Members of the international engineering federation FIDIC have elected a new president.
FIDIC (the International Federation of Consulting Engineers) has announced the election of Italian engineer Alfredo Ingletti as its new president following a vote of its member associations at the 2025 FIDIC general assembly meeting which took place in Cape Town, South Africa, on 21 September 2025 during FIDIC’s annual Global Infrastructure Conference.
The new president-elect Alfredo Ingletti is the co-founder, chairman and technical director of 3TI Progetti, an independent employee-owned engineering company based in Rome, Italy and is the first ever Italian to become FIDIC president.
Commenting on his election as president-elect, Ingletti said: “I want to thank the FIDIC board and our members for putting their trust and confidence in me. It truly is an honour to represent this brilliant international industry organisation. FIDIC delivers excellent value and punches above its weight on the global stage and I am looking forward to continuing that upward trajectory during my term of office as your new president.
“I am excited to be working with my fellow board members and our member associations. Our new board year will see the start of the implementation of FIDIC’s new strategic plan, Engineering a bright future, together, which sets out our strategy for the next five years and will position our organisation right where it needs to be – as a key player in the global engineering, construction and infrastructure industry and one which always works hard on representing its member associations. That new strategic plan offers us an excellent roadmap to make further progress and I look forward to working with FIDIC’s new CEO Susanna Zammataro to implementing it.”
Outgoing FIDIC president Catherine Karakatsanis said: “I wish incoming president, Alfredo Ingletti from Italy, all the best in his term as president. Having worked closely with Alfredo this past year, I know that he will be an amazing president. Under his leadership, working in concert with our new CEO Susanna Zammataro and the support of the member associations, FIDIC can look ahead to a very strong and influential future.”
At the general assembly meeting in Cape Town, James Mwangi of Kenya concluded his five-year tenure on the board, during which he served as vice president and chair of the governance committee. The term of Martina Hess (Zambia) and Chantal Dagnaud (France) also ended this year. Both joined the board four years ago and have made significant contributions through their service on board committees.
New FIDIC president Alfredo Ingletti said: “The board extends its appreciation to those departing for their dedicated service to FIDIC and the consulting engineering industry and for representing the organisation at numerous events around the world. They can be confident that they have made a significant contribution to our industry and left our organisation in a much stronger position than when they started their terms on the board. I am also sure that the new arrivals to the board will also have a positive impact in the months and years ahead as we strive to better represent the consulting engineering industry on a global scale.”
Speaking after his election as president, Ingletti said: “I also believe that my election is a confirmation of the solid reputation and high level of trust earned by Italy and Italian engineers and I would like to recognise the excellent work being undertaken by our country’s FIDIC member association, OICE, the Association of Engineering, Architecture and Technical-Economic Consulting Organisations.”
Ingletti also recognised the work of his predecessor, outgoing FIDIC president Catherine Karakatsanis. “I want to pay tribute to the excellent leadership of our brilliant and inspiring outgoing president Catherine Karakatsanis, who has worked long and hard over many hours in her enthusiastic and vocal support of our industry and of the FIDIC organisation.
“On a personal level, I would also like to express my massive thanks to Catherine for her support, guidance, mentorship and her friendship. She has contributed so much to FIDIC and to our industry and I know that I speak for the whole organisation when I say that we are looking forward to her contribution and wise counsel continuing as our past president and board member over the year ahead.”
The FIDIC general assembly meeting also elected four new board members. They are Benoit Clocheret, chief executive Officer of ARTELIA in France, Tina Karlberg, president of Sweco International from Sweden, Irakli Khergiani, founder of Intelligent Solution from Georgia and Enni Soetanto, senior advisor at Mott MacDonald in Indonesia. The general assembly meeting also elected Manish Kothari, president and CEO of Sheladia Associates from the USA and Adam Bialachowski, CEO of B-Act in Poland, as new vice-presidents of FIDIC.
