Ugo Maria Brachetti Peretti (born July 8, 1965,

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) is an Italian oil executive, chairman of

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since 2007.

Family

His father, Count Aldo Maria Brachetti Peretti,

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was the head of the family group,

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(API) for thirty years, until his retirement in September 2007. The company was founded by his maternal grandfather Cavaliere Del Lavoro Ferdinando Peretti. His mother, Mila Peretti, is the ''National Inspectress'' of the

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, which she has served for over 30 years. She is the only woman in Italy to carry the military grade of General. In 2005 Peretti married the

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Isabella Borromeo Arese Taverna (sister of

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, Princess

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, and Lavinia, wife of

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, and half-sister of

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). They have three children.

Career

He was educated at the American Community School in London where he graduated in 1983 with an international

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and then qualified for a degree in

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at the

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in 1987. He subsequently obtained his specialization at

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. He completed his military service as an officer of the

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. After 1990, he started working as a manager in the family business of which he and his brothers are 100%

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s. During his time with API he has held many positions, at first operating the "downstream cycle" (a combination of activities such as deliveries, transportation,

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, sale and marketing of oil). In 2007, after a series of promotions, he became Chairman of the company. In this capacity, he focused the Group's activities back to the oil sector, with the strengthening of the distribution network and the improvement of the Falconara refinery. He holds several other chairs, vice-chairs and advisory positions within API as well as being a member of the boards at

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, the Executive Council of the "Rome Industrial Union" and Unione Petrolifera. In 2019, he was appointend

by the president

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for the oil and energy sector.

References

External links

API corporate website
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