Luigi SINAPI is the Director of the International Hydrographic Organization since September 2020. He is Rear Admiral of the Italian Navy and before joining the IHO he was Director of the Italian Hydrographic Institute, Commander of a Frigate and a Destroyer, and participated in NATO security missions in the former Yugoslavia and Kosovo for which he was decorated. Within the International Hydrographic Community, Rear Admiral Sinapi is currently in charge of Capacity building, Education and Training and GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans) programme.