deputy Managing Director of Ansaldo Trasporti, Strategies, Development and Marketing Manager.

Three areas are covered:

• Strategic planning
• Marketing and overseas sales
• Transystem (transport engineering company)

1995
Manager of Ansaldo Trasporti's System Business Unit.

This Business Unit acquired, designed and developed “tunkey” transport systems. Annual proceeds totaled 500 bilion lire. Approx. 3000 employees, more than halk of whom university graduates.

The mail projects includes:

•  Construction of the news high speed Rome-Naples line

•  Construction of the news Verona-Venezia high-speed line

•  Genoa Subway

•  Line 6 of the Naples Subway

•  Line 1 of the Naples Subway

•  Circumvesuviana

•  Mancherster Light Rail Transit

•  Birmingham Light Rail Transit

•  Copenhagen automatic subway

2000
Managing Director of Ansaldo Signal, an It company that works in the field of security and automation systems. Annual turnover of 650 bilion lire and 2.230 employees.

The main companies fully controlled by Ansaldo Signal are:

•  Union Switch and Signal – Pittsburg (USA)

•  Union Switch and Signal Pty – Brisbane (Australia)

•  Ansaldo Segnalamento Ferroviario – Genova (Italia)

•  Compagnie de Signaux Transport – Coutaboeuf, Cedex Paris (Francia)

Seminars and publications

Speakers and author of numerous papers on infrastructure design and development and complex system in general in relation to Italian and international law. A special focus is given to the innovative aspects of public-private partnerships and project financing issues