Speaker Bio

Salvatore Sciacchitano graduated from the University of Catania and joined the Italian Airworthiness Authority (RAI) in 1980, where he held positions of increasing responsibility leading to his eventual appointment as Director General. He was appointed Executive Secretary of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) in 2010, and later served the Italian Delegation on the Council of ICAO. On 25 November 2019, he was elected as President of the ICAO Council for a three-year term beginning 1 January 2020, and on 24 October 2022 was re-elected for a second three-year term.