For anyone whose personal and professional life is tied by double strands to RINA and the Registro, reading this book is a real emotion: the history of our company clearly shows how it is strictly bonded with the development of Italy as a whole, and with the entrepreneurship of our country. These pages confirm that we – like the colleagues who preceded us – are part of an excellence that in 160 years has never failed to meet customer expectations and its tradition of competence and integrity. RINA’s roots go far back to 1861 when the Registro, our majority shareholder, was established, at the same time as Italy was born. As said in this book, in 1999 all operational activities of the Registro passed to RINA S.p.A. and since then the company has gone from being a leader in just one sector to a top player in many other market sectors. The evolution of the RINA Group would not have been possible without the continuous support of the Registro, which set itself the priority objective of safeguarding the company and supporting its growth. The capabilities and prestige of Gaspare Ciliberti and Paolo d’Amico, past and current President of the Registro, respectively since 1999 and 2020, have played a decisive role in the success of the company today. Despite its ultra-centennial roots, RINA is really a young company that, unlike the Registro, operates in very competitive markets, populated by competitors of great reputation and size. To be able to play a leading role, RINA in these years has focused heavily on diversification of its services and internationalisation, and is reaping the rewards: at the beginning of 2000, RINA could count on less than 700 employees with a turnover of 85 million Euro. Twenty years later, today, RINA has more than 4,000 colleagues in 70 countries who contribute to make more than 500 million Euro of revenues. Such a growth would not have been possible without the most important asset and capital of RINA: its people. Today, like in the past, the enhancement of human resources is the cornerstone of RINA’s development, allowing the company to aim at increasingly important goals and to put in place its strategic plan. About its strategy, RINA today is increasingly committed to safeguard the environment and mankind: in fact, we are particularly active in the fields of decarbonisation and digitalisation, according to ESG principles that for us, like many other companies, have become cornerstones around which all the company’s activity revolves. To be able to contribute together with many other colleagues to the growth of such an organisation is an exciting experience, like it had been over the past decades, as recalled in this book. An organisation that deserves respect for its history and for the high principles on which it is based, capable of connecting people with a sense of belonging and, dare I say, love.