Comptroller's office did not detect irregularities in previous management for close to a billion dollars

1. PETROPERÚ, in a clear policy of fighting corruption, has denounced a series of irregularities of the previous administration, which were not noticed at the time by the Comptroller. Criminal complaints have been made for the following cases:

• Approval of the increase of the credit line without guarantee to Peruvian Airlines to USD 1.4 million by the previous General Manager, without being subject to the current policies and procedures for the management of credits and collections. Responsibility was disclaimed and the law firm contracted at the time recommended the dismissal of the General Manager; however, the previous Board of Directors agreed to give him only a written reprimand.
• During 2019, a line of credit was granted to the company Sociedad Peruana de Gas S.A.C. with four (4) letters of guarantee from Cooperativa FINANCOOP LTDA., which could not be honored, generating a debt to the Company for more than S/ 26 million.
• In February 2021, a contract was signed with a Head Hunter for the recruitment of personnel, despite the fact that an inadequate conflict of interest assessment had been identified –in which Mrs. Beatriz Alva Hart, former Social Management Manager, was involved– and breach of the Procurement Regulations.
• In July 2021, it was identified that the Commercial Manager did not meet the minimum professional profile required for the position, despite having been selected by a Head Hunter. The Chairman of the Board and the previous Administration took notice and did not take any action in this regard.

• Carlos Barrientos Gonzales, former General Manager;
• Beatriz Alva Hart, former Social Management Manager;
• Arturo Vargas Romero, former Commercial Manager;
• Mathius Sersen Navarrete, former Finance Manager.

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