The shareholders’ meeting of PSA Genoa Investments has approved the renewal of the company offices and the appointment of Dirk Jan Storm as president of PSA Italy, marking the handover from Marco Conforti at the helm of the Italian operating units of the PSA International group. The decision concerns the holding company 72% owned by PSA International and 28% by Fair Market Value Capital Partners and TD Greystone Infrastructure Fund, which controls the group’s Italian activities at the container terminals in Genoa and Venice. Storm, the new regional chief executive for Europe at PSA International, will also take over as president of the Italian operating units. PSA Genova Pra’, PSA SECH and PSA Venice-Vecon, terminals operating in the main ports of Genoa and Venice, fall within the Italian perimeter.
The new board of directors of PSA Genoa Investments will comprise Dirk Jan Storm; Roberto Ferrari, chief executive of PSA Genoa Investments; Terence Lee, regional chief financial officer EM&A; and Pascal Reinards, PSA’s head of corporate development. Jeff Mouland and Danny Hong also sit on the board, representing Fair Market Value Capital Partners and TD Greystone Infrastructure Fund.
Marco Conforti leaves the role of president at the natural end of his three-year term. He was appointed in February 2023 by the board of directors of PSA Genoa Investments, after a long professional career linked to the development of the group’s presence in Italy and Europe. Since 1998, he has supported PSA’s entry into the terminals of Genoa and Venice, described by the company as the group’s first European investments, and went on to serve as senior regional adviser EM&A. Conforti’s profile has been closely tied to the development of Italian port terminal operations and the sector’s representative bodies. During his career, he has held senior roles at Assiterminal (Italian Association of Port Terminal Operators), Confetra (Italian General Confederation of Transport and Logistics) and Feport (Federation of European Private Port Operators). His presidency of PSA Italy took place during a phase described by the company as one marked by deep changes in the terminal sector and international logistics.
During Conforti’s term, the companies of the PSA Italy group consolidated their role in the Italian and Mediterranean port system. In his farewell message, Conforti underlined the work carried out and the solidity of the group’s Italian companies: "I am particularly grateful for the opportunity to have contributed to the development of PSA Italy in recent years," he said. The former president added that he was leaving behind "solid businesses, aware of the challenges under way and ready to face with determination the deep changes affecting port terminal operations and the entire logistics chain". Conforti also pointed to the group’s expertise, industrial vision and capacity for innovation as factors that will strengthen its positioning. Finally, he described the terminals’ next challenges as "a concrete step towards the future", highlighting his contribution to the transformation phase of the Italian activities.
The new president, Dirk Jan Storm, brings to PSA Italy more than 25 years of international experience in finance and general management. His career has developed in complex industrial and multinational contexts, with roles in Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, Africa and Asia. Storm has built expertise in the steel industry and terminal operations, combining industrial management, finance and project development. During his career, Storm has overseen extraordinary transactions, including financial restructuring processes, industrial mergers and the development of major greenfield projects.
The handover at the top of PSA Italy comes as strategic projects are under way at the three Italian terminals: PSA Genova Pra’ and PSA SECH in Genoa, and PSA Venice-Vecon in Venice. The company links the new leadership to the need to take these programmes forward and support the role of the terminals in national container traffic, with particular reference to gateway handling and connections between ports, inland terminals and logistics networks.
