Adrian Blanck

Adrian Blanck is an international expert in digital strategy, organizational performance and transformation, digital innovation and business analytics. Adrian has a value creation track record of 30 years with Aramco, Total, Elf and Shell in a variety of management roles requiring both technical, commercial and financial expertise, as well as in consultant and board-level advisory roles in Europe, Middle East and North Africa with Accenture. Adrian specializes in taking complex briefs from stakeholders, formulate study hypothesis and build robust governance frameworks, teams, processes and technology to deliver measurable business benefits. He has a MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, an MBA with focus on Strategy and Finance from INSEAD and a Doctoral Degree (DBA) from the University of Manchester, where he focused on how digitalization facilitates more efficient decision making.

During his last 10 years with Aramco, Adrian has advised the CEOs of several Aramco joint ventures and subsidiaries (Petro Rabigh, Sadara and Luberef) on key organizational issues related to digital transformation, operational excellence, performance management and optimization. Adrian is a Chartered Engineer and Board Management Consultant and holds certifications in Balanced Scorecard Strategy Definition and Implementation, KPI Management, Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance, Project Management and Data Management.

He is also an active contributor on a variety of issues ranging from energy sustainability to energy transition and organizational performance.

At this moment Mr. Blanck is the Chief Digitalization Officer for Saudi Aramco Base Oils Company