The first witness

Until this point, the ENI'S WAY – 25 YEARS OF TRUTH series has presented, in chronological order, the events that culminated in my dismissal after I reported serious irregularities within Eni's Brazilian subsidiary.

Starting today, the series enters a new phase.

In addition to documentary evidence, it will now present the statements of people who personally witnessed those events.

The first is Mateus de Campos Martins, one of the sales consultants who was part of the Cuiabá Regional Sales Office team and worked directly with me during that period.

In his statement, Mateus describes a sequence of events that is fully consistent with the chronology presented throughout this series.

According to his testimony:

🔹 After becoming aware of facts that could seriously damage AGIP Brazil's reputation, he immediately reported them to his direct supervisor, Douglas Flinto.

🔹 Before taking any action, Douglas Flinto sought to independently verify those facts with Aldo Locatelli, then President of the Fuel Retailers Association of the State of Mato Grosso (Sindipetroleo Mt).

🔹 After that confirmation, Douglas Flinto formally reported the matter to the management of Eni's Brazilian subsidiary.

🔹 A few weeks later, after an internal audit had been conducted at the Cuiabá Regional Sales Office, Douglas Flinto was dismissed.

This statement was not written by me.

It is the voluntary statement of a professional who personally witnessed those events and formally recorded them through a Public Notarial Declaration.

For the past twenty-five years, I have never asked any of the six different
Eni Boards of Directors to accept my version of events.

I have asked for only one thing:

📌 an independent, objective and transparent review of the existing documentary evidence.

That evidence consists of official correspondence, corporate documents, judicial decisions, public records and witness statements such as Mateus's.

Every document published in this series has a single purpose:

🛑 to allow the facts to be examined within their proper historical and chronological context.

Because history deserves to be reconstructed.

And from now on, it will not be only the documents that speak for themselves.

The witnesses will too.


✅ Learn more:

1️⃣ Public Notarial Declaration
🔹 Original (Portuguese)
🔹 English Version

2️⃣ Chronology of Facts for the Reconstruction of the Events

3️⃣ Memorial (1999–2025)

Six Boards of Directors... One unanswered request!

Before continuing the publication of the next documents in the ENI'S WAY – 25 YEARS OF TRUTH series, I would like to share a brief update.

Over the past twenty-five years, I have formally presented my case to six different Boards of Directors of Eni.

The Directors have changed.

The Chairpersons have changed.

The Corporate Governance structure has evolved.

The Company has adopted new public commitments regarding ethics, compliance, transparency, and whistleblower protection.

Yet one thing has remained exactly the same:

🔹 Institutional silence.

Before Eni's 2026 AGM, I wrote to Giuseppina Di Foggia, then the incoming Chair of the Board of Directors.

After she assumed office, I sent a new communication presenting my case once again and making the complete documentary record available for an independent review.

After allowing a reasonable period of time, I sent a follow-up message simply to confirm that my communication had been received.

To date, I have received no response.

I would like to make one point absolutely clear.

I have never asked Eni to accept my version of events.

For twenty-five years, I have been requesting something far simpler - and fully consistent with the principles of corporate governance, transparency, accountability, and integrity that the Company publicly embraces:

📌 an independent, objective, and transparent review of the existing documentary evidence.

Today, that documentation is organized in a clear chronological structure.
It includes the Memorial, the Chronology of Events, official correspondence, corporate documents, court decisions, and other documentary evidence that allows the events dating back to 2001 to be reconstructed step by step.

During this period, Eni has had six different Boards of Directors, yet none has undertaken an independent review of the documentation that has been formally submitted.

This observation is not intended as criticism of the individuals who have served - or currently serve - on those Boards.

On the contrary, it reinforces the importance of ensuring that every new Board of Directors has the opportunity to examine this documentation independently, free from inherited interpretations of the past and in accordance with the principles of good corporate governance that guide its responsibilities.

That is precisely why this series continues.

If the Company chooses not to undertake this documentary reconstruction, it will continue to be presented publicly, in chronological order, allowing every reader to examine the documents and reach their own conclusions.

Because transparency requires far more than institutional statements.

It requires a genuine willingness to examine the facts.

And the facts are documented.

On Tuesday, the publication of the ENI'S WAY – 25 YEARS OF TRUTH series will resume exactly where it left off.

Because history deserves to be reconstructed.

And the documents will continue to speak for themselves.