Success story #5 | MBA Alumnus Michele Fiorini – Chair of Judges for the Chief Engineer of the Year 2023 at the IET Excellence and Innovation Awards

The IET Excellence and Innovation Awards recognise ground-breaking innovations and best practices in Engineering, Science, and Technology. We are inviting the global community of entrepreneurs, experts, and creators to build an ecosystem that puts measurable impact at the core of innovation. Once more we want to celebrate the engineers using science and technology to find solutions to the biggest challenges humankind is currently facing. We believe in excellence and innovation but with impact and a long-term view and we are incorporating social and environmental impact across all categories.

Educated at Ancona (Italy), Bath (United Kingdom) and Gdańsk (Poland) Universities, Michele Fiorini holds a Ph.D. in Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering in Italy and an MBA in Strategy, Programme and Project Management received on Gdańsk University of Technology. He is a Project Engineering Manager at Leonardo s.p.a. in Rome (Italy) and an active volunteer at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in London (UK), where he served on different boards and committees including Council (vice-Chair (2016-17), Chair (2017-18)) and Qualification Board where he was the first non-UK member elected ever (2006-09). Michele awards his master of business administration with full marks from Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT) in 2016: “My greatest ambition is to bridge academia with industry and make it possible for people like me to come back to academia after spending many years in industry, and be able to add value in that context too. Modern societies need cross-silo leadership, we need brave and ambitious people willing to work together to solve global challenges. I dream of being one of them.”

Dr Fiorini is now Member of the Advisory Board tendering advice to the Director of Gdańsk Executive MBA Programme and the MBA management team about international affairs generally and promoting a culture of continuous improvement. He brings considerable international experience and leadership to the Board along with his fellows colleagues and University’s Professors.

The IET Excellence and Innovation Awards 2023 have at its core a vision aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The judges will be evaluating submissions with a focus on innovation, excellence, and social and environmental impact. The winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on 15th November 2023 at the Glasgow Science Centre in Glasgow, Scotland (UK).

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is one of the world’s leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community, with more than 160,000 members in 150 countries and offices in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. The IET provides a global knowledge network to facilitate the exchange of ideas and promote the positive role of science, engineering and technology in the world.

As the whole MBA Community we are very proud of our Alumnus and Advisory Board Member – Michele Fiorini. We wish such a great career to all our MBA Students and Alumni and we believe that such success stories are the source of inspiration.

Dr Fiorini is now Member of the Advisory Board tendering advice to the Director of Gdańsk Executive MBA Programme and the MBA management team about international affairs generally and promoting a culture of continuous improvement. He brings considerable international experience and leadership to the Board along with his fellows colleagues and University’s Professors.