Webuild CEO

Pietro Salini has been the Chief Executive Officer of Webuild S.p.A. since July 2012; He is also the Chief Executive Officer of Salini SpA, a member of the Executive Council of Assonime, of the General Council and Steering Committee of Confindustria, and of the Board of Directors of Ispi (Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale). 

Born in Rome in 1958, after graduating in 1985 in Economics and Business Administration from La Sapienza University of Rome, he began his career in the infrastructure sector, working for the family company Salini Costruttori SpA, becoming in 1994 its Chief Executive Officer. 

In 2013, he was appointed the "Cavaliere del Lavoro" prestigious title, and in 2022 he earned an honorary degree from the University of Genoa in “Civil Engineering”, and one in "Humane Letters" from the University of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.

The Group, with a history of 120 years, since Pietro Salini has led it has transformed from a family company into an international large infrastructure player, through a decade-long internal development and acquisition journey.  In 2020, a final milestone brought to life Webuild as we know it, with the integration of Astaldi and the entrance of CDP Equity and of the main Italian financial institutions as shareholders of the Group.