Mr. Costa is the CEO of the International Institute of Welding, a position he has held since January 2020.  He graduated as a mechanical engineer at the University of Genoa, with a graduation thesis on welding and preheat. After a year of service with the Italian Navy, he started working at IIS (the Italian Institute of Welding) as a teacher and researcher but also gathered experiences in the industrial metalworking sector. He also offered courses at university. In 2013 he received responsibility for the training department of the company until the end of 2019.

In parallel to this activity, he thoroughly served as the Italian delegate to many technical working units and committees of IIW, and chaired the commission “Health, safety and Environment” for 8 years. In 2011 he entered the Board of Directors of the IIW, serving as IIW vice President (2011-2014), chairman of the IIW Technical Management Board (2014-17) and IIW Treasurer (2017-2019).

His entire professional life has been devoted to the welding industry, training and research. This was inspired by his father, as he was in the welding sector as well, and mostly driven by his participation at IIW.

He received a master’s degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Genoa in 1998, and an International Welding Engineer degree in 2,000.