Mr. R. Vasudevan, 72 years,holds a B.A. (Hons.) (Economics) degree from the University of Madras, a M.A. (Economic Statistics) degree from the University of Delhi and a M.P.A. (Development Economics) from Harvard University, Boston, U.S.A.

He has held various senior level positions in the ministries of the Government of India including the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Steel and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. He retired as Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Power. He was a founder director of Small Industries Development Bank of India.

Mr. Deepak S. Parekh, 65 years, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (England and Wales). He has been a member of various committees set up by the Government of India, especially in the field of Finance and Capital Markets.

He is the Executive Chairman of Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited and Non-Executive Chairman of Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited, Siemens Limited and GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited. He is a recipient of Padma Bhushan award from the Government of India.

Mr. Sunil Behari Mathur, 65 years, is a Chartered Accountant. He has more than 40 years of experience in the fields of insurance and housing finance. He was the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India. He is on the board of directors of various companies and is also Chairman of the National Stock Exchange of India Limited. He has been sponsored by United States Agency for International Development (“USAID”) for a training program on housing finance at the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Paolo Carmosino, 55 years, holds a degree in law from the University “La Sapienza” of Rome and pursued a career within the Eni Group spanning 30 years in finance and planning control areas. He is Eni’s Senior Vice President for Finance, Chairman of Eni Coordination Center and Banque Eni SA and he is also a Director of Sofid SpA.

Mr. Santo Laganà, 55 years, holds a degree in Mining Engineering and a Post graduate degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Politecnico of Turin. He had for Eni, various assignments in Italy and abroad, including the positions as District Manager of Agip Oil Libia and as General Manager and Managing Director of the Egyptian Operating Company Agiba. He subsequently returned to Italy and held the position of Regional Manager for the Angola and Congo areas, and is now Regional Manager for India and Pakistan. He is a Director of Eni India Limited and Burren Energy plc.

Mr. Sergio A. Laura, 51 years, has a degree in Geological Sciences from the University of Genoa. He joined Eni in 1984 and after gaining experience in various disciplines of geology for hydrocarbon exploration, he has held various senior managerial positions while working with Eni Exploration & Production in several countries: Italy, UK, China, Egypt, Indonesia and India. Currently, he is the General Manager of Eni India Limited, responsible for Eni E&P activities in India. He is currently a Director of Burren Shakti Limited, Burren Energy India Limited and Eni India Limited.

Mr. Luigi Ciarrocchi, 48 years, holds a degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Politecnico of Turin and has pursued an international career, spanning almost 20 years in hydrocarbon E&P sector, in Europe, Africa and Middle East countries. He has held different managerial positions in ENI organization, like District Manager in Italy, Managing Director of INAgip in Croatia and Managing Director of Eni Pakistan.

He is Chairman of Eni China B.V., Eni Iran B.V., Burren Resources Petroleum Limited and Burren Shakti Limited. He is Eni E&P Vice President for Turkmenistan, Far East and Pacific region.

Mr Mukesh Butani, 45 years, is a Chartered Accountant. He is a member of ICC, Paris Taxation Commission and served as Chairman of the Tax & Tariff Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of OECD’s Business restructuring advisory group.

Mr. Mukesh Butani leads the Tax practice of BMR Advisors and specializes in International Tax and Transfer Pricing matters. He was leader of the Oil and gas Industry practice at Andersen, a member of the core industry team at Ernst & Young and has deep experience in working with companies across the industry value chain from upstream companies to organizations engaged in mid-stream and downstream activities.

Mr. Manish Maheshwari, 41 years, holds Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering and Masters in Business Administration from Strathclyde University, U.K. and received Danida Fellowship. He has diversified business experience of more than 19 years. Prior to his appointment as the Joint Managing Director of the Company by the Board, he held the office of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

Mr. Manish Maheshwari is also the Chairman of HOEC Bardahl India Limited, the wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.