Executive Advisory for Critical Infrastructure
Major infrastructure programmes fail not because of wrong strategy — but because of execution breakdown. Boards lack the technical oversight to govern delivery. Project teams lack the executive authority to escalate risk.
The gap between strategic decision and ground-level execution creates cost overruns, schedule failures and governance breakdowns. Optiturn provides the executive leadership that closes that gap.
We reduce delivery risk on critical infrastructure programmes.
19+ Years. 14 Countries. One Focus.
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Simone Turnone is the founder of Optiturn — an Executive Infrastructure Advisor with 19+ years of on-the-ground delivery across 14 countries in Europe, MENA and GCC.
His work spans grid infrastructure, energy generation, data centres and major capital programmes — from FEED to commissioning, HV/MV up to 400 kV, across EPC and EPCM delivery models. Registered Engineer, Architect and Surveyor. Available for Executive Advisory, Board and Advisory Board mandates in energy, infrastructure and utilities — Europe, MENA and GCC.
Italy · Iceland · Egypt · Libya · Algeria · Czech Republic · Romania · Iran · France · Russia · Spain · UAE · Qatar · Oman
Bridging Board Strategy and Infrastructure Execution.
Major infrastructure programmes fail not because of wrong strategy — but because of execution breakdown.
Boards lack the technical oversight to govern delivery. Project teams lack the executive authority to escalate risk. The gap between strategic decision and ground-level execution creates cost overruns, schedule failures and governance breakdowns.
Optiturn provides the executive leadership that closes that gap.
We close the delivery gap with ODEF™
Experience makes an advisor credible. Method makes delivery repeatable. ODEF™ — the Optiturn Delivery Excellence Framework — turns 19 years of field delivery into six disciplines your board can hold a programme to.
Where We Work
Energy & Transmission
HV/MV substations, national grid connections, HV interconnectors, renewable integration. EPC, EPCM and Owner's Engineering delivery.
Digital Infrastructure
Data centre power systems, high-capacity substation delivery, grid expansion for hyperscale and co-location loads.
Industrial & Complex EPC
Steel, cement, petrochemical, transport infrastructure. Multi-country, multi-contractor delivery across Europe, MENA and GCC.
Execution Intelligence at Every Stage
From programme setup to commissioning — structured delivery governance applied at every phase.
01
ASSESS
Delivery readiness · Risk landscape · Governance gaps · Scope clarity
02
STRUCTURE
Contract model · Team design · Stakeholder framework · Reporting architecture
03
LEAD
Executive oversight · Milestone control · Risk escalation · Contractor governance
04
DELIVER
Commissioning · Handover · Value verification · Lessons learned
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Selected Projects
Energy infrastructure · Data centre power systems · International delivery
HV Substation Delivery
National transmission grid infrastructure up to 380 kV. Engineering, procurement and construction management. Italy.
Energy · Transmission · Italy
International HV Interconnector
220 kV AC cross-border interconnection. Expansion of terminal substations in two countries. Mediterranean.
Energy · HV · Mediterranean
Data Centre Power Infrastructure
High-capacity substation EPC delivery for hyperscale load. 220 kV underground cabling and transformer installation. Northern Italy.
Digital Infrastructure · EPC · Italy
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