Umberto Vergine is an Italian businessman. He was appointed

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in variou ...

Saipem Saipem S.p.A. (Società Azionaria Italiana Perforazioni E Montaggi lit. ''Drilling and Assembly Italian Public Limited Company'') is an Italian multinational oilfield services company and one of the largest in the world. Until 2016 it was a sub ...

on 5 December 2012,Post On Line Media: Umberto Vergine new CEO of Saipem
/ref> a position which he held until 2015.

Biography

Umberto Vergine graduated with a degree in

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

from the

Polytechnic University of Milan The Polytechnic University of Milan (, abbreviated as PoliMi) is a university in Milan, Italy. It is the largest technical university in the country, with about 40,000 enrolled students. The university offers undergraduate, graduate, and higher ...

. He started his career as a petroleum engineer in 1984 with

Agip Agip S.p.A., acronym for Azienda generale italiana petroli, was an Italian automotive gasoline, Diesel fuel, diesel, Liquefied petroleum gas, LPG, lubricants, fuel oil, and bitumen retailer established in 1926 and Subsidiary company, subsidiary ...

(part of

Eni Eni is an Italian oil and gas corporation. Eni or ENI may refer to: Businesses and organisations * Escuela Nacional de Inteligencia, the Argentine intelligence academy * Groupe des écoles nationales d’ingénieurs (Groupe ENI), a French engi ...

Group). Between 1985 and 1991, he worked in

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on the

Ekofisk Ekofisk is an oil field in block 2/4 of the Norwegian sector of the North Sea about southwest of Stavanger. Discovered in 1969 by Phillips Petroleum Company, it remains one of the most important oil fields in the North Sea. This was the first ...

field for the

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, and later with Chevron in the province of Cabinda,

Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...

and in Tripoli,

Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...

. In 1992, he was appointed Production Manager of the Agip Crema District. Subsequently, between 1993 and 2001, Vergine held various overseas management positions at a number of

’s E&P foreign subsidiaries/ branches, including District Manager of Agip UK in

Aberdeen Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, third most populous Cities of Scotland, Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeensh ...

, UK; District general manager of NAOC in

Port Harcourt Port Harcourt (Pidgin: ''Po-ta-kot or Pi-ta-kwa)'' is the capital and largest city of Rivers State in Nigeria. It is the fifth most populous city in Nigeria after Lagos, Kano, Ibadan and Benin. It lies along the Bonny River and is locate ...

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; and general manager and managing director of Petrobel in

Cairo Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...

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. In March 2001, he was appointed managing director of

Lasmo Lasmo plc was a British oil and gas exploration and production business. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. History The Company was founded in 1971 as London and Scottish Marine Oil (LASM ...

Caracas Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ...

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, and at the end of 2002, managing director of Ieoc in

. After returning to Italy in 2004, Vergine held positions in

’s E&P Division, including: Regional Vice President West Africa and

; Senior Vice President Northern Europe, North and South

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, Russia and the Far East; Senior Vice President, Technologies and Services; and, finally, Executive Vice President, Europe, Central Asia and the Far East. In 2010, he was appointed as

’s Senior

Executive Vice President A vice president or vice-president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vi ...

in charge of Strategic Studies and R&D. In addition, he served on the board of directors of

S.p.A.,

Trading & Shipping, the

Foundation, and represented

on the Board of the Foundation for the

. Between 1 January 2012 and 5 December 2012, he was the chief operating officer of the

S.p.A. Gas & Power Division.

Saipem career

A member of the

Board since 2010, Umberto Vergine was appointed chief executive officer on 5 December 2012, following the resignation of Pietro Franco Tali, who was under investigation, along with a number of other senior managers, for alleged corruption offences in

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

. He was also, simultaneously, in charge of the Engineering and Construction Business Unit for a period of time. His mandate as chief executive officer of

was extended by the board of directors in May 2014.Saipem Confirms Appointment of Umberto Vergine
/ref> He held the position of CEO until 2015, when he was replace by Stefano Cao.

Notes

External links

Profile of Umberto Vergine on Saipem’s website

Profile of Umberto Vergine on Bloomberg Business
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