Orazio Privitera - CEO
After graduating with honours in electrical engineering, he began his career in 2000 at Assolombarda, the regional industrial association of the province of Milan, which is affiliated to Confindustria. At Assolombarda he worked on the supply of electricity and gas to consumer consortia, which were the first in Italy to have access to the free energy market. During these years he contributed to the creation of the Confindustria Consortium Observatory. In 2005, he joined Enel in the Supply & Risk Management Department of Enel Energia and then in the Power Trading & Portfolio Management Department of Enel Trade as Head of the Wholesale Unit. In 2007 he left Enel to found Key to Energy, a leading independent energy trading and risk management consultancy in Italy, of which he is currently CEO. Author of numerous publications and articles in the sector, speaker at conferences and seminars, he collaborates as a lecturer in various post-graduate master’s courses.
Riccardo Goggi - GENERAL MANAGER
He graduated with honours in engineering from the University of Pavia and has worked in the energy sector since 2001. He started his career at McKinsey, mainly in the London office. After obtaining an MBA from INSEAD in France, he joined Vodafone Italia in 1999 as strategic planning coordinator and head of investor relations. In 2001, he joined Goldman Sachs in London, where he focused on the energy sector. From 2003 to 2007 he was Executive Assistant to the COO Generation and Energy Management at Enel and then Head of the Italian Wholesale Electricity Market, managing both front and back-office activities. From 2007 to 2010 he worked at CIR, focusing on the subsidiaries Sorgenia and KOS, for which he was a member of the Board of Directors, as well as of Energia Italiana. Since 2011 he has been General Manager of Key to Energy, where he works on special projects for clients with long-term forecasting needs, financial analysis, business plans, exceptional buy-side and sell-side transactions, administrative aspects and management control.
Luigi Michi - SENIOR ADVISOR
Graduated with honours in electrical engineering, he has attended numerous executive business programmes at prestigious institutions (Columbia University, Harvard, IESE). With extensive experience in the energy sector, where he has worked in various roles since 1985, he is a full-fledged expert in energy markets and complex electrical systems, and is closely involved in the current energy transition, particularly in the fields of decarbonisation targets and integration of renewable energy sources. He started his career in the ENI Group, working on the design of turbogas power stations and the management of the related works (turnkey contracts). He then continued his career at Enel, where he was involved, among other things, in the management and development of renewable energy plants and carried out various activities in the field of grid and power transmission lines (design, construction, control). He then developed a long and intensive experience as Head of Energy Management, with responsibility for the management and dispatching of Enel’s entire Italian generation portfolio, the related sale of energy and services on the Italian market, the procurement and management of the fuel portfolio (gas and coal), as well as wholesale and energy and commodity trading activities on the European spot and forward (OTC) markets. Finally, he was Head of Strategy, Development and Dispatching at Terna, the Italian Transmission System Operator, where he was responsible for dispatching, grid planning and development, regulatory affairs, strategies, market analysis and innovation. At Key to Energy, he leads strategic projects supporting key national and European players in the energy transition across the supply chain, from production to retail.
