Raffaele Castagna

Graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 2004, he currently holds the position of Head of the "Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability, Business Continuity and GBMS" department at Hitachi Rail. Before this role, he served at Ansaldo STS as Construction Manager for the High-Speed Milan-Bologna project, Supply Chain Manager for the driverless metro project in Thessaloniki (Greece), Project Manager for Line 5 of the Milan metro, and later Project Manager for the Autohaul project in Australia (development of the first automatic freight service for Rio Tinto mining company). After several years in Australia, upon returning to Italy, he was initially appointed Head of the Operation & Maintenance unit for railway systems in the Europe and Middle East region at Ansaldo STS. Subsequently, following his involvement in the transformation and creation of the new company Hitachi Rail, he assumed his current global responsibilities. Over the years, he has enhanced his qualifications by obtaining the APICS certification (logistics), Project Management PMP certification, and has participated in various high-level training and leadership courses, including the Authentic Leadership Program at Harvard Business School (Boston, USA).