Ulderigo Zona | Hitachi Rail

Ulderigo Zona leads the Safety, Health, Environment, Quality business unit at Hitachi Rail. Under his accountabilities also reports Business Continuity, Physical Security and Real Estate & Facilities. During this period several improvement initiatives have been launched and are currently ongoing.

He was also responsible until July 2024 for the Sustainability Department, initiating the strategic vision on this topic.

His former position was SVP of the Supply Chain (including procurement) & Construction Unit and acting as SVP of HSE & Facility Management departments of Hitachi Rail STS.

From 2014, he was Senior Vice President of Supply Chain Management, Construction and Operation & Maintenance departments. During this period he implemented and consolidated the organization able to support the new Operation & Maintenance business in Riyadh and Copenhagen.

In 2009 Ulderigo was Vice President of Construction & Commissioning department for the Transportation Solution Business Unit in Ansaldo STS. Under his leadership significant achievements were obtained such as the completion of driverless metro systems in Italy and Saudi Arabia (Riyadh), as well as the creation of the Construction & Commissioning team for the first driverless freight transportation system in Australia.

While from 2001 he was head of Construction and Commissioning department in ATSF. He was also appointed as Legal Employer for ATSF – a position that he maintains until today for Hitachi Rail. He joined Ansaldo in 1987 in the Signalling Division.

Ulderigo holds a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the “Federico II” University of Naples, Italy.