Mr. Edward G. Galante served as a Senior Vice President and member of the Management Committee of Exxon Mobil Corporation the largest publicly traded petroleum and petrochemical enterprise in the world from August 2001 until his retirement in 2006. From 1999 to August 2001 Mr. Galante was Executive Vice President of ExxonMobil Chemical Company and from 1997 to 1999 Mr. Galante was Chairman and Managing Director of Esso (Thailand) Public Company Limited. Since 1972 Mr. Galante served in increasingly responsible management positions with Exxon Mobil Corporation. Mr. Galante is also a director of Praxair Inc. one of the world�s largest industrial gases company and whose shares are publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Galante who is 57 years old became a member of our Board of Directors in 2008. His term will expire at our annual general meeting in 2011. |