Since July 2026, Raffaele De Marco has been Chief Executive Officer of a.Gas and, since April 2025, Chief Executive Officer of Areti, where he previously served as General Manager. As part of his career at Areti, he has also held the position of Head of Infrastructure Operations and Operational Services, overseeing the operation and efficiency of the company’s electricity network.
Before joining Acea, Mr. De Marco gained significant experience at Italgas, where he held a range of leadership roles across operational management, technical design, and strategic regional oversight. From 2019 to 2020, he was Head of the Naples Hub, with direct responsibility for 20 municipalities in the metropolitan area, managing over 500,000 customers and a team of 200 employees. In this position, he was particularly focused on planning and executing gas distribution initiatives, ensuring high standards of efficiency, safety, and sustainability.
Between 2017 and 2018, he was Head of the Piedmont Hub, overseeing operations across 215 municipalities in the Piedmont and Aosta Valley regions, serving 320,000 customers and managing a workforce of approximately 110 employees.
From 2016 to 2017, he led the technical design of bid proposals for strategic areas (including TO2 and Belluno), developing executive projects and conducting environmental, seismic, and fluid dynamic analyses for gas networks and related facilities.
From 2015 to 2016, he headed the Umbria Operations Center, with responsibility for 46 municipalities and 115,000 customers. From 2013 to 2015, he was in charge of the Molise Operations Center, managing 21 municipalities. In both roles, he ensured service continuity, emergency response readiness, and compliance with assigned budgets.
Between 2012 and 2013, he worked as Head of Monitoring and Operational Support at the Italgas headquarters in Naples, where he was responsible for technical and economic reporting for the Southern District. Earlier in his career, he gained operational technical experience as Plant Coordinator in Barletta (2010–2012) and as an Electro-Instrumental Technician in Turin (2008–2010), where he contributed to an innovation project for the remote reading of gas meters.
In June 2026, he was appointed Cavaliere dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic) in recognition of his professional career.
Mr. De Marco holds a degree in Mechatronic Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Turin and earned a Green Belt – Lean Six Sigma certification from the MIP Politecnico di Milano in 2018.
