Jan Allman named Fincantieri Marinette Marine CEO

Written by Nick Blenkey

Fincantieri Marinette Marine CEO Jan Allman

Fincantieri Marine Group’s Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) has named Jan Allman CEO. She succeeds current CEO Mark Vandroff, who is returning to Fincantieri Marine Group in a new role as its senior vice president of government relations in Washington D.C.

Allman, who was CEO of Marinette Marine for seven years (2014-2021), has served as the VP and general manager of Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding since April 2023, and prior to thar served as FMG’s senior vice president for public affairs and community relations.

Vandroff returns to D.C. where he started with FMG in 202, and in his new role will manage the company’s outreach with senior government leaders, including the Department of Defense, the Navy, and elected and appointed officials.

Marco Galbiati, CEO of Fincantieri Marine Group, offered his congratulations to both senior leaders.

“I want to thank Mark for his exceptional leadership at FMM, and I look forward to working with him as we navigate our company’s many opportunities with government stakeholders in Washington,” said Galbiati. “And I want to welcome Jan back to Marinette, where she spent many years overseeing the successful production of Freedom-class LCSs and the start of the Constellation class frigate program.”

FMM is currently finishing the detail design of the lead ship of the Constellation-class frigate (FFG 62) program. Construction efforts are expected to ramp up later this Spring, and the lead ship is scheduled to deliver in 2029.

FMM has contracts for five additional frigates to follow the lead ship, so construction is expected to continue in Marinette for the next decade and beyond.