Franco Polo is Executive Vice President of eni for all the upstream activities in Asia Pacific and Iraq Region. Located in Dubai he is responsible for eni E&P operations and business development in Australia,  China, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Myanmar, Vietnam and Timor Leste.

Previously he was Senior Vice President for North Africa & Middle East Region based in Cairo.

Mr. Polo holds a Msc. with honors in Geology from the University of Bologna (Italy) and joined eni in 1982.

Over his career he worked worldwide in oil & gas exploration & production projects in West  Africa, USA, Europe, Latin America, North Africa & Middle East  holding various technical and managerial position and serving as Managing Director in Ecuador, Angola, Libya, United Kingdom as well as Director and Chairman in several Board of other eni subsidiaries worldwide.