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British businessman

OccupationOil trader

TitleCEO, Vitol

TermMarch 2018-

Russell Hardy
Education	Imperial College London
Occupation	Oil trader
Title	CEO, Vitol
Term	March 2018-
Predecessor	Ian Taylor

Russell Hardy is a British businessman, and the chief executive (CEO) of Vitol, the world's largest independent oil trading company.^[1]

Hardy has a master's degree in engineering from Imperial College London.^[2]^[3]

Career

Hardy began his career working for BP, trading fuel oil.^[2]

In 1993, Hardy left BP and joined Vitol.^[3] He has been a member of its executive committee since 2007, and CEO of the Europe, Middle-East and Africa region since 2017.^[2] In March 2018, he was appointed CEO of the entire company, succeeding Ian Taylor, who became chairman.^[2]^[4]

In 2022, Hardy predicted that Russia won't be able to protect itself from the negative effects of the international sanctions, while Russian oil export would fall by 1 million barrels a day in winter 2022-2023.^[1]^[5]

References

1 2 Rathenow, Solveig (3 November 2022). "Die wachsende "Schattenflotte" an Tankern wird den Einbruch von Russlands Ölexporten nicht abfedern, sagt ein Experte". Business Insider (in German). Retrieved 10 November 2022.
1 2 3 4 Payne, Julia. "Hardy takes helm from Taylor as CEO of trading giant Vitol". reuters.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
1 2 "Russell Hardy - Gastech Exhibition & Conference". gastechevent.com. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
↑ "Top Trader Vitol Has New CEO as Taylor Becomes Chairman". www.bloomberg.com. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
↑ "Ukraine-Blog: Fotos, Fakes und Fragen – «Unsere Kommandanten nennen Menschen Fleisch»: Russische Infanteristen sind wütend und beschweren sich". Basler Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 10 November 2022.

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