Turi Fiorito to Become New EFIP Director
Shailaja A. Lakshmi
Turi Fiorito has been appointed as new Director of
the European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP). He will take up
his function on 20 August, 2018.
Turi Fiorito comes with a solid background in EU policy making
and transport, having worked as Transport Policy Advisor for a
Dutch Member of the European Parliament, Wim van de Camp.
In that capacity, Turi has been working on different port (Port
Services Regulation), rail (4th railway package) and inland
waterway issues for a number of years. Before joining the
European Parliament, Turi worked as a European Affairs Assistant
at the Dutch Airline company KLM and started his career as a
Consultant for a global public affairs consultancy, based in
Brussels.
Turi studied history and international relations at the
University of Nijmegen and Utrecht (Netherlands). He then pursued
a Student Affairs Fellowship at the National Chengchi University
in Taipei (Taiwan).
"I very much welcome Turi on board of our organisation", says
EFIP President Roland Hoerner. "With his experience in EU policy
making combined with his knowledge of EU Transport policy, EFIP
is again in good hands. I am convinced that he is the appropriate
person to voice our views on EU policy making in this crucial
period, where important files such as the new Connecting Europe
Facility have to be discussed. On behalf of all EFIP members, I
wish Turi a lot of success in this new function."
"I am excited to start representing the EFIP Members in Europe on
the policy topics in addition to expanding their visibility in
Brussels and beyond" says Turi Fiorito. "In the next few years,
we will not only be faced with policy revisions, such as CEF and
the TEN-T, but also with the changing of the European
Institutions. This will provide EFIP with a plethora of
opportunities and challenges that I look forward to addressing
alongside the existing team."
"I am looking forward to working with Turi and strengthening
further the cooperation between EFIP and ESPO in the interest of
both organisations. Inland and sea ports are both nodes of
transport which face similar challenges on issues like financing
of infrastructure investments, decarbonisation, digitalisation
and port-city relations. I hope we can step up the exchange of
experience and best practices and benefit as much as possible
from being under one roof", adds ESPO's Secretary General
Isabelle Ryckbost. EFIP has a joined office with ESPO since 2009.
T. Fiorito succeeds Alexander van den Bosch who took up a new
position as Senior Advisor for the 12 Dutch Provinces
Representation.
Jul 5, 2018