Silvia Merlo is a businessperson who has been at the head of 5 different companies. Ms. Merlo occupies the position of Chairman at Saipem SpA, Chairman of Saipem Drilling Norway AS (a subsidiary of Saipem SpA), Chief Executive Officer for Impea SRL, Chief Executive Officer at MERLO SpA and Chief Executive Officer at Tecnoindustrie Merlo SpA. Silvia Merlo is also on the board of 8 other companies.

She received an undergraduate degree from Università Carlo Cattaneo and an undergraduate degree from SAA Scuola di Amministrazione Aziendale Sede di Cuneo.