Ottavio Maiello

Asset Trader | Senior Energy Trader | Crude, Products & Optimization

Geneva Metropolitan Area

About

Blending comprehensive trading expertise with deep operational refinery insight, I specialize in turning complex downstream assets into agile, value-generating trading platforms. Over my career at LITASCO and within the Italian refining system, I’ve built a unique end-to-end perspective — spanning refinery planning and LP optimization, supply and off-take management, crude and feedstock trading, and broader business development.

Experience

  • LITASCO SA (Full-time · 10 yrs 3 mos)
    • Asset Trader
      Oct 2019 - Nov 2025 · 6 yrs 2 mos

      • Asset Trader with end-to-end responsibility for optimizing crude & feedstock supply and product off-take for Lukoil’s European refineries. Experienced in sourcing and trading diverse global crude slates, designing asset-based trading and hedging strategies, and unlocking value at the refinery–trading interface, with a strong track record in commercial optimization and cross-functional coordination. P&L ownership.

    • Asset Economist
      Sep 2015 - Sep 2019 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      Asset economics and optimization, feeds and products selection, JV management, and Trading/Refining liaison for Lukoil European Refineries: ISAB (Sicily, IT), Zeeland (NL), Burgas (BG), and Petrotel (RO).

  • IP - Gruppo api (6 yrs 11 mos)
    • Supply & Trading
      Apr 2014 - Aug 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Crude oil and products' physical supply and trading Trading strategies development and profitability/performance analysis Trading risk assessment and evaluation Hedging and speculative paper trading strategies Asset economics (LP expert for production of crude and products' break-even financials for both trading and supply purposes) International oil market monitoring and technical analysis

    • Supply Chain Planning & Economics
      Oct 2008 - Mar 2014 · 5 yrs 6 mos

      Refinery Economist responsible for Production & Supply planning LP expert (Honeywell RPMS, Haverly GRTMPS, Aspentech PIMS) Strategic business analyses / Company business plan Crude selection Logistics optimization Economics & contracts CSO management Energy management Quality control

  • api - anonima petroli italiana (3 yrs 9 mos)
    • Refinery Scheduling & Performance at Raffineria di Ancona
      Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 · 1 yr

      Coordinator of refinery operations' scheduling Margin leakage analysis / Yields control Operations' and Energy efficiency Blending optimization Stock utilization review Advanced analytical support to Refinery Management

    • Refinery Planning
      Jan 2005 - Sep 2007 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      Refinery short-term production planning Refinery modelling Refinery LP model ownership & accuracy Margin management Back-casting / Margin variance analysis

  • Process Engineer at Micron Technology
    Dec 2004 - Jan 2005 · 2 mos

  • Research Engineer at Procter & Gamble
    Jun 2003 - Sep 2003 · 4 mos

    Internship program at P&G RP Technical Centre, section: Skincare.