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Giusi Chessa was born in Genova on 1^st April 1963.

In 1982, after having got her High School leaving qualification in “Accounting and Business”, she began her career working for two Chartered Accountant Firms until December 1990, the former dealing with bankruptcy procedures the latter with book-keeping services on third parties’ behalf.

She acquired extensive experience in General Accounting including tax compliance obligations such as Annual Financial and Periodic Balance Statements, yearly and periodic tax obligations, administrative costs control, provisional budgets and consolidated costs statements preparation.

From January 1991 until September 1994 she worked for a company, located in the port of Genova, as Accounting Manager with full management independence.

In October 1994 she joined, as Accounting Assistant, the company then known as Studio Tecnico Navale Martinoli. In the following years she became the Financial and Accounting Manager.

In 2000 she became CEO of Martinoli Consulting S.r.l. and later on of Martinoli & C. S.r.l., as Manager of Accounting under the supervision of board of Directors Chairmain and IT services.

Personal Information

• Born in Genoa (Italy) on 9^th November 1984
• Married with one child (2012)

Education

2009      Master Degree in Naval Architect and Marine Engineering at University of Genoa, Italy

Degree thesis: “Recent developments of scantling rules for Bulk Carriers structural assessment”

Final grade: 110/110 with praise

2006      Degree in Naval Architect and Marine Engineering at University of Genoa, Italy

Degree thesis: “Basic design of a product carrier”

Final grade: 110/110 with praise

2003      Diploma at Scientific High School G.D. Cassini, Genoa.

Final grade: 98/100

Trainings

2016      Navigational Auditor Certificate at DNV-GL Maritime Academy Italy, Genoa.

2009      Internship at Germanischer Lloyd – Plan Approval dept. in Hamburg.

2008      Erasmus Exchange Program at DTU (Technical University of Denmark) in Lyngby (Copenhagen).

2006      Internship at Cantieri Navali Baglietto, La Spezia.

Awards

2009      RINA – d’Amico Student Naval Architect Award 2009

Winner of the award for the best final project in naval architecture and marine engineering in 2009, awarded by Royal Institution of Naval Architect and d’Amico Società di Navigazione for the project “Recent developments of scantling rules for Bulk Carriers structural assessment”.

Professional Experience

2009 – today

Independent Naval Architect and Marine Surveyor

Marine Surveyor and Consultant for Martinoli & C. and associated companies working on behalf of:

• Italian and International Hull & Machinery Underwriters and P&I Clubs
• Italian and International law firms
• Shipowners and Charteres
• Financial institutions

for:

• Damages Surveys
• Litigations and Arbitrations for marine technical and navigation matters
• Ship’s Condition Survey for On/Off-hire, Bunkering and Pre-purchase
• Technical support for Shipowners
• Navigational Audits
• Dry-dock planning and inspections

Casualty Investigation Expert

AIS and VDR data decoding and analysis expert in case of collisions and groundings

Languages

• Italian mother tongue
• English fluent written and spoken
• French fluent written and spoken
• Spanish elementary written and spoken

Computing skills

• Developer of own VDR analysis software
• Good knowledge of CAD systems (Autocad, MicroStation, Rinhoceros)
• Knowledge of Visual Basic, Html, Python
• Knowledge of Hugin Reserch (Bayesian Networks Software)
• Comfortable in the use of the Office pack