Humberto Vainieri

Dr. Vainieri has more than thirty years of industrial experience, which includes refining, R&D, plant operations, human resources, acquisitions & divestitures, and senior executive management roles. He served as President and CEO of UOP, the leading licensor of technology to the chemical industries with annual revenues of more than $1 billion. Prior to joining UOP, he had a 25-year career with BP, where he was Senior Vice President of BP’s global refining division. Most recently he was Senior VP of R&D and Engineering for Yukos in Moscow. In 1999, he received the Executive of the Year Award from World Refining Magazine. He holds BS, MS and PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and also an MBA from John Carroll University.