Pier Lorenzo Dell’Orco holds a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from La Sapienza University of Rome, an Executive Certificate in Management & Leadership from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, and a Professional Certificate in Capital Markets from the New York Institute of Finance.

He has been working in the energy sector for thirty years.

Since 2020 he has been Chief Executive Officer of Italgas Reti, the largest subsidiary of the Italgas group, the leading gas distribution operator in Italy. Following the completion of the acquisition of the company 2i Rete Gas, the second largest national distribution operator, in April 2025 he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the acquired company.

In 2024, he was appointed a member of the governing board of Eurogas, the leading trade association of European gas industries, which has over 100 member companies on the continent.

Since 2023 he has been Vice President with responsibility for the gas distribution chain of Proxigas – National Association of Gas Industry, the main Confindustria association in the sector.

Since 2023 he has been a member of the Consultation Committee of the PhD in Energy of the Polytechnic University of Turin, an institution with which he has been actively collaborating for years on numerous energy-related study, research and development fronts. Since the end of 2024, he has also been a member of the Advisory Board of the Department of Excellence 2023-27 for the energy and digital transition of the Politecnico di Torino.

In January 2025 he was appointed as a member of the Advisory Board of the II level University Master in Leadership and Digital Transformation (DAOSan), promoted by the University of Salerno and delivered jointly with the Center for Advanced Defense Studies/University School of Advanced Studies.

Within the Italgas group, he has previously held the position of director of various subsidiaries active in the distribution and sale of gas and energy efficiency.

He actively participated in the M&A dossier relating to the privatization of Greece’s gas distribution networks, which saw in September 2022 the acquisition by the Italgas group of the entire stake held by the Greek State in the Depa Infrastructure corporate group, now Enaon. Upon completion of the transaction, he was appointed as the Chairman of Italgas Newco, a sub-holding company of the Italgas group that holds the acquired shareholdings.

Previously, he held strategic management roles in other leading national companies in the energy sector, listed and unlisted, acquiring a deep knowledge of infrastructure and the energy market.

From 2007 to 2016 he worked in Sorgenia S.p.A., holding roles of increasing responsibility in the commercial field, first as the Head of Business Development, then as the Director of Customer Management and finally as the Sales & Marketing Director, holding full responsibility for the commercial marketing and sale of electricity, gas and value-added services to end customers.

From 2004 to 2007 he was the Head of Engineering at Edipower S.p.A., leading the design and awarding of turnkey contracts (EPC) for the implementation of projects for the repowering of the electricity production plants, previously managed by ENEL.

From 1995 to 2004 he was a Project Manager at Edison S.p.A., leading projects for the construction of new power plants based on combined cycle technology powered by natural gas.

He is fluent in English, having achieved the highest CEFR C2 level in 2022 and, previously, a Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) issued by the University of Cambridge in 1987.