Alessandro Bernini

Alessandro Bernini is the Chief Executive Officer of MAIRE, a leading engineering group delivering large-scale industrial projects and advanced technology solutions for the energy sector.

His career began at EY, where he built a solid foundation in finance and corporate governance, before taking on into senior executive roles in the energy sector, as Group Chief Financial Officer at Saipem in 2003, then at ENI in 2008.

Bernini joined MAIRE in 2013 as Group CFO and was appointed Group CEO and COO in 2022. He also serves as Chairman of NextChem, MAIRE’s subsidiary dedicated to sustainable technology solutions.

Session Overview

Tuesday, 3 November

14:05

Downstream, Chemicals & Industrial Value Chains Plenary Hall B 14:05 - 14:35

Global refining: navigating supply disruption and structural market pressure

Global refining capacity is shifting towards large-scale integrated complexes in the Middle East and Asia, while older facilities in Europe and mature markets close or convert. Supply disruptions in 2026 have exposed dependence on concentrated supply routes, limited spare capacity and crude-slate inflexibility, compressing margins and forcing operational adjustments across refining systems. Managing these conditions requires refiners to make difficult trade-offs between utilisation, feedstock access and product slate strategy in real time. Regional disparities in refining economics are widening, and operators are drawing on inventories and re-optimising configurations to protect margins and maintain stability as disruption moves from episodic to structural. Refiners that build operational flexibility and commercial adaptability into their systems will sustain performance where others face margin deterioration and output constraints.

Attendee Insights:
Understand how refining leaders are managing critical trade-offs to protect margins and sustain market position through prolonged supply disruption.