Ilaria Castriota is a Chemical Engineer. After graduation, she started her career as a risk analysis expert in the chemical industry from 1995 to 2001. Then she was appointed as the Deputy Health and Safety manager at Naples International Airport from 2001 to 2003. Since 2003, she was involved in railway, firstly in the Italian National Infrastructure manager, and from 2012 to present in the Italian National Safety Authority. She is responsible for supervision auditing both operational and SMSs.