Marco Alverà
Marco Alverà (born August 1975)[1] is an Italian businessman and CEO of Snam since April 2016.[2][3][4]
Marco Alverà | |
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Born | August 1975 New York City, the United States |
Nationality | Italian |
Occupation | Chief Executive |
Education
Alverà studied at the London School of Economics,[5] where he earned a degree in Philosophy and Economics in 1997.[6][7]
Career
Alverà began his career at Goldman Sachs in London.[6][8], working in private equity focused on internet and technology startups and mergers and acquisitions focused on consumer and retail assets.
In 2000, he co-founded Netesi, the first broadband ADSL company in the Italian market.[9][8][6][5] It was sold to Telecom Italia.[10]
Between 2002 and 2004,[6] he worked as the Director of Group Corporate Strategy[6] and a member of the management committee at Enel, where he followed Terna’s initial listing in the market.[2]
In 2004 he was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Wind Telecom,[11][12] where he was responsible for the oversight of Wind’s acquisition by Orascom in 2004.[6]
Alverà was also appointed Chief Executive Officer of Promgas in 2005.[6][13] He was involved with the Blue Stream project.[9]
In November 2019 Marco Alverà was awarded the Tiepolo Prize 2019 for strengthening Snam’s international presence.[14]
Eni
In 2005, Alverà joined Eni’s Gas and Power Division, where he managed its leading European Gas and Power portfolio and acquisitions. In 2008 he joined Eni’s Exploration and Production Division as the Executive Vice President, managing operations and development responsibility for Russia, North Europe, and North and South America.[15] In 2010 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Eni Trading and Shipping.[16][15] In 2012, he became Senior Executive Vice President of Optimisation and Trading,[6][15] and the following year, he took on responsibility for the business unit Midstream,[15] responsible for energy commodity supply, logistics and trading activities.[6][17] From July to September 2015, he acted as the Chief Retail Market Gas & Power Officer.[11]
Snam
Alverà joined Snam in 2016, first as the Chief Operating Officer, before being appointed Chief Executive Officer in April of the same year.[18] In 2016 he oversaw the demerge of Italgas.[19] He was Chief Industrial Assets Officer from July 2016 to December 2017.[20]
Between April 2016 and April 2017, he was Chairman of the Board of Snam Rete Gas (an operating company of Snam),[21] and later on was appointed Managing Director of the same.[15]
In April 2019 Snam, of which Marco Alverà is CEO launched the first injection of a hydrogen and natural gas into the pipeline, the Europe’s first commercial test of a hydrogen-methane blend in a high-pressure network.[22]
Other positions
Alverà is the first President of GasNaturally, the partnership representing the European gas industry, since June 2017.[23][24]
He is a member of the board of S&P Global, as of March 2017,[7] a member of the General Council of the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice since December 2016[25] and vice-president of the Snam foundation.[26] Between 2013 and 2016 he held the role of Associate Fellow at the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation, specializing in business conduct in an African context.[6][8][27] He served on the Performance Theatre's Advisory Board from 2011 to 2015 [28][29] and he is currently a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[30]
He has previously sat on the board of Gazprom Neft,[6][31] and has also served as the Operating Vice President of Eurogas.[8]
Published works
- "La posizione dell’Enel" chapter in Le grandi infrastruture di rete. L’Europa dell’energia: Francia e Italia, 2004 edited by Marco Fortis and Cristina Poli[32]
- “The surprising ingredient that makes businesses work better” at TED@BCG event in Milan[33][34][35] on Oct 4 2017.
- "Generation H - Healing the climate with hydrogen" with contributions from international experts.[36]
See also
References
- "Company Director Marco Alvera". Directorstats.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
- "Reuters - Profile: Marco Alverà". Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- "Il Sole 24 Ore: Snam, via libera al tandem Alverà-Malacarne". Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- "Bloomberg: Will Brexit Turn up the Heat on Snam Investment?". Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- "Super Eni/ Avanti a tutto gas. Marco Alverà: l'uomo delle trattative" (in Italian). Affaritaliani. 15 May 2006. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- "FT Commodities Global Summit 2014". Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- "United States Exchange Commission report". Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- "The Economist - Profile: Marco Alverà". Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- "Marco Alverà nominato a.d. di Snam" (in Italian). Affaritaliani. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- List of companies owned by Telecom Italia group
- "The Wall Street Journal - Profile: Marco Alverà". Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- "CFOs on the Move". Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- Dominelli, Celestina (18 October 2016). "Italgas, obiettivo Borsa il 7 novembre". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian).
- "Snam CEO Marco Alverà will receive the Tiepolo Prize 2019".
- Testi, Valerio (1 April 2016). "Snam, Malacarne verso presidenza. Alverà sarà ad". Milano Finanza (in Italian).
- "Reuters: Italy's Eni aims for top five spot in energy trading league". Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- "La Repubblica: Il retroscena". Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- "Reuters - Exclusive: Italy's top gas firms Italgas and 2i Rete Gas may merge - sources". Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- "The Wall Street Journal: Snam to spin off Italgas". Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- "Snam Management - Profile: Marco Alverà". Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- "First Online: Snam Rete Gas, Alverà nuovo presidente". Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- "The CEO Who Wants Italy to Love Hydrogen Power".
- "Euractiv: Europe's reliance on gas imports in spotlight as coal's decline continues". Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- Carosielli, Nicola (14 June 2017). "E Alverà sale alla presidenza di GasNaturally". Milano Finanza (in Italian).
- Dominelli, Celestina (22 December 2016). "Snam punta sul Tpl per gas-autotrazione". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian).
- "Prima Online: Nasce Fondazione Snam dedicata alla riqualificazione delle aree più vulnerabili e alla promozione di attività culturali". Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- "Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation - Annual Report 2014" (PDF). Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- "Exploring The New Leadership Landscape 2014" (PDF). Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- "TPT advisory board meets President of Portugal". Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- "Council on Foreign Relations - Roster". Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- "Reuters: Italy's Eni puts 2 candidates to Gazprom Neft board". Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- Fortis, Marco; Poli, Cristina, eds. (September 2004), Le grandi infrastruture di rete. L’Europa dell’energia: Francia e Italia, Collana della Fondazione Edison (in Italian), 6, Il Mulino, ISBN 8815102159
- "TED@BCG 2017 Speakers". Retrieved 2017-10-05.
- "Break the mold: The talks of TED@BCG 2017". TED blog. 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
- "The surprising ingredient that makes businesses work better - Marco Alverà's Ted Talk". TED. 2018-02-13. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
- "Snam wants to test a 10 hydrogen a mix in transmission grid at contursi terme". Mondadori.