Fabrizio Penna is the new Director General of ISPRA: official inauguration today Following his appointment on 30 July, unanimously approved by the Board of Directors upon the proposal of President Maria Alessandra Gallone, Fabrizio Penna officially takes office today as the new Director General of ISPRA, succeeding Maria Siclari. His term begins at a significant moment in the Institute’s efforts to strengthen its action in support of environmental protection policies, scientific research, sustainable development and territorial monitoring, with the aim of enhancing ISPRA’s role as a technical and scientific reference point for the country, within the European and international context. Fabrizio Penna leaves his position as Head of Department of the PNRR Mission Unit at the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security. Previously, among other roles, he served as an administrative executive at the National Inspectorate for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ISIN), held various positions at the former Ministry of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea (MATTM), acted as MATTM’s Permanent Representative to the Technical Coordination Structure of the Interministerial Committee for Policies Related to Space and Aerospace Research at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, and worked as a Senior Legal and Economic Expert at SOGESID S.p.A. Maria Alessandra Gallone, President of ISPRA and SNPA: “As I thank Maria Siclari for her commitment and professionalism, I would like to extend my best wishes to the new Director General as he takes up his duties, confident that his experience and expertise will help strengthen ISPRA’s ability to address the major environmental challenges of the present and the future”. Fabrizio Penna, Director General of ISPRA: “I would like to thank the President and the Board of Directors for the unanimous confidence they have placed in me. The constitutional protection of the environment is an issue that, today more than ever, requires vision, innovation, collaboration and a sense of responsibility. I will place my passion and experience at the service of the Institute in order to strengthen its administrative and organisational capacity, while enhancing the value of all the professionals who work every day with expertise and dedication. Our commitment will be to consolidate the Institute’s human capital, promote increasingly effective processes and support, with transparency and a practical approach, the technical and scientific mission of the Institute in the service of the country and its institutions”. https://www.isprambiente.gov.it/en/news/fabrizio-penna-is-the-new-director-general-of-ispra-official-inauguration-today https://www.isprambiente.gov.it/en/news/fabrizio-penna-is-the-new-director-general-of-ispra-official-inauguration-today/@@download/image/FABRIZIO+PENNA+DG+ISPRA_SITO.jpg

Fabrizio Penna is the new Director General of ISPRA: official inauguration today

Following his appointment on 30 July, unanimously approved by the Board of Directors upon the proposal of President Maria Alessandra Gallone, Fabrizio Penna officially takes office today as the new Director General of ISPRA, succeeding Maria Siclari.

His term begins at a significant moment in the Institute’s efforts to strengthen its action in support of environmental protection policies, scientific research, sustainable development and territorial monitoring, with the aim of enhancing ISPRA’s role as a technical and scientific reference point for the country, within the European and international context.

Fabrizio Penna leaves his position as Head of Department of the PNRR Mission Unit at the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security. Previously, among other roles, he served as an administrative executive at the National Inspectorate for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ISIN), held various positions at the former Ministry of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea (MATTM), acted as MATTM’s Permanent Representative to the Technical Coordination Structure of the Interministerial Committee for Policies Related to Space and Aerospace Research at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, and worked as a Senior Legal and Economic Expert at SOGESID S.p.A.

Maria Alessandra Gallone, President of ISPRA and SNPA: “As I thank Maria Siclari for her commitment and professionalism, I would like to extend my best wishes to the new Director General as he takes up his duties, confident that his experience and expertise will help strengthen ISPRA’s ability to address the major environmental challenges of the present and the future”.

Fabrizio Penna, Director General of ISPRA: “I would like to thank the President and the Board of Directors for the unanimous confidence they have placed in me. The constitutional protection of the environment is an issue that, today more than ever, requires vision, innovation, collaboration and a sense of responsibility. I will place my passion and experience at the service of the Institute in order to strengthen its administrative and organisational capacity, while enhancing the value of all the professionals who work every day with expertise and dedication. Our commitment will be to consolidate the Institute’s human capital, promote increasingly effective processes and support, with transparency and a practical approach, the technical and scientific mission of the Institute in the service of the country and its institutions”.