Pino Spadafora
Marine Market Development Vice President
RINA Services S.p.A.

Pino Spadafora currently serves as Marine Market Development Vice President at RINA Services S.p.A.
After a career as a principal surveyor for new buildings (including passenger ships, cargo ships) and existing ships of all kinds, after he has acquired strong experience in fleet management principles, classification services, advisory services, project management, key account management, and customer service,
Pino shifted his focus to the development of the company at global level.
Currently, Pino's responsibilities encompass both group strategy and external corporate development, commercially and technically. He is specifically responsible for translating the group strategy across business streams into a group-wide plan and ensuring its consistency with the group's vision and mission. Working closely with the Group’s CEO and each individual business stream, Pino's role is to identify potential partners for RINA to collaborate with and grow the group.
In terms of global commercial direction and revenues achievement, Pino provides strategic guidance to the worldwide commercial force, ensuring alignment with the RINA’s overarching goals.
Pino defines and oversees the RINA’s marine pricing policies, ensuring competitive positioning while safeguarding profitability.
In terms of industry collaboration and representation, Pino leads collaboration initiatives with the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS), ensuring active participation and alignment with global industry standards and regulations. He represents RINA in external forums and various international organizations, fostering relationships with key stakeholders and driving strategic partnerships.
Pino coordinates the Center of Excellence for the development of new services within RINA, ensuring alignment with market trends and customer needs. He drives innovation by identifying emerging opportunities in the marine industry and spearheading the development of services to capture these opportunities.
experience focused on all aspects of the marine industry, including environmental and regulatory matters.
Previous employment
Mr. Spadafora joined RINA in May 2000, before than he was working as responsible of the purchasing at Errebi S.r.l., he has been after responsible for the Taurus Agency of the on-hire / off-hire inspection of the container vessels in Gioia Tauro Port, and acting as responsible of the new building projects for the Italian Coast Guard under the Italian Minister of the Transportation.

Qualifications
Mr. Spadafora holds a Master of Science in Naval Architecture.
He holds also several statements of recognition issued by Schools and Agencies, among other the one issued by SDA Bocconi School of Management about the marketing of services.