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Claudio Descalzi was born in Milan and has been Eni's CEO since May 2014. He is a member of the General Council and of the Advisory Board of Confindustria and Director of Fondazione Teatro alla Scala. He is a member of the National Petroleum Council. He is one of the founding CEOs of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, and was awarded the Atlantic Council's Distinguished Business Leadership Award in 2022. He joined Eni in 1981 as Oil & Gas field petroleum engineer and then became project manager for the development of North Sea, Libya, Nigeria and Congo. In 1990 he was appointed Head of Reservoir and operating activities for Italy. In 1994, he was appointed Managing Director of Eni's subsidiary in Congo and in 1998 he became Vice President & Managing Director of Naoc, a subsidiary of Eni in Nigeria. From 2000 to 2001 he held the position of Executive Vice President for Africa, Middle East and China. From 2002 to 2005 he was Executive Vice President for Italy, Africa, Middle East, covering also the role of member of the board of several Eni subsidiaries in the area. In 2005, he was appointed Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the Exploration & Production Division in Eni. From 2006 to 2014 he was President of Assomineraria and from 2008 to 2014 he was Chief Operating Officer in the Exploration & Production Division of Eni. From 2010 to 2014 he held the position of Chairman of Eni UK. In 2012, Claudio Descalzi was the first European in the field of Oil&Gas to receive the prestigious Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal 2012 award from the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Institute of Mining Engineers. He is a Visiting Fellow at The University of Oxford. In 2014 he founded the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative together with other CEOs of major Oil & Gas companies to lead the industry's response to climate change. In December 2015 he was made a member of the Global Board of Advisors of the Council on Foreign Relations. In December 2016 he was awarded an Honorary Degree in Environmental and Territorial Engineering by the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Rome, Tor Vergata. In May 2022 he was awarded by the Atlantic Council with the Distinguished Business Leadership Award for the extraordinary role he has played in the energy sector at an international level, for the technological transformation of the company aimed at complete decarbonisation by 2050 and for his contribution to the new challenge of Italian and European energy security. He graduated in physics in 1979 from the University of Milan.

Giuseppe Ricci was born in Casale Monferrato in 1958. He was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Energy Evolution on January 1, 2021. He joined Eni in 1985 initially working in the study and development of new refining processes at the Sannazzaro refinery, before becoming involved in the creation and consolidation of the joint venture with Kuwait Petroleum at the Milazzo refinery. In 2000 he returned to head office where he was responsible for Refining Processes Development and oversaw the performance optimization at the refining facilities of Agip Petroli. He left central technologies to take over, in 2004, as director of the Gela Refinery, a particularly challenging assignment both from a managerial perspective and in terms of the refining cycle and the complexity of the plant; in 2006 he was appointed managing director of the refinery. In June 2010 he was appointed as Senior Vice President of the Industrial Sector for Refining & Marketing, with responsibility for the refineries, storage deposits, oil pipelines and plant and facilities in Italy, as well as the management of subsidiary and associated companies in Italy and abroad. As Industrial Director he also held a series of additional responsibilities, such as the chairmanship of Gela and Milazzo. In 2012 he took on the delicate role of Eni's Executive Vice President Health, Safety Environment and Quality with responsibility for providing the guidelines, coordination and control of safety, industrial health, product safety, the environment and quality. On September 12th, 2016, he was appointed as Chief Refining & Marketing Officer. On July 2020 as Eni's Deputy Chief Operating Officer of Energy Evolution and Director Green/Traditional Refinery and Marketing. Since July 2017 up to June 2023 he was appointed President of Confindustria Energia and since 2018 President of AIDIC (Italian Association of chemical Engineering). He took over as Chief Operating Officer Energy Evolution from January 1st, 2021. Since October 1, 2024, he has been appointed Chief Operating Officer Industrial Transformation, overseeing the industrial transformation activities of traditional refining and chemical, as well as the business development activities and environmental remediation.

Guido Brusco was Born in Maratea in April 1970, he graduated with Honors in Mechanical Engineering at La Sapienza University of Rome. He holds the position of Eni's Chief Operating Officer Global Natural Resources and General Manager since October 1, 2024. He joined Eni in 1997, starting his career in the technical areas of the Exploration & Production business holding positions of increasing complexity and seniority across different countries, up to the role of Managing Director in Kazakhstan in 2013 and subsequently in Angola in 2015. He held the positions of Executive Vice President for the Sub-Saharan Africa Region and then Director of Eni's Upstream business. He took over as Chief Operating Officer Natural Resources in February 2022. Since October 2024, he has been appointed Chief Operating Officer Global Natural Resources as well as General Manager1, overseeing exploration activities, engineering, development and production of oil&gas, LNG and Power, Trading and Portfolio management, sustainable development, Carbon Capture and Storage, forestry and agro-feedstock and, lastly, to the realization of asset development projects. He has been appointed Chairman of Confindustria Energia, Italy's Federation of energy sector associations, in July 2023. He has been a Board Director of Var Energi (since December 2021), of Azule Energy (since August 2020) and of Ithaca Energy (since October 2024).

Lapo Pistelli was born in Florence in 1964. He was appointed Director Public Affairs of Eni on July 1, 2020. Graduated with honors in 1988 in International Law at the Political Science faculty Cesare Alfieri at the University of Florence, he started working at a research center, while serving for two mandates in the local administration of Florence. He was member of the Italian Parliament from 1996 to 2015 (1996/2004 and 2008/2015), and also member of the European Parliament (2004/2008). He served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy from 2013 to 2015. He resigned from all his institutional and political roles in July 2015, when he entered Eni. He taught and lectured at the University of Florence, the Overseas Studies Program of Stanford University and many others international academic institutions. He regularly contributed to many European and American think tanks and research centers specialized in international relations. He is member of the board of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and of the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), and member of the WE - World of Energy editorial committee. He also collaborates with Limes and Aspenia magazines. He's Chairman of OME (Observatoire Mediterraneen de l'Energie et du Climat).

Grazia Fimiani was born in Salerno in 1970. She was appointed Director of Integrated Risk Management at Eni on January 1, 2021. Having graduated with honors in Economics and Commerce from Sapienza University in Rome, she joined Eni in 1996, following a brief experience in the financial sector. At Eni, she began her professional career in the Human Resources department, by gaining transversal experience on the processes of Organizational Management, HR Planning and Development. She then went on to management roles in International Business, in particular in the Gas & Power sector, acquiring increasing responsibilities until she took on the role of HR Business Partner in the Gas & Power division. During this period, she coordinated and managed aspects of Human Resources related to business development projects, with particular reference to the integration of entities/companies subject to acquisition at European level and to the re-engineering of business processes, required by the growing exposure of the sector to the dynamics of market. In 2014 she was appointed Head of Human Resources and Organization of Eni reporting to the Chief Services & Stakeholder Relations Officer and, from July 2020, as the Human Capital & Procurement Coordination Director. In this role she coordinated central functions of the Organization Management, HR Development, Industrial Relations and all the activities related to HR Business Partner in several Eni Business areas (Natural Resources, Energy Evolution, Support Functions), as well as the Excellence Centers focused on Recruitment and Training (Eni International Resources and Eni Corporate University). From 2016 to June 2021 she was a standing member, representing Eni in the Executive Committee of Valore D. She participated in sessions of 'In The Boardroom 4.0 - Eighth Class' executive training program for Board members. In October 2022, as Eni representative, she was appointed Council Member of World Business Council for Sustainable Development. She is currently member of Boards of Directors of Versalis and Eni Trading & Biofuels, as well as of Eni Foundation.

Claudio Granata was born in Rome in 1960. He holds the position of Director Stakeholder Relations & Services since October 1, 2024 and he has been appointed Chairman of the board of Eni Corporate University since November 2014. He started working in Eni in 1983 and from 1983 to 1994 worked as a labour market and social welfare expert with ASAP (the trade union association for Eni Companies). From 1994 to 1999 he continued his experience with Eni Corporate as an expert in industrial relations. In 2000 he was made responsible for Staff and Organisation within Eni Servizi Amministrativi, a company that was set up to centralise Eni's administrative activities. In 2001, he took over the management of Eni's territorial divisions, restructuring the management of staff by geographical area and in 2003 he took on the role of Business HR for Eni Corporate, ensuring support for departments in the management and development of Eni Corporate's managerial resources during a period of profound change (2002-2004), which was characterised by the mergers of Snam and AgipPetroli and the restructuring of staff organisation. In the same year he was also appointed head of Human Resources and Organisation of SOFID (Eni's financial services company). In 2006 he was appointed Human Resources Director of the E&P Division, where he oversaw the planning, management, development and compensation processes for human resources and organisation activities. He also collaborated with the top management in the reorganisation of macro processes for the division and promoted change management initiatives. He became a board member of Eni International Resources Ltd in 2006 and was Chairman of the board of Eni International Resources Ltd from 2012 to 2013. From 2012 to March 2015, he was a board member of Eni UK ltd. In 2013 he was appointed Executive Vice President Sustainable Development, Safety, Environment and Quality at E&P, responsible for overseeing safety, environment and quality processes to promote integration with operational processes and contribute to improvements in time to market and efficiency. He was appointed Chief Services & Stakeholder Relations Officer in Eni since July 1, 2014. Until May 2016, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Eni Foundation. He was appointed Director Human Capital & Procurement since July 1, 2020.

Cristina Sgubin was born in Frosinone in 1980 and has been Eni Director since May 2023. Lawyer, expert in corporate law, corporate governance and regulation. She is currently Director of SACE, ISPRA (Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research), Vianini SpA and Biesse SpA She is also Secretary General of Telespazio SpA, a leading international company operating in the satellite sector. She lectures on both degree and master's courses in Public Economic Law and Administrative Law. She gained extensive experience as a lawyer for leading national and international law firms, then she pursued the in-house managerial career. As a lawyer, she has served the IPI (Institute of Industrial Promotion), in-house company of the Ministry of the Economic Development (MISE, now Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy) for Promuovitalia S.p.A. and for the Ministry itself. She was General Counsel of Italo-Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori SpA. While working at Leonardo she subsequently became Head of Regulatory Affairs, and then Chief of Staff to the Chief Executive Officer. Since 2021 she has been Secretary General of Telespazio, responsible for legal and corporate affairs, compliance, security and anti-corruption. She is author of monographs, particularly on complex industrial crises, collective works and scientific articles. She had a law degree from the University of Rome Tor Vergata and a level II University Master's degree in Law and management of public services from the LUMSA University in Rome.

Elisa Baroncini was born in Castel San Pietro Terme (Bologna) in 1966 and has been Eni Director since May 2023. She is Professor of International Law at the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, where she teaches International Trade and Investment Law, International Law on Sustainable Development, International Energy Law and she is a member of the teaching board of the PhD program in Juridical Sciences. Founder and Coordinator of DIEcon, the interest group on International Economic Law of the Italian Society of International Law (SIDI), she co-chaired the interest group on International Economic Law of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) in 2013-2022 and since December 2023 she was appointed as a Member of the Executive Council of Society of International Economic Law (SIEL). She is a member of the Journal of World Investment and Trade and of the review Diritto del commercio internazionale - Bologna Editorial Board. In December 2024 she was renewed as a member of the Scientific Council of the Alma Mater Institute for Advanced Studies for the period 2025-2028 and was appointed TSD Expert (international arbitrator) by the European Commission for dispute resolution mechanisms of the European Union new generation free trade agreements. She is also a member of the Interuniversity Centre on the Law of International Economic Organisations (CIDOIE), and a member of the University of the Associazione delle docenti universitarie dell'Universita di Bologna (AdDU) Steering Committee. She participates in various associations and organisations active in the fields of governance and international and European law (Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, Society of International Economic Law, Societa italiana di diritto internazionale, International Law Association (ILA) - Branch of Italy, Associazione italiana studiosi di diritto dell'Unione europea). She is the author of several publications among Italian and foreign publishers and magazines, particularly in the field of international economic law and the external relations and trade policy of the European Union. She has been a Visiting Professor at various foreign universities and Visiting Researcher at the European University Institute (EUI), and member and manager of national and international research projects. After being appointed as Coordinator of the Re-Globe Jean Monnet Module (2022-2025), of the Seed Funding Una Europa WHC@50 project and of the Seed Funding Una Europa ImprovEUorGlobe project, she is currently Scientific Director of the project The World Trade Organization as a protagonist of sustainable development in the relaunch of the multilateral system, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Additionally, Elisa Baroncini holds the Jean Monnet Chair with the SustainEUorPlanet project and is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Advanced Training Course on Energy Law at the University of Bologna. Elisa Baroncini's fields of research include: the crisis of the WTO appellate body and the multilateral system reform process; the relationship between trade liberalisation and non-trade values; the new generation of free trade agreements of the European Union; transparency in international economic law; the role of the European Parliament and Commission in finalizing international agreements; UNESCO and international economic law; exceptions related to national security in international economic law; EU trade policy and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN Agenda 2030; Energy Trilemma and International Energy Law. She graduated with honour in law, with the Baldisseri award as best dissertation of the year in European Community Law, from the University of Bologna, where she also obtained a PhD in European Community Law.

Francesco Gattei was born in Bologna in February 1969. He was appointed Chief Financial Officer in Eni on August 1, 2020. He joined Agip S.p.A. in 1995 and participated in major negotiation processes in Central Asia and Russia, firstly as Business Analyst and subsequently as Negotiator. From 2001 to 2005 he was Head of Negotiations & Commercial Planning in Libya activities during the start-up and then the construction phases of the Western Libyan Gas Project. From 2006 to 2008, he returned to Eni's headquarters to become Head of Business Planning and Development activities for Africa, Europe, Asia and America during a period of major business growth, supporting the E&P Division's Deputy General Director. In 2009, he was appointed Head of Upstream M&A, contributing to the rationalization of the portfolio, particularly in the UK and United States. In 2011, he became Senior Vice President of Market Scenarios and Strategic Options in Eni SpA, where he was also appointed Secretary of the Scenario and Sustainability Committee, a post he held until 2019. In 2014, he was appointed Head of Investor Relations and also acted as Secretary to Eni's Advisory Board from 2016 to 2019. In 2019, he moved to Houston to become Upstream Director of the Americas, managing the E&P business in the United States, Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Saipem from 2014 to 2015. He graduated in Economics and Commerce at the University of Bologna with a thesis on the oil market. He obtained the MEDEA (Master in Energy and Environmental Management) Master's from the Scuola Mattei in 1994.

Mr. Fiorillo Lorenzo was born in Vibo Valentia in 1974. He is appointed as Director Technology, R&D & Digital of Eni since May 2024. After graduating in Chemical Engineering in Pisa in 1998, in January 1999 he joined Eni as a Production Optimization Technician at San Donato Milanese headquarters. Later on an initial experience in the field on reservoir studies and in the Italian operating districts, in 2004 he held the role of Technical Manager at Enimed company in Gela, subsequently increasing his responsibilities, both in Sicily and in Tunisia, until being appointed in January 2010 as President and CEO of Enimed. Between 2012 and 2018 he was in Congo holding the role of Directeur General of the Eni Congo company with the responsibility of managing Eni's business in the country, working on the development of long-term activities, in particular through the strategy of valorising gas reserves. Following his experience in Congo, he held a similar role in Nigeria in the Nigerian Agip Oil Company until July 2020, also assuming the Presidency of the OPTS (Oil Producers Trade Section). He subsequently held the position of Head of the Upstream West Africa Region and in April 2021 he took the responsibility for the entire Sub-Saharan Africa Region. Starting from June 2022 he is appointed Operations & Energy Efficiency Manager in the Natural Resources General Department, with responsibility for production, maintenance, drilling, logistics and decommissioning activities. Since 2023 he has been a member of the Confindustria Technical Group.

Giuseppe Zafarana was born in Piacenza in 1963 and has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Eni since May 2023. He is a member of the Italian Corporate Governance Committee. Furthermore, he is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) since June 28, 2023 and, since 13 June 2024, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Finint Investments, an asset management company belonging to the Banca Finint Group. He graduated in Law, Political Sciences and Economic and Financial Security Sciences and obtained a II level Master's Degree in Corporate Tax Law from the Luigi Bocconi University in Milan. His military career began in 1981, when he attended the 81st Osum II course at the Corps Academy. He went into service in 1985 and held several operational assignments in Lombardy, Veneto, Lazio, Calabria and Sicily, commanding various divisions, taking on assignments in the leading investigative departments of the Corps and carrying out relevant Military staff functions. From 1995 to 1997, he attended the biennial Advanced Tax Police Course and a highly qualified stage in the United States of America, on the subject of contrasting organised crime. He was Provincial Commander of Rome (from 2003 to 2008) and Regional Commander of Lombardy (from 2015 to 2016). Moreover, he performed several assignments in the training sector, in particular as commander of the Academy of the Guardia di Finanza, and later served as Chief of Staff of the General Command of the Guardia di Finanza (from 2016 to 2018), and interregional commander for Central Italy (from 2018 to 2019). From May 2019 to May 2023 he held the office of Commander General of the Guardia di Finanza. He taught at the Academy of the Guardia di Finanza, the School of the Tributary Police of the Guardia di Finanza, and the School of the economic-financial Police of the Guardia di Finanza. He has been awarded various decorations and honours, including the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

Erika Mandraffino was born in Syracuse in 1972, mother of two. She was appointed Director External Communication of Eni on November 1, 2020. After graduating in European Business Administration in London, where she lived almost uninterruptedly from 1991 to 2005, she began her career as a corporate and financial communications consultant at Ludgate Communications where she worked from 1996 to 1999. Before joining Eni in 2006 as head of the financial and international press office, to then become head of Eni Group media relations in 2011, she worked as Director at the Brunswick Group in London, managing the international communication of European corporates (in Italy, Spain, Holland, Portugal) during crisis situations, mergers, acquisitions and IPOs. From 2000 to 2001 she worked as a communication consultant at Barabino & Partners in Rome. From October 2013 to February 2015 she was Saipem's Senior Vice President of Institutional Relations and Communication, where she built the external relations department reporting directly to the CEO and managed the company's communication in a period of crisis. In 2015 she was called back to Eni as Senior Vice President Media Relations and Corporate Publishing, a position held until April 2016 when she took on the role of Senior Vice President Media Relations and Social Networks. In 2018 she became Senior Vice President Global Media Relations and Crisis Communications. From July 1, 2020 she was Eni's Director Media Relation reporting directly to the CEO until she assumed the current role. She has also been Chairman of Versalis S.p.A from May 2018 until January 2021.

Gianfranco Cariola was born in Cosenza in 1968, he was appointed as Director Internal Audit at Eni on April 1, 2021. Between 1993 and 1999, he served as Officer at Guardia di Finanza (Italian Tax Police) General Command. Afterwards, he joined KPMG- KLegal, where he took on the role of Ordinary Member working for a number of major multinational groups in the field of risk management, compliance programs and internal control systems. In 2001 he was seconded to KPMG LLP in Washington DC where he specializes in the structuring of compliance programs and anti-corruption models. In 2003, he moved to the Internal Audit Department of Eni spa where he initially worked on Eni's Group compliance 231 models; then, he was appointed as Senior Audit Vice President and Head of Planning, Methodologies and Eni's Internal Control System. From 2013 to 2016, he was the Group Chief Audit Executive and Head of Anti-Corruption and Transparency at RAI spa. Between 2016 and November 2019, he joined Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane spa (FS spa) as Group Chief Audit Executive. On December 2019 he was appointed as Chief Audit Executive at TIM spa. He graduated in Economics, qualified as Italian Certified Public Accountant, in 2008, he completed an Executive MBA in General Management at the SDA Bocconi School of Management and the Polytechnic University of Milan. In 2017 he obtained a second degree, in Economic and Financial Security Sciences.

Federica Seganti was born in Trieste in 1966 and has been Eni Director since May 2023. She is currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Friuli Venezia Giulia regional finance company Friulia SpA and Chairman of BTX Italian Retail and Brands Srl, as well as Director of Finest SpA and BancoPosta Fondi SpA SGR (where she is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Risk Committee). She is Professor of Finance, Core Faculty at the MIB Trieste School of Management, and of Insurance Operations Technique at the Department of Economics and Statistics at the University of Udine. She is Director of the Master's course in Insurance & Risk Management and the Corporate Master's course in Risk Management and Finance at the MIB Trieste School of Management. From 1994 to 2022 she was Director in several listed and unlisted companies (Fincantieri SpA, Eurizon Capital SGR, Autostrada Pedemontana Lombarda SpA, InRete SpA, Autovie Servizi SpA, Autovie Venete SpA), while also being appointed as a member or Chairman of advisory committees (Nomination, Remuneration, Control and Risks). From 2003 to 2008 she was Commissioner at Covip - Supervisory Commission on Pension Funds, from 2010 to 2016 a Member of the Occupational Pensions Stakeholder Group of EIOPA - European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, and from 2017 to 2019 of the Strategy Advisory Board of EY Financial Services. From 2017 to April 2023, she was an independent Director of Hera SpA, where she was also Chairman of the Ethics and Sustainability Committee. She was a contract professor of Transport Economics at the University of Trieste. She is the author of many publications and has been awarded three prizes. She has a degree in Political Science from the University of Trieste, and a PhD in Finance from the School of Finance (University of Trieste, Udine, Florence and Bocconi Milan), as well as an MBA in International Business from the MIB Trieste School of Management.

Massimo Belcredi was born in Brindisi in 1962 and has been Eni Director since May 2023. He is currently Full Professor of Corporate Finance at the Faculty of Economics of the Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan; and Founder and Director of FIN-GOV (Centre for financial research on corporate governance of the Catholic University). He is a member of the Steering Committee of Cor-Gov (Master II level in Corporate Governance) and of the committee of the Department of Economics and Business Management. He is a member of the Italian Academy of Business Economics (AIDEA) and the Association of Professors of Economics of Financial Market Intermediaries (ADEIMF). He is also a member of the Rivista Bancaria (Minerva Bancaria) Scientific Committee. Since 2021 he has been Director of Armonia SGR and a member of the Nedcommunity Scientific Committee. He provides technical consultancy and advice on the subjects of corporate finance and corporate governance, support for the board evaluation, remuneration policies, and related-parties transactions. He has been a member of the Board of Directors, European Financial Management Association and of the Editorial Board, Journal of Management Governance. He is author of several national and international publications, primarily in the field of corporate governance, directors' remuneration, economic analysis of listed companies law, business crises, and has worked as a consultant for Assonime on corporate governance, company law and crisis and regulation of financial markets matters, also participating in the working group for the development of the Italian Corporate Governance Code. Since 2003, he was Director in unlisted and listed companies, as well as companies under the supervision of Public Authorities (Arca SGR, Banca Italease, BPER Banca, Erg, Gedi and Pirelli Tyre), being also appointed as a member or chairman of internal committees (Nomination, Remuneration, Control and Risk, Related Parties). He was a member of the Advisory Board for the transformation and privatisation of municipal companies in the Municipality of Rome, and a member of the competition commissions for Consob and the Energy and Gas Authority (AEEG). In 2014 he received the Ambrogio Lorenzetti award for corporate governance, category 'Board of Director's'. He was Professor at the University of Svizzera Italiana and the University of Bologna. He graduated in Business and Economics from the Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, where he also held the role of researcher and associate professor of Corporate Finance.

Raphael Louis L. Vermeir was born in Merchtem (Belgium) in 1955 and has been Eni Director since May 2020. Since April 2021 he has been Lead Independent Director, appointment confirmed in May 2023. He is currently an independent advisor for the mining and oil industry. He serves as Trustee of the Classical Opera Company in London, as well as Chairman of Malteser International and board member of Sedibelo Resources Limited. He is Fellow of the Energy Institute and the Royal Institute of Naval Architects. He joined ConocoPhillips in 1979, initially working in marine transportation and production engineering services in Houston, Texas. He then handled upstream acquisitions in Europe and Africa and managed Conoco's exploration activities in continental Europe from the Paris headquarters. In 1991 Vermeir moved to London to lead the business development activities for refining and marketing in Europe. In 1996 he became managing director of Turcas in Istanbul (Turkey). He returned to London in 1999 to lead strategic initiatives in Russia and to complete major acquisition deals in the North Sea. He also headed an integration team during the Conoco-Phillips merger. In 2007 he became head of external affairs Europe and in 2011 was appointed as president of operations in Nigeria. Subsequently and until 2015, Vermeir was Vice President of Government Affairs International for ConocoPhillips. Raphael Vermeir was a member of the Board of Directors of Oil Spill Response Ltd and until 2011 was Chairman of the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers for four years in a row. Since 2016 and until April 2021 was Senior Advisor for Energy Intelligence and Strategia Worldwide. From 2016 and until 2021 he was Chairman of IP week. Since 2016 until 2022 he was Senior Advisor for AngloAmerican. From April 2021 Raphael Vermeir has been appointed as Lead Independent Director of Eni. He served as Trustee of St Andrews Prize for the Environment. A Belgian national, he graduated in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from the Ecole Polytechnique in Brussels. He holds a Masters of Science degrees in engineering and management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Carolyn Adele Dittmeier was born in Salem (USA) in 1956 and has been Eni Director since May 2023. She is currently Independent Director and member of the Audit and Risk Committees of HSBC Uk Bank Plc. She is also independent director and Chairman of the Control and Risk Committee of Illycaffe S.p.A. and a member of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Moncler SpA and of the Bologna University Business School Foundation. She has taken part to the European Growth Audit Network (coordinated by Tapestry), which organizes benchmark meetings between the Audit Committee Chairs of major European companies, with a focus on high growth companies. She is a certified internal auditor and certified risk management assurance professional. She has been a promoter of the working group dedicated to risk and control matters within the Nedcommunity. She began her career at KPMG in 1978, as an auditor at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, later launching a corporate governance services practice in Italy. She held the position of Financial Manager and, subsequently, Internal Audit Manager for the Montedison/Compart Group. From 2002 to 2014 she served as Internal Audit Manager of the Poste Italiane Group, and of the Supervisory Body, as sole auditor. From 2017 until September 2024, she served as an Independent Director, as well as the President of the Audit Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance, Sustainability, and Nomination Committee of Alpha Services & Holdings SA and its subsidiary Alpha Bank SA, where she also held the position of Lead Director on ESG issues. From 2012 to 2015 she was a member of the Audit Committee of the FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation), where she became President in 2014. She was also an independent director and chairman of the Control and Risk Committee at Autogrill SpA and Italmobiliare SpA. From 2014 to April 2023, she was Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Assicurazioni Generali SpA. From 2016 to the end of 2023, she was senior advisor of Ferrero International SA as a member of Audit Committee. From 2004 to 2014, she held various positions at the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), including those of president of ECIIA and AIIA. She is author of publications on risk governance and Internal Auditing and, in 2014 and 2017 respectively, she received the Ambrogio Lorenzetti Award, Board Members category, and the Minerva (Federmanager) Women of Excellence award. She has been teaching at the LUISS Guido Carli University, with teaching assignments in the fields of corporate governance, risk management, internal control and internal auditing. She graduated in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA.