CEO Ferretti Group
Business, Buyer, Buying, Chartering, Design, Discovery, Fleet, Law and Tax, New thinking, Next Gen
Alberto Galassi is Chief Executive Officer of the Ferretti Group, a world leader in the design, construction and sale of motor yachts and ranging from 8 to 90 metres with a portfolio of seven iconic Italian brands: Ferretti Yachts, Riva, Pershing, Itama, Mochi Craft, CRN and Custom Line. In addition, starting from February 2015, Ferretti Security & Defense has been created as the Group’s business division dedicated to naval platforms for security and patrol missions.
Alberto Galassi is attorney at law specialized in International Commerce and Arbitration at the UCLA University.
From 1995 to 1997 Alberto Galassi held the position Board Member delegate to Sales and Marketing at Novico, an industry leader producing medical and healthcare equipment.
In 1998 Mr Galassi became a member of the Piaggio Aero Industries’ Board of Directors, responsible for Marketing and Sales. Piaggio Aero is the only Italian private Company active both in aircraft and aero engines, design, manufacturing and MRO. In 2008 Alberto Galassi was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company and in 2014 has been named Chairman. He left Piaggio Aerospace in 2015 to be fully focused in Ferretti Group.
In June 2012 Mr Galassi joined the Board of Directors at Manchester City Football Club winning its first championship in the same year, 2012.
In late 2013 Mr Galassi has been selected by Weichai Group to join the Board of Directors of the Ferretti Group and in 2014 he has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company
Under Mr Galassi’s leadership Ferretti Group realized a real turn around: the Group 2017 financial cycle registered a consolidated production value equal to 623 million euros in 2017 with a profit growth of 71% in less than 4 years .