Board of Directors

Jaffee Suardin is a graduate of the Bandung Institute of Technology in Indonesia. He then went on to obtain a master's degree and a doctorate from Texas A&M University.

He began his career in global project management at Shell Texas in 2006. He subsequently held the position of Vice President of Engineering at Petroneering LLC in Houston. In 2016, he was called to Indonesia as Special staff & expert at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia. His career progressed in 2017 when he became Planning Assistant at SKK MIGAS, a special task force assigned by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia to the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) to organise the management of upstream oil and gas activities. In 2021, he joined Pertamina, one of Indonesia's largest state-owned energy companies. He was appointed President and CEO of Pertamina Hulu Rokan, where he achieved remarkable production results.

In May 2023, Mr Suardin was appointed head of Pertamina Internasional Eksplorasi dan Produksi (PIEP), where he oversaw assets in 12 countries, managed subsidiaries and negotiated major agreements, including the lifting of sanctions against Venezuela.

His leadership has enabled him to achieve outstanding results for PIEP in 2023 and 2024.

Marc Blaizot has expertise in the energy sector, particularly in geology. He graduated from the National School of Geology in Nancy.

He started his career as a geologist at Elf in 1979 where he held various positions and focused on basin evaluation, prospect generation and discovery appraisal in Europe (Italy, Norway, UK). Appointed Exploration Manager in Angola in 1992, he led the team of geologists and geophysicists who discovered the giant Girassol field in the deep offshore. From 1996 to 2001, he led the geoscience studies for the Middle East (Syria, Iraq, Qatar) and the Far East at the Centre Scientifique et Technique in Pau. He was in charge of the Exploration Arbitration Division from 2001 to 2005 and the New Projects Division from 2005 to 2008, specialising in the evaluation and management of the exploration portfolio and the selection of new permits worldwide. From 2009 to 2015, he was Senior Vice President of Global Exploration at Total, leading a network of more than 2,000 geoscience experts in 40 countries. He was also a member of the boards of directors of Total Angola, Total Nigeria and Total Netherlands. Since 2017, he has been carrying out assignments for the World Bank. From 2018 to 2024, he was director of the Avenia association. From 2018 to 2024, he was scientific advisor to start-up 45-8
Energy, which specialises in hydrogen and helium exploration. From 2020 to 2024, he was involved in the Pycasso project, a Franco-Spanish project aimed at decarbonising local industry, for which he chaired the steering committee until 2023. Marc Blaizot is also a consultant to the French High Commissioner for Planning on the role of the subsoil in ecological and energy transitions.

He is a member of the European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE) and of the Société Géologique de France SGF, of which he has been treasurer since September 2024.

Caroline Catoire, a French national, has financial expertise, particularly in the energy and banking sectors.

She is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique. She held various positions within the Total Group from 1980 to 1998: in the Economic Research Department, in the Oil Trading Department and then in the Finance Department as Director of Management Control, then Director of Corporate Finance. She then joined Societe Generale as Director of Management Control for the investment bank (1999-2002). She has gained experience in the financial field by working as a financial director in various companies: Sita France, then the Saur group and the Metalor group.

Since December 2015, she has been working as a consultant in the financial sector.

Nathalie Delapalme has held senior accounting and financial positions in the French government. Her extensive experience in Africa, a subject on which she has worked for 40 years and continues to follow closely, is an asset for the Board.

Nathalie Delapalme served as an adviser to the French Senate's Committee on Finance, Budgetary Control and National Accounts from 1984 to 1985 and again from 1997 to 2002. She was also deputy director to the Minister for Cooperation
between 1995 and 1997 and an advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2007, specialising in African affairs. After serving as France's Inspector General of Finance, she joined the Mo Ibrahim Foundation as Executive Director in June 2010. As head of the foundation, Ms Delapalme provides leadership and oversees the foundation's initiatives and programmes, which focus on governance issues and the major challenges facing the African continent, particularly in the face of climate change. On this subject, the foundation has been closely involved in the discussions and debates taking place at successive COPs and at the first Africa Climate Summit in September 2023. advocating for political decisions and actions in favour of the climate that take account of the development challenges facing the African continent (energy transition, adaptation and resilience, access to energy for all, development of green assets and diversification of the economy to benefit local populations).

Carole Delorme d'Armaillé brings to the Board of Directors extensive experience in the banking and financial sector. She has a wide range of experience in the financial sector and the world of professional associations.

After a dual career as treasurer for industrial packaging groups (Pechiney then Crown) and in financial instruments on the trading floor at SBT-BATIF then JP Morgan Paris (from 1984 to 2000), she moved on to leadership roles in key financial services organisations. She has notably held the positions of Delegate General within the French Association of Corporate Treasurers (AFTE) and Director of Communications for 10 years within the Paris EUROPLACE association, an organisation in charge of promoting the Paris financial centre. From 2016 to 2023, she served as Managing Director of the Office de Coordination Bancaire et Financiere (OCBF), an association of 125 banking institutions.

Since November 2023, Carole Delorme d'Armaillé has worked as a consultant specialising in the financial sector and has also been a company director.

Awang Lazuardi has over 23 years' experience in the oil and gas sector.

He holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Surabaya Institute of Technology, which he obtained in 1998, and a Magister in Management from Airlangga University, obtained in 2012.
From 2001 to 2008, he worked for PT Pertamina EP, where he became Production Engineer in 2002. From 2008 to 2016, he held various positions at Blok Cepu – JOA Pertarnina-ExxonMobil. In 2016, he continued his career at PT Pertamina EP Cepu as Production Manager, before taking up the position of Senior Production Manager at PT Pertamina Hulu Energi ONWJ in 2017. He was promoted to Vice President Operations and Production at PT Pertamina Hulu Energi in January 2020 and led PT Pertamina EP Cepu as chief executive officer from June 2020. On 27 September 2022, he was appointed Director of Development and Production at PT Pertamina Hulu Energi.

Awang Lazuardi has experience leading and managing field operations at PHE ONWJ, offshore and onshore sites, including FSO, and has a strong track record in HSSE and site reliability. He has received several awards for various aspects ranging from SSHE (safety, security, health and environment) to operational, technical and non-technical aspects, including onshore facilities including the ExxonMobil Cepu Limited award in April 2016 for its excellent contribution to the Banyu Urip project.

Ria Noveria joined the Pertamina Group in 2008 where she held several positions in the legal field and then in business support.

Ria Noveria holds a Master of Business Administration from the Institute of Technology of Bandung. She is a notarial specialist and has a Bachelor's degree in Civil Law from Padjadjaran University. Prior to joining Pertamina, Ria Noveria worked in various fields, including public banks (BNI), Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), insurance (AXA), petrochemicals (TPPI) and foreign agencies/consultants (USAID), enabling her to acquire professional experience in different sectors/areas of business, as well as in different business environments (multinational, national company, government agency, joint venture). She joined PT Pertamina (Persero) in 2008. In 2013, she became Legal Corporate Function Manager. From 2013 to 2016, she served as Legal Business Development Manager, and in June 2016, was named Legal Dispute Resolution & Land Matters Manager at PT PHE. From 2017 to 2020, she was Senior Manager Legal & Compliance at PT Donggi Senoro LNG. She joined PIEP in 2021 as VP Legal & Relation. Since April 2021, she has served as VP Business Support at PIEP.

Bagus Rahadiansyah has over 25 years' experience in sales and finance.

Bagus Rahadiansyah obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Indonesia in 2001. He began his career as Sales Director at Pesona Kharisma Futures in 1999. He went on to become Chief Trader/Futures Manager at Danareksa Futures. From 2003 to 2005, Mr Rahardiansyah furthered his expertise at Danareksa (Persero), as a currency spot trader and foreign exchange derivatives trader. From 2005 to 2006, he was Head of Structured Products Sales at Bank Internasional Indonesia. In 2006, he joined the Institutional Sales division of HSBC Ltd's Jakarta branch. His extensive experience led him to join Bank ANZ Indonesia from 2008 to 2015, where he excelled as Head of Investor Sales in Indonesia. From 2015 to 2019, he held the position of Head of Investor Sales in Indonesia at Citibank NA for the Jakarta branch. He then returned to Bank ANZ Indonesia as Head of Investor Sales for Indonesia. He was subsequently appointed Senior Vice-President of Corporate Finance at Pertamina (Persero). In recognition of his expertise and contribution, he was appointed Commissioner of Asuransi Tugu Pratama Indonesia.