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Francesco Macrì has been President of Leonardo since 7 May 2026. Born in Arezzo in 1973, with a degree in law, he has gained significant administrative and managerial experience in various industrial and service sectors, with particular reference to the telecommunications, local public transport, energy, environment and infrastructure sectors. Since 2023 he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Leonardo, where he has been part of the internal board Committees for Nominations and Governance and Sustainability and Innovation. Since 2025 he has been National Vice President with Delegation for Energy and President of the Biogas and Strategic Fuels Department of Cisambiente Confindustria, the Italian reference association for private companies operating in the environmental and renewable energy sector. Since 2023 he has been Executive President of Estra, the fifth Italian multi-utility operating in the energy sector, where, from 2016 to 2021, in addition to the role of President, he held various positions within the group, including Board Member of Estracom, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gas Marca and Estraclima. Since 2023 he has also been National President of Confservizi, a confederation representing 600 public service companies and more than 300,000 employees. Previously, from 2022 to 2026, he was an Executive of the Simtel Group, a general contractor operating nationally and internationally in the IT, infrastructure and Data Centre sectors, while from 2021 to 2025 he held the role of Delegated Councillor at the company Piccini Paolo, operating in the oil sector for liquid fuels and the management and distribution of gaseous fuels for automotive use. Since 2018 he has been President of ITS Energia, Ambiente e Sostenibilità della Toscana and national coordinator of the ITS network in the energy supply chain, and since 2016 he has been at the helm of Utilitalia, the employers' federation of Italian Utilities operating in the energy, environmental and water sectors. Among other experiences, from 2006 to 2016 he held the role of
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