Ep59 - 2014: A new Eni Board. But...

In May 2014, a new chapter began in Eni’s governance.

The company had a new Chairwoman, Emma Marcegaglia, a new CEO, Claudio Descalzi, and a newly appointed Board of Directors.

For me, that change represented a new opportunity.

By then, I had already made several attempts to bring my case to the company’s highest levels.

I had written to AGIP Brazil’s leadership (2001), the Ethics Committee (2002), and Eni’s Board of Directors in Rome (2002).

In 2009, following another change in governance, I sent a ten-page MEMORIAL to then-CEO Paolo Scaroni, copying Chairman Roberto Poli, members of the Board, the Board of Statutory Auditors and other governance bodies.

My intention was always the same:

📌 to give Eni the opportunity to examine the documents and reach its own conclusions.

In 2014, once again, there was a new leadership that had not been involved in the events of 2001.

So I decided to try once more.

On April 15, 2014, even before the new governance was formally confirmed, I wrote to Emma Marcegaglia, briefly presenting my story and asking that my case be examined.

After the new leadership was confirmed, on May 9, I wrote again.

The subject line said exactly:

🔷 “Guardians of Ethics at Eni SpA”.

The message was addressed to Emma Marcegaglia, with copies to Claudio Descalzi and members of Eni’s new governance, including Andrea Gemma, Pietro Guindani, Karina Litvack, Alessandro Lorenzi, Moriani Diva, Fabrizio Pagani and Luigi Zingales, as well as members of the company’s oversight bodies.

In that message, I expressed a conviction I still hold today:

🔴 members of the Board should also act as “Guardians of Ethics”, respecting not only the letter but also the spirit of the company’s Code of Ethics.

I also sent the Memorial concerning my case, in English.

I was not asking them to accept my version of events.

The documents existed.

AGIP’s internal audit existed.

The witness statements existed.

My communications to the company since 2001 existed.

And the events that followed my reports also existed.

What I expected was simple

🔹 to examine the documents;

🔹 to determine what had actually happened;

🔹 and to reach an independent conclusion.

Changes in leadership can provide an opportunity to revisit past decisions through new eyes.

But another important element was unfolding.

While I was once again trying to be heard by Eni, a lawsuit brought against me by the company itself was approaching a decisive moment in Italy.

On September 29, 2014, the Italian Court would issue its ruling.

That decision would add another document to the story I am reconstructing in this series.

Tomorrow, I will continue from exactly this point.


❎ Learn more:

1️⃣ Email “Guardians of Ethics at Eni SpA” (May 9, 2014 — original in English)

2️⃣ Memorial (1999–2025)

3️⃣ Chronology of Facts for the Reconstruction of Events