Russell Hardy | |
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Nationality | British |
Education | Imperial College London |
Occupation | Oil trader |
Title | CEO, Vitol |
Term | March 2018- |
Predecessor | Ian Taylor |
Russell Hardy is a British businessman, and the chief executive (CEO) of Vitol, the world's largest independent oil trading company. [1]
Hardy has a master's degree in engineering from Imperial College London. [2] [3]
Hardy began his career working for BP, trading fuel oil. [2]
In 1993, Hardy left BP and joined Vitol. [3] He has been a member of its executive committee since 2007, and CEO of the Europe, Middle-East and Africa region since 2017. [2] In March 2018, he was appointed CEO of the entire company, succeeding Ian Taylor, who became chairman. [2] [4]
In 2022, Hardy predicted that Russia won't be able to protect itself from the negative effects of the international sanctions, while Russian oil export would fall by 1 million barrels a day in winter 2022-2023. [5] [6]
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