Key People

  • Andreas Laskaratos

    Chief Executive Officer
    Andreas has in-depth experience in oil & products trading, with focus on special projects and business development of new products and desks. He has been trading for a Russian conglomerate for 6 years prior to joining Glencore and moving to Abalone Group in order to develop Abalone Commodities.

  • Sebastien Willems

    Chief Trading Officer
    Sebastien has more than 25 years of experience in the Oil & Products trading industry. Starting his career in Neste, he then moved onto Morgan Stanley before joining Glencore for 14 years, where he served as Global Head of LPG Trading until 2023.

  • Alessandra Panella Farbello

    Chief Operations Officer
    Alessandra has more than 25 years of experience in the financial sector, working as COO for Abalone Solitaire, and prior to that, as an Equity Analyst in Kepler Capital Markets, Banca Imi and Caboto Sim, covering Italian listed banks and real estate.

  • Ilaria De Paulis

    Chief Finance Officer
    Ilaria is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Abalone Commodities AG and of Abalone Group. In 2020, Ilaria was appointed as Head of Administration and in 2021 she coordinated the setting up of the Italian Branch of Abalone Asset Management Ltd. In 2023, Ilaria was approved as Chief Financial officer by the MFSA for Abalone Asset Management Ltd and by the DFSA (Dubai Financial Services Authority) for Abalone Capital Ltd. 

  • Sylvain Fresia

    Global Head Risk Management

    Sylvain graduated with a master’s in Energy Trading and Finance from Cass Business School, London. He worked as a risk manager in ENI Trading & Shipping in London for 4 years, before moving to Glencore where he worked as a senior risk manager for 7 years. During his time in both companies, he worked across a wide variety of transactions, desk, products and regions. He returned to Monaco to manage a family office before starting to work with Abalone Commodities.

  • Stefano Sabbatini

    Risk Manager
    Risk Manager at Abalone Commodities. Stefano started his career at Mercer, an independent financial advisory company, part of the group Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Stefano became Abalone Asset Management Chief Risk Officer for over five years before joining Abalone Commodities AG. Stefano also holds a master’s degree (Hons) in Finance and Insurance