Prysmian Group, a world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, appointed Cristiano Tortelli, who joined the Group as Senior Vice President, to lead the newly created Oil & Gas Business Area that incorporates all of the Group’s activities in the industry, including umbilicals and flexible systems, down-hole technologies and core cables.

“The new Business Area will operate across the entire Oil & Gas supply chain. Technology will play a key role in meeting the new industry challenges, supported by a strong project management organization”, stated Cristiano Tortelli. “In the context of today’s oil prices, collaboration with Oil Companies and Industrial Service providers will be a key strategy in redefining the new industry standards, as well as a means to simplify the way capital projects are executed”, he added.

Cristiano Tortelli has a long international experience in the Oil & Gas industry. During his career he covered several key roles in GE Oil & Gas. Later he joined Air Liquide Group leading globally the Engineering & Solution organization.