Rolls-Royce plc, a British multinational public holding company, is the world’s second largest manufacturer of aircraft engines and also maintains major businesses in the marine, defense, aerospace, and energy sectors. Keith Barnett is a United States citizen who was an employee at Rolls-Royce’s U.S.-based subsidiary, Rolls-Royce Energy Systems, Inc. (“RRESI”). Aloysius Johannes Jozef Zuurhout, a Dutch citizen, was an employee of Rolls-Royce’s subsidiaries in the Netherlands, where he sold equipment, some of which had been produced by RRESI. James Finely, a British citizen, was a senior executive at Rolls-Royce who was responsible for the sales division.
Andreas Kohler, an Austrian citizen, was employed at an unnamed German company that acted as a “Technical Advisor” in the infrastructure, oil and gas, and energy sectors. Petros Contoguris is a Greek citizen who was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of a Turkey-based company, Gravitas & CIE International Ltd., which provided commercial agent and advisory services for oil and gas projects worldwide. He also served as an agent for RRESI.
Vitaly Leshkov, a Russian citizen, and Azat Martirossian, an Armenian national, were employed by an unnamed international engineering and consulting company (“Technical Advisor”), which was retained by the Asia Gas Pipeline LLP (“AGP”), a joint venture owned by the Kazahk and Chinese governments, to advise on projects, including designing bid specifications and assisting in the process of awarding bids.
