Claudio Donghi is the convenor of Working Group 10 “Energy performance of lifts and escalators” at the Italian standardisation body UNI/CT 019 “Lifts, goods lifts, escalators and similar equipment” and member of the international standardisation organisation ISO/TC178/WG10 Energy Efficiency. He is a member of Safety, Quality and Environment Committee of ANIE AssoAscensori (Italian Association of Lifts and Escalators) and ELA (European Lift Association), where he is Convenor of the SAEL (Safety, Accessibility and Energy efficiency in existing Lifts) Working Group and Liaison Officer with ISO TC 268 and CEN TC 465 “Sustainable cities and Communities”. Donghi is also a member of several ELA committees and working groups for lifts and escalators. Since 2025, he has been a member of the Technical Committee of Elevatori Magazine and editor of the latest volume ‘How it works 7 – Sustainability’.

After graduating in mechanical engineering from the Politecnico di Milano, he joined Kone Corporation in 2002, where he held various technical and managerial positions in the eco-efficiency R&D team and in the innovation department. He is currently the Leading Expert for codes and standards in sustainability at Kone Corporation.