Robin D'Alessandro

Biography

Robin D’Alessandro is the CEO of the Vitol Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Vitol Group of Companies. In 2016, the Vitol Foundation supported 141 projects through 111 partners in 64 countries. The Vitol Foundation supports projects that fall under four programme areas that are critical to a child's development: Health, WASH, Education and Livelihoods. We also respond to humanitarian emergencies with trusted partners. The goal is to make investments in development that are transformational, efficient, sustainable, scalable and replicable. The focus is increasingly on support in fragile states, with quality Education for refugees and IDPs an ongoing priority. Prior to managing the Vitol Foundation, Robin was the Country Director for Vitol’s oil business in Iraq and as a Middle East specialist, she spent the previous 20 years of her career working with OPEC-producing countries from trading posts in New York, Singapore and London.