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Robert (Bob) Dudley is BP’s group chief executive. He was appointed an executive director of BP on 6 April 2009. Bob joined Amoco Corporation in 1979, working in a variety of engineering and commercial posts. Between 1994 and 1997, he worked on corporate development in Russia. In 1997, he became general manager for strategy for Amoco and in 1999, following the merger between BP and Amoco, was appointed to a similar role in BP. Between 1999 and 2000, he was executive assistant to the group CEO, subsequently becoming group vice president for BP’s Renewables and Alternative Energy activities. In 2002, he became group vice president responsible for BP’s upstream businesses in Russia, the Caspian Region, Angola, Algeria and Egypt. From 2003 to 2008 he was president and CEO of TNK-BP in Moscow. On his return to BP in 2009 he was appointed to the BP board and oversaw the group’s activities in the Americas and Asia. Between 23 June and 30 September 2010, he served as the president and CEO of BP’s Gulf Coast Restoration Organization in the US. He became group chief executive on 1 October 2010. Bob Dudley holds a Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois, a Masters in International Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management, and an MBA from SMU.

Eulogio Del Pino graduated in Geophysical Engineering from Central University of Venezuela, in 1979. He earned a Master’s degree in Oil Exploration from Stanford University, USA, in 1985. Mr. Del Pino started his career in the Venezuelan oil industry at Intevep, in 1979. In 1990 he was named Technical Manager for Latin America at Western Atlas. In 1991 he returns to Petróleos de Venezuela, where he held various managerial positions at the Corpoven affiliate. In 1997 he was named Exploration and Delineation Manager at PDVSA. In 2001 he was responsible for restarting PDVSA’s offshore exploration at Deltana Platform. In 2003 he was appointed General Manager of Strategic Associations at Corporación Venezolana del Petróleo, S.A. (CVP), representing PDVSA in Orinoco Oil Belt’s strategic associations. In 2004 he is named Director of Corporación Venezolana del Petróleo, S.A. (CVP), and in January 2005 he became Internal Director of PDVSA and President of CVP. Since 2008 he was Vice President of Exploration and Production of PDVSA, President of PDVSA Servicios, and President of PDV Europa. Additionally, Mr. Del Pino was President and Vice President of the Venezuelan Society of Geophysical Engineers, 1990-1994; Vice President of the International Society of Geophysicists, 1996-1997; and Founder and Coordinator of the Latin American Geophysical Union. In September 2014, the constitutional President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro Moros, named Mr. Del Pino as president of Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA). In April 2015, Mr. Eulogio Del Pino was designated as coordinator of the Presidential Comission in charge of the Plan “Guayana Socialista”. This commission was created in order to increase production, growth and development of the Venezuelan basic industries. That same year, 2015, Mr. Del Pino was appointed by President Maduro as Minister of the Popular Power of Oil and Mining, keeping him also, as President of PDVSA.

Born in Milan in 1955, he has been Eni’s CEO since May 2014. He is a member of the General Board of Confindustria and Director of Fondazione Teatro alla Scala. 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 December 2015 he was made a member of the “Global Board of Advisors of the Council on Foreign Relations”. He graduated in physics in 1979 from the University of Milan.

Born on June 24, 1963. A graduate of École Polytechnique and an Engineer of the French Corps des Mines. From 1989 to 1996, Patrick Pouyanné held various positions in the French Industry Ministry and in ministerial offices, including Environment and Industry Technical Advisor to the Prime Minister from 1993 to 1995 and Chief of Staff to the Information Technology and Space Minister from 1995 to 1996. He joined Total in January 1997, as Chief Administrative Officer of Total E&P Angola and became Group Representative in Qatar and CEO of Total E&P Qatar in 1999. In August 2002, he was named Senior Vice President, Finance, Economics and Information Systems in Exploration & Production. In January 2006, he became Senior Vice President, Strategy, Business Development and R&D in Exploration & Production. Patrick Pouyanné has been a member of Total’s Management Committee since May 2006. In March 2011, he was appointed Senior Vice President, Chemicals and Senior Vice President, Petrochemicals. In January 2012, Patrick Pouyanné was appointed President, Refining & Chemicals and member of the Executive Committee. On October 22, 2014 Patrick Pouyanné was appointed Total Chief Executive Officer and President of the Executive Committee. Since December 2015 he is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Group.