Didier Casimiro Explained

Didier Casimiro
Office:Vice President of Rosneft
Term Start:23 May 2012
Office1:held top management positions at BP
Term Start1:1996
Term End1:2012
Birth Date:1966
Birth Place:Belgium
Residence:Moscow
Alma Mater:Ghent University (1991)
Lisbon University (1992)

Didier Casimiro (born 1966) is a Russian government official, considered a close ally and "de facto deputy" of Igor Sechin. He is the chief executive officer, First Vice President of Rosneft,[1] the Russian state oil company.[2] His nickname is Hollywood-Style Trader.[3]

Since 2020, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bashneft,[4] [5] reelected in December 2021.[6]

Career

Didier Casimiro graduated from Ghent University in 1991, and Lisbon University in 1992. Fluent in 7 languages, including Portuguese and French.

In 1996-2012, he worked at BP oil company in management positions. In his participation, in 2003, the branch of the BP company TNK-BP (Tyumen oil company - BP) was established in Moscow. The company soon became a one of leaders in the Russian oil market, with investments from the parent company. After that, in 2013, the company was sold in Rosneft.

Didier Casimiro was born in a Portuguese family. Thanks to his knowledge of the Portuguese language, he became especially close to Igor Sechin, who graduated from St. Petersburg University with a degree in Portuguese and worked as a military translator in Angola.[7] Kashimiro learned the language from his parents, and Sechin mastered it during his service as a military translator in the communist Mozambique and Angola, where the Soviet Union had tremendous power during the civil wars of the two countries.

Actively takes part in the expansion of Rosneft in Germany,[8] Egypt,[9] Latin America, the US and the UK.[10]

Sanctions

The Trump administration expanded further sanctions on its Swiss-incorporated company (Rosneft Trading S.A.) and its president Casimiro on 18 February 2020 for supporting Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro regime by operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy.[11] [12]

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.[13]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.interfax.ru/business/715629 Didier Kasimiro appointed Rosneft's first vice president in place of Fedorov.
  2. Web site: Didier Casimiro.
  3. News: The Hollywood-Style Trader Running Russia's Sanctioned Oil Deal . . 19 February 2020 . 21 March 2020.
  4. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4400148 The board of directors of Bashneft was headed by Didier Kasimiro.
  5. Web site: page 7 Bashneft (Russian).
  6. Web site: Председателем совета директоров Башнефти избран Дидье Касимиро. ru. 2021-12-10. Интерфакс.
  7. Web site: Bloomberg: как нефтяной трейдер Дидье Касимиро в голливудском стиле управляет иностранной дочкой Роснефти. 20 February 2020.
  8. Web site: Igor Sechin makes a business trip to the PCK refinery in Germany.
  9. Web site: Rosneft and Fleet Energy explore the possibility of joint gas supplies to Egypt.
  10. Web site: Igor Sechin Meets Investors in London and New York, Visits GE Production Facilities and Engineering Centers.
  11. Web site: Treasury Targets Russian Oil Brokerage Firm for Supporting Illegitimate Maduro Regime. 18 February 2020. United States Department of the Treasury. 19 February 2020.
  12. News: Jakes. Lara. U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Russian Oil Company Supporting Venezuela's Leader. 2020-02-18. The New York Times. 2020-02-25. en-US. 0362-4331.
  13. Web site: CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK . 16 April 2023.