Bio

Marco Cristoforo Camporeale leads the maritime strategy and business development team for Inmarsat, the world’s leading provider of global mobile satellite communications and a major player in the market for digital and technological solutions to the marine and offshore industry.

Marco holds an Executive Master degree in Business Administration from the BI Norwegian Business School, and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic of Bari.

Marco brings with him a wealth of experience spanning from designing and engineering (he is co-inventor of patented designs) to leadership and business management.

In a decade with Rolls-Royce Marine, he held key positions including Vice President Engineering for Motion Handling Solutions where he led a team realizing technological solutions for the Marine and Offshore industry, and as Vice President of Intelligent Asset Management, he led a team realizing digital solutions for condition and performance management for the Marine Industry as well as the transformation towards autonomous ships.
More recently, Marco headed Maritime Digital at Inmarsat, pushing the boundaries of digitization at sea powered by Inmarsat platform connectivity and IoT solutions. 

Today, Marco, as Senior Director Growth Markets, leads a team of senior strategy and business development managers to keep seafarers connected, anytime, anywhere, without compromise and ensure the highest levels of security, safety, crew welfare and accelerate digital transformation. 

In addition, Marco has been a board member of Inspire To Action, an organisation exploiting digital capabilities in edutainment with the intent to communicate an engaging message of sustainability.