Ryan Hodgkinson serves as Executive Vice President, Commercial, where he oversees JV Management, Manufacturing Optimization, and Corporate Development & Strategy.

He comes to Motiva after spending more than two years as Managing Director of Aramco Trading Americas. Ryan has 24 years of diverse experience in strategy and business development as well as finance and risk in the global energy industry.

Ryan served as VP Enterprise Strategy & Business Development for Motiva from 2021, including overseeing the formation of the new Aramco Trading Americas organization. Prior to serving as VP, Ryan served in multiple roles within Motiva beginning in 2017, including Head of Performance & Analysis for Supply, Trading and Logistics and Enterprise Controller.

Prior to that, Ryan was VP Finance Global Energy Marking and Shipping at BG Group in Houston after serving as Finance and Procurement Manager in Bolivia and Group Upstream Planning Manager in UK. Ryan began his career in Oil and Gas with ExxonMobil in London.

He serves on the board of directors for Esmax and previously was chairman of the board for Juniper Ventures from 2020-2022.

Ryan holds a Joint Bachelor of Arts and Science degree in Economics and Economic History from the University of Bristol and is an Alumni of London Business School, in addition to being a Chartered Management Accountant.