Maria Sferruzza joined the energy industry in 1995 and began her career in the Oil & Gas Division of General Electric as a compressors application engineer and subsequently assumed roles of increasing responsibility in sales, commercial, and operational functions in both the United States and Italy. In 2011, she became Global Sales General Manager for GE Oil & Gas Services and in 2017 she was appointed GE Officer. Following the 2017 merger between General Electric’s Oil & Gas Division and Baker Hughes, Mrs. Sferruzza took responsibility for the Global Service Business Unit and LNG segment strategy, reporting directly to the CEO of the Turbomachinery and Process Solutions division. In 2018, she moved to Asia as Senior Vice President for Asia Pacific within Baker Hughes’ Global Operations structure, before returning to Italy in 2021 to join the Snam Group. She has also served as a non-Executive Director on the Board of Italgas, Italy’s main gas distribution system operator, and as Chairwoman of Stogit, Snam subsidiary managing gas storages across Italy.