Cristian Signoretto

He was born in Verona in 1974, he is married and has three children. He was appointed Deputy of Chief Operating Officer Natural Resources and also Director Global Gas & Lng Portfolio of Eni on July 1, 2020.

After graduating in Mechanical Engineering in 1999 from the Politecnico di Milano, he fulfilled his military service as an Officer in the Italian Army.

In 2000 he was awarded with a scholarship as a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Energy of the Politecnico di Milano, where he was involved in research projects and teaching activities.

In 2001 he joined McKinsey.

He obtained a Master in Business Administration from Columbia University, New York, in 2005.

After a short experience in Citgroup in New York, he continued his career in McKinsey, mostly dealing with projects in the Oil&Gas and Banking&Insurance sectors.

In 2007 he joined Eni in the Office of the CEO supporting the Top Management for corporate strategy and group-level projects.

In November 2008 he was appointed Senior Vice President for International Sales with the responsibility to develop gas sales in the European B2B markets outside Italy within the Gas & Power business of Eni.

In May 2012 he became Executive Vice President for International Markets and LNG Activities with the responsibility for the overall commercial strategy and sales activities outside Italy, including affiliate companies and LNG marketing.

In November 2016 he became Executive Vice President for Portfolio Strategy and Long Term Gas Negotiations in the newly established Midstream business of Eni with the responsibility to oversee the gas supply portfolio management and the relationships with long term gas suppliers.

In February 2018 he was appointed Executive Vice President Business Unit Gas. In this role he managed the entire midstream wholesale gas value chain, including supply and trading activities. In parallel he was also appointed EVP Trading & Origination in Eni Trading & Shipping S.p.A. (the fully owned subsidiary of Eni S.p.A. in charge of all the trading operations within the group).

He has been Chief Gas & Lng Marketing and Power Officer in Eni since 15th April 2019 and also Chairman and CEO in charge of Gas, Lng and Power activities of Eni Trading & Shipping S.p.A.

He is a member of the Board of Directors in Union Fenosa Gas, a JV between Eni and Naturgy, and in BlueStream, a JV between Eni and Gazprom.