Arriva Group has appointed Gianfranco Sgro as new CEO starting October 1st

Arriva Group announces that Gianfranco Sgro will be the new CEO of the group with effect October 1, 2025. He joins Arriva after almost 11-years at the logistic company Kuehne+Nagel, where he is currently Executive Vice President for Contract Logistics.  He is also a member of the Management Board. He has been appointed following a […]

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Arriva Group announces that Gianfranco Sgro will be the new CEO of the group with effect October 1, 2025. He joins Arriva after almost 11-years at the logistic company Kuehne+Nagel, where he is currently Executive Vice President for Contract Logistics.  He is also a member of the Management Board. He has been appointed following a global search, Arriva highlights.

In 2024 the group had been sold to to infrastructure investment manager I Squared.

Gianfranco Sgro joins Arriva as new CEO

Prior to this, he was Chief Operating Officer for Latin America at Pirelli for three years and had a long and varied leadership career at Ceva Logistics where he ended his time there as Chief Operating Officer for South Europe, Middle East and Africa. He graduated at Politecnico di Torino as electronic engineer, according to his Linkedin resume.

David Martin, Executive Chair at Arriva Group, said: “I’m delighted that Gianfranco is joining Arriva at such an important time for our Group.  His wealth of experience running complex, high value operational businesses through periods of growth, innovation and change means he’s ideally positioned to lead this company.  He has an exceptional track record in growing and developing successful businesses and I’m confident that under his leadership we will strengthen our ambition to be the leading passenger transport partner across Europe”.

Gianfranco Sgro commented: “It’s an incredibly important time for the public transportation sector, which plays a huge role in some of the big societal issues like decarbonisation and urbanisation that face the world today. I’m excited by the tremendous opportunity ahead of us and I’m looking forward to working with talented teams across the UK and Europe to deliver against the Group’s ambitions

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