Enrico Malfa holds a degree in Aerospace Engineering, obtained at Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy) in 1987. He gained experience in international in different industrial sectors, like Aermacchi (aerospace), Italcementi (cement) and ABB (Power).  where he managed a team for new equipment and processes development, supporting the marketing and sales activities of new technologies. In 2002, he joined Centro Sviluppo Materiali (today Rina-CSM), where he became responsible for the branch at TenarisDalmime in 2012. Currently, he is the R&D Director of Tenova, a Techint Group company, a worldwide partner for innovative, reliable and sustainable solutions in metals and mining. He holds several institutional positions, like Chairman of European Steel Technology Platform (ESTEP) Focus Group Circular Economy, he is a member of Technical Group 2 (Downstream Steel Processing) of Research for Coal and Steel, and he is in the board of AFIL (the Association of Smart Factory in Lombardy) and AIM (the Italian Association of Metallurgy)