Antonio Baldassarre has more than 18 years experience in the industry and during his career has covered a number of engineering and management posts in several countries in the world such as the UK, West Africa, North Africa, Italy and Kazakhstan. His latest two posts were KARA Asset Technical Manager within the Eni E&P Division (Italy) and—prior to his move to Perth, to take up the role of Managing Director, Eni Australia—he was Operations Director and Deputy Venture Director of Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (KPO) in Kazakhstan. Mr Baldassarre holds a Masters degree in engineering from Imperial College of London and a BSc in geochemistry from University of Siena (Italy).