Italian Company backed by a Technological Leader

Katsunori Tanaka joined Takasago Machinery works of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.(MHI) in1988. Majority of his career in MHI has been with gas turbine and steam turbine development and design, including geothermal projects. He has served as Head of Takasago Machinery Works of MHI. He has been Senior Fellow, President of GX Solutions, and Senior Chief Engineer of Energy Systems of MHI.

Hiroshi Matsuda joined Kobe Shipyard and Machinery Works of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.(MHI) in 1985. Majority of his career in MHI has been with nuclear energy businesses and he stationed in the US from 2011 to 2013 where he was SVP at Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems Inc., a subsidiary of MHI. From 2017 to 2020, he held the role of General Manager and later Vice President, Nuclear Energy Systems Division of Power Systems. Since 2020, He has been Senior Vice President, Vice President of Energy Systems in MHI. In 2023 he is appointed as new Chief Regional Officer for the EMEA at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group.

Yasutoshi Maeda began his career at the Yokohama Dockyard and Machinery Works of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) in 1996, dedicating the majority of his tenure to finance-related roles. From 2015 to 2018, he served as Co-Head of Finance at Primetals Technologies, Ltd. After his tenure as General Manager of Financial Management Department No. 3 from 2021 to 2023, he held the position of Senior Manager at MHI's Integrated Defense and Space Systems from 2023 to 2025. As of October 2025, he holds the position of General Manager of Financial Management Department No. 1 at MHI.

Paolo Bertuzzi holds a Ph.D. from the Università Cattolica of Milan and a degree in Business Administration from the University of Brescia. He is a subject expert in Business Economics and Management and was a contract professor in Risk Management at the Department of Business Administration at the University of Brescia from 2001 to 2006. Turboden quotaholder since 1999 and General Manager  in charge of the financial and commercial activities coordination from 2009 up to January 2014. Since February 2014, he is CEO & Managing Director of Turboden.

Roberto Bini earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano. He has been with Turboden since 1984, becoming a company quotaholder in 1989. Since then, he has been deeply involved in company management and development, as General Manager for the Technical Area from 2009 to 2014. Since February 2014, he is Managing Director being in particular responsible of Turboden R&D activities.

Mario Gaia graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1968 at Politecnico di Milano. In 1971 he joined the Research Team of Prof. G. Angelino: together with him he did research on Organic Rankine Cycle Thermodynamics and design. He served as Associate Professor at the Energy Department until 2007, being active in the field of ORC and, in general, in Renewable Energy Technologies Research. In 1980 Mario Gaia founded Turboden. He has been committed to the company all along its growth, with a preference for the technical and scientific aspects, being Managing Director until January 2014.

Alessandro Foresti graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano in 1968. He began his career in R&D at Alfa Romeo car company, and, later, joined the Techint Group where he worked in Italy, Argentina and Mexico, handling projects for the metal and energy industry. From 1994 to 2000, he was Chief Operating Officer of Techint Technologies (now Tenova). From 2000 to 2002 he was General Manager of Plant & Technology at the steel industry Tenaris and General Manager of Mirant Italia from 2003 to 2005. He was quotaholder and Managing Director of Turboden from 1995 up to February 2014.