Sergio Cutolo receives the XXXV “Pioneers of the Nautical Industry” Award by Confindustria Nautica – 2026 Edition
09/06/2026Sergio Cutolo receives the XXXV “Pioneers of the Nautical Industry” Award by Confindustria Nautica – 2026 Edition
09/06/2026
Hydro Tec Strengthens Its Leadership with the Appointment of Myriam Cutolo as Executive Vice President
From a Vision to a Team: Hydro Tec Consolidates Its Structure for the Future
Ovada, June 2026 — Hydro Tec, an Italian naval design and engineering company with a global presence and one of the world’s leading names in yacht design and naval architecture, founded in 1995 by Sergio Cutolo and Silvia Himsolt, announces the appointment of Myriam Cutolo as Executive Vice President.
The appointment marks a further milestone in Hydro Tec’s evolution: over more than thirty years, the company has grown from a professional studio into a structured organization recognized internationally, capable of integrating technical expertise, design, engineering and management in the development of superyachts and explorer yachts.
This is not a handover, but the natural evolution of an organization that has chosen to turn the wealth of experience, design culture and know-how built up over time into a shared strength capable of sustaining the company’s future growth.
A structure that does not replace a personal vision, but turns it into a lasting asset for the entire organization.
A Growth Path Built on People
The appointment of Myriam Cutolo is part of the broader organizational consolidation process launched by Hydro Tec in recent years to strengthen its management structure and support increasingly international growth.
In 2025, Hydro Tec announced the arrival of Nicola Camuffo as Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and Michele Lauriero as Chief Operating Officer (COO) to its management team — two internationally experienced figures brought in to strengthen, respectively, the company’s technical direction and operational organization.
With the appointment of Myriam Cutolo as Executive Vice President, Hydro Tec takes a further step on this path, consolidating an organizational model based on collaboration between different areas of expertise, the distribution of responsibilities and the construction of shared leadership.
In recent years, Hydro Tec has progressively strengthened its structure, investing in the growth of managers, function heads, team leaders and highly specialized professionals who contribute daily to the company’s development.
A New Phase for Hydro Tec’s Leadership
In her new role, Myriam Cutolo will coordinate the company’s administration, finance, organization and business development activities, working in synergy with the management team and the heads of the various operational areas to consolidate an increasingly integrated, efficient and long-term-oriented structure.
Her professional path has developed within Hydro Tec, where she has gained an in-depth knowledge of the organization, its people and the processes that have helped make the company an international benchmark in the superyacht and explorer yacht sector.
An Olympic sailor and manager, Myriam brings to the company a combination of discipline, decision-making ability and strategic vision developed in highly competitive environments — qualities that complement the experience and skills of a multidisciplinary team that today represents Hydro Tec’s true asset.
A Vision that Becomes a Shared Asset
Founded on the technical and design vision of Sergio Cutolo, Hydro Tec has built an international reputation over the years thanks to an approach capable of integrating naval architecture, design and engineering.
The path undertaken by the company stems from the desire to preserve this identity and turn a design culture built over more than thirty years of activity into an asset shared by the entire organization.
Hydro Tec’s strength today lies not in a single person, but in the ability of a team of professionals and managers to put different skills at the service of a shared vision.
Myriam Cutolo’s Statement
“The greatest temptation, at a moment like this, is to think of it as a succession. In reality, it is not.
Over more than thirty years, Sergio Cutolo built far more than a design studio: he built a culture, a vision and a wealth of expertise that today belong to all of Hydro Tec.
My goal is not to replace my father, because a figure like his cannot be replaced, and there would be no point in trying. My role is to help ensure that what he built continues to grow and generate value through the people who lead and develop the company every day.
Hydro Tec can count on managers, function heads, team leaders and professionals of the highest level who represent the organization’s true asset. Together, we are working to turn experience, knowledge and corporate culture into an increasingly solid, shared and lasting system.
Hydro Tec’s strength does not lie in a single person, but in the ability of a team to put different skills at the service of a shared vision. That is the continuity we want to guarantee, and the future we are building.”
Myriam Cutolo
Executive Vice President, Hydro Tec
Sergio Cutolo’s Statement
“Seeing Myriam take on this role is a source of great satisfaction for me, not only as founder but also as a father.
She learned to read the wind and the sea even before facing the challenges of life and work, and she brings that same determination to her role at Hydro Tec today.
When we began Hydro Tec’s organizational strengthening process, we knew that a company’s growth depends on its ability to build a solid, competent team capable of sharing responsibility.
Hydro Tec was born from a technical and design vision, but its real strength has always been the people who, over the years, helped build it and make it grow. Today we can count on an extraordinary team of professionals and managers who share values, skills and responsibilities.
What we are building together is an organization capable of evolving while maintaining the same quality, reliability and passion that have guided us from the very beginning. That is the most important guarantee we can offer for Hydro Tec’s future.”
Sergio Cutolo
President & Founder, Hydro Tec
Building Hydro Tec’s Future
With this appointment, Hydro Tec continues its path of organizational consolidation and international growth, investing in the people, processes and skills that have driven its development.
The goal is to keep building a company capable of combining design excellence, innovation and reliability, turning its professional culture into a shared, lasting asset for clients, shipyards and international partners.
About Hydro Tec
Hydro Tec is an Italian company with an international presence, specialized in naval architecture, yacht design and engineering, founded in 1995 by Sergio Cutolo and Silvia Himsolt.
Born as a professional studio and grown into a structured organization with multidisciplinary expertise, Hydro Tec operates in the superyacht and explorer yacht sector, developing complex projects for shipyards, owners and international partners.
Through a team of professionals, managers and specialists across different disciplines, Hydro Tec integrates design, engineering and design culture to deliver innovative, reliable and future-oriented solutions.