New CEO appointment set to help lead SYSTRA Italy into a future of growth.
SYSTRA has announced the appointment of Erica Calatozzo as chief executive officer of its Italian subsidiary, SYSTRA Italy, with her mandate taking effect on 1 January 2026.
Calatozzo brings 18 years of experience in managing major infrastructure projects and engineering for complex structures. She joined SYSTRA in 2009 and has held numerous senior positions, including chief operating officer of SYSTRA Italy, playing a key role in the integration of the teams from SWS Engineering, acquired in 2021 and in the transformation of the organisation.
Jean-Charles Vollery, CEO of SYSTRA, said: “I would like to express our gratitude to Paolo Cucino and Paolo Mazzalai, who successfully led SYSTRA SWS and then SYSTRA Italy, for their commitment, vision and the values they instilled in all the teams. I have every confidence in Erica Calatozzo’s knowledge of the organisation and expertise, and I am sure she will be able to take the subsidiary into a new phase of its development, based on collaboration, excellence and innovation.”
Speaking to staff at company-wide meetings recently, SYSTRA Italy CEO Erica Calatozzo said: “I truly think that an individual can spark an idea, but only a team can bring it to life for the future. We have a very strong heritage and a very strong base to build our future. My goal is to further strengthen our position in the engineering and design and build sectors, by continuing to invest in our people, commercial activities, in technical excellence and in innovation. The commercial part will be key in the coming years, not only in Italy but also abroad. I assure my complete and full commitment in this new role, and I thank you again for the trust you place in me. Now let’s move forward together with a lot of courage and passion.”
Italy is a key growth market for the SYSTRA Group which has had a presence in the country for nearly four decades. The company’s Italian teams have a high level of expertise in tunnel and underground infrastructure engineering, as well as in design and build. In 2025, SYSTRA Italy entered the Top 10 in the ‘Campioni di Crescita’ ranking, established by Guamari, acknowledging the growth of our revenue over the past five years in the engineering sector.
SYSTRA is currently carrying out numerous design and construction supervision projects in Italy in the field of mobility, including studies for the tramways in Bologna, Rome and Brescia, the Bus Rapid Transit line in Bari, the Taranto railway station and the construction of the Naples to Bari high-speed line and the deployment of ERTMS signalling on railway lines in Italy.
SYSTRA Italy is also a major player in the field of large-scale infrastructure projects, such as the two tunnel projects currently underway in the Alps – the Brenner Tunnel, with a contract to review the civil engineering studies for structures and equipment and the Euralpin Lyon-Turin Tunnel, where SYSTRA is acting as project manager for both the French and Italian sections. The group’s Italian subsidiary has also completed numerous tunnels projects in Italy, Norway, Turkey and Poland, as well as projects involving dams, bridges, roads and buildings.
SYSTRA Italy is also involved in sustainable development projects with the design of new waste-to-energy plants in Sicily and is supporting the design of reconstruction of the historic village of Arquata del Tronto in central-western Italy.
