Non-executive Director

Ennio Sganzerla, a senior oil industry practitioner with a wealth of African upstream experience, has been an advisor to the Afren Board since November 2006.  He was previously Senior Vice President (E&P) at ENI, having joined the group in 1971.  From 1997, he was responsible for ENI's largest business unit encompassing the North Sea, America, Australasia and Russia, with production in excess of 500,000 boepd.  Over the course of his wide-ranging career at ENI, he was instrumental in establishing and building ENI's presence in Congo, and played an active role in increasing ENI's position in Nigeria and Gabon as Regional VP for Africa.  Mr Sganzerla was also active in leading the group's M&A activities, including the acquisition of Lasmo plc and British Borneo.