Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG) has appointed its current general manager, Marco Galbiati, as the new CEO, while former CEO Dario Deste remains the company’s president.
Galbiati has been FMG’s general manager since 2018. In that capacity he has been heavily involved in all aspects of the business and its efforts to grow the workforce in support of important commercial and military contracts.
He started his business career in 1996 with Sapio Group, an Italian market leader in the industrial and medical gases sector, where he served as the group financial controller.
In 2007, Galbiati joined Fincantieri, where he served as a leader in various financial departments, ultimately rising to be head of financial planning and controls for the two most prominent business units: Naval Vessels and Cruise Ships.
Galbiati earned a degree in Economics from the University of Pavia.
Deste has served as FMG’s president and CEO since 2018, and was recently promoted to lead Fincantieri’s Naval Vessels Division.
Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG) serves commercial and government customers in the U.S., including the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, and maintains three shipyards (Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding and Fincantieri ACE Marine) all located on the Great Lakes within an hour from Green Bay.
