Since April 2026, Marcello Butera has served as Head of Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality at Enel Green Power and Thermal Generation, Enel’s business line dedicated to electricity generation from renewable and conventional sources. In this role, he coordinates and directs global Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality strategies with the goal of ensuring high standards of safety, operational sustainability, and continuous performance improvement.
After gaining experience in the certification of quality and environmental management systems and in the refining sector, he joined the Enel Group in 2007. This marked the beginning of a professional career that led him to hold positions of increasing responsibility in the areas of Operation & Maintenance, thermoelectric plant management, and HSEQ.
Between 2008 and 2014, he worked at the Sulcis, Fusina, Porto Marghera, and Brindisi Sud power plants, holding various leadership roles in the Operation & Maintenance of facilities of strategic importance to the electric power system.
From 2014 to 2018, he served as Head of Enel Produzione’s Sulcis and Torrevaldaliga Nord Business Units, coordinating the plants’ operational, maintenance, and management activities and further consolidating his experience in leading complex industrial organizations.
He subsequently served first as Head of HSEQ for Thermal Generation Italy and then as Head of HSEQ for Power Generation Italy, leading the implementation of health, safety, environmental, and quality policies across Enel’s entire generation portfolio in Italy.
In 2021, he was appointed Head of Health & Safety for the Enel Group, with the task of defining the Group’s health and safety guidelines and harmonizing their application across the various business lines and geographies.
From 2023 to 2026, he served as Head of Health, Safety, and Environment at Enel Grids, leading the division’s HSE strategies and contributing to the evolution of models for prevention, sustainability, and the protection of people.
Marcello graduated with honors in Chemical Engineering from the University of Palermo in 2005 and participated in the Leadership for Energy Management Program at SDA Bocconi and IESE Business School in Barcelona.
Alongside his professional career, he has a strong passion for music, which he cultivates by playing various instruments, and for sports, particularly table tennis, running, and gravel biking.