Rolando Paolone
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Danieli Group
Danieli & C. SpA 

Rolando Paolone graduated as a mechanical technician at A. Malignani Technical High School, Udine, Italy in 1981. He has been with Danieli & C. SpA since 1985, starting as a design engineer in the Long Product Hot Rolling Mills Division (Danieli Morgardshammar). He took on the title of design office team leader in 1989 before being promoted to design office manager of the Rolling Mills Finishing Area in 1994. In 2001, he was promoted to the position of technical director for the Hot Rolling Mill Division for Long Products. In 2006, he was in charge of the Process & Technological Department for the Long Products Division of which he was appointed executive vice president in 2008. In 2014, he became Danieli Research Center executive vice president. In 2017, he was promoted to chief technology officer (CTO) of the Danieli Group and became a member of the Group executive board. Promoted again in 2021, he became Group chief executive officer while retaining the title of CTO. In 2022, he became a member of the ABS board of directors.