Agostino Casillo

Head of Natural Resources Competence Center @ CDP Cassa Depositi e Prestiti

About

15 years of international experience in the energy industry across the entire value chain (Natural Resources, Chemicals, Renewables, Circular Economy), working for top tier companies: technology and services provider, energy producer, financial institution. Chemical engineer by background, MBA graduated, I have been extensively involved in strategy and business development at both corporate and business unit level in international frameworks. My main fields of activities are: - technology licensing - strategic partnerships and alliances - M&A origination and transaction - commercialization of new technologies - business development - strategic marketing and positioning - investments in new technologies - developing business cases (market/financial/technology/commercial rationale) - advising top management Areas of expertise: critical raw materials / CCS / renewable energy / hydrogen / green chemicals / biofuels / plastic recycling and circular economy / oil&gas / petrochemicals / fertilizers

Country

Italy

City

Rome

Industry

Financial Services

Skill

Risorse naturali, Consulenza strategica, ESG, Sostenibilità, Sviluppo aziendale, Consulenza, Amministrazione d'ufficio, Sviluppo aziendale internazionale, Settore energetico, Negoziazione contratti, Imprenditorialità, Vendite internazionali, Pianificazione strategica, Consulenza manageriale, P&L, Start-up, Strategia di marketing, Marketing, Ingegneria dei processi, Ingegneria

Experience

Head of Natural Resources Competence Center

CDP Cassa Depositi e Prestiti

2024-3 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

Advising on developing, financing and investing in impact-driven projects for strategic value chains and sustainable exploitation of natural resources

Sr. Strategist Circular Economy Competence Center

CDP Cassa Depositi e Prestiti

2023-8 - 2024-3 · 8 mos

Developing financing/investment policies, overall economic rationale and advisory services for implementation of impact-driven projects in the field of circular economy (downstream, biorefineries, sustainable chemicals, biofuels, waste-to-X, CCS, CCUS)

Origination & Transaction Manager

Enel Green Power

2021-1 - 2023-9 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Sr position in the Business Development Team. Origination and end-to-end management of M&A transaction to secure and acquire development pipelines and ready-to-build projects: - scouting investment opportunities - competitive or bilateral acquisition processes - investment management presentation - leading multi-disciplinary teams (legal, engineering, finance) - manage due diligences outcomes in negotiation - framework agreements - SPA negotiation

Head of Italy Office & Global Business Lead

Genesis Oil and Gas Consultants (This page is no longer active)

2020-9 - 2021-1 · 5 mos

Roma

Secondment to Genesis, leading engineering consultancy company wholly owned by Technip. 1) Managing the start-up of the operating center in Rome: from business strategy planning to delivery. Reporting to Regional VP 2) Shaping and leading a new global service line to extend company’s offering to the field of management consulting. Reporting to Global VP

Product Line Manager, Green Chemicals

TechnipFMC

2018-12 - 2020-9 · 1 yr 10 mos

Roma, Italia

coordinate the activities of the global network of operating centers in the green chemicals field: 8 centers across Europe, North America and India. Primary focus on growing the process technology portfolio through scouting of new technologies for partnerships and M&A. Reporting to Product Line VP. Activity field: Renewables, green chemistry, circular economy, energy transition Expertise: licensing, business development, strategic partnerships, new business models, product development

Technology Portfolio Manager EMIA

TechnipFMC

2017-12 - 2020-9 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Coordinate portfolio activities at regional level (Europe, Middle East, India & North Africa) growth through new partnerships or M&A, marketing & commercialization of proprietary or in alliance technologies, licensing. Reporting to Chief Technology Officer. Interfaces with: business development, product lines, strategy, customers, licensors, partners.

Senior Technology Licensing Engineer

TechnipFMC

2015-1 - 2017-11 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Roma, Italia

Technology Licensing & Feasibility Studies Engineer

Technip

2011-11 - 2014-12 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Roma, Italia

My work at the Licensing and Feasibility Studies Dept. of Technip basically consists of two main areas of activity: 1) Licensing --> in this position I am in charge of the following activities: - Selection and evaluation of third-party licensed technologies for the benefit of the Clients - Relationship with top-tier Technology Licensors - Management and negotiation of License Agreements, Guarantee Agreements and Engineering Agreements with Licensors - Confidentiality Agreements 2) Feasibility Studies --> in this position I am involved in: - Feasibility Studies for the appraisal of industrial projects in the Oil&Gas and Petrochemical sector - Market assessment for feedstocks and products - Profitability Analisys - Risk Analysis - SWOT analysis

Post - Lauream Scolarship

Institute for Researches on Combustion - CNR

2010-7 - 2010-12 · 6 mos

Naples

Collaboration with Combustion Researches Institute (IRC - CNR) of Naples for the project: "Developmento of a simulation model for an absorption unit for CO2 capture and storage". This project has been granted by the department of "Energia e innovazione" of ENEL Spa.