Executive Bio

John Sherriff is president and chief executive officer of Enron Europe. He is responsible for the development and management of Enron's activities across Europe, Japan and Australia. He was appointed president and chief operating officer in 1999 and CEO in May 2000. Mr. Sherriff is based at the company's European headquarters in London and is on Enron's Executive Committee. Prior to his current position, he was managing director responsible for Enron's overall European risk management and trading activities, including European gas and electricity trading, and information technology.

Mr. Sherriff joined Enron in 1994 and until 1996 managed the company's natural gas trading in the Western United States. He moved to London in 1996 to manage the company's gas and power marketing activities in Europe.

Before joining Enron, Mr. Sherriff served as vice president for American Hunter Energy for three years, trading natural gas in the western US. Previously, he was director of corporate sales at Pacific Gas & Electric Company, headquartered in San Francisco, Calif.

Enron is one of the world's leading electricity, natural gas and communications companies. The company, with revenues of $101 billion in 2000, markets electricity and natural gas, delivers physical commodities and financial and risk management services to customers around the world, and has developed an intelligent network platform to facilitate online business. Fortune magazine has named Enron "America's Most Innovative Company" for six consecutive years. Enron's Internet address is www.enron.com. The stock is traded under the ticker symbol "ENE."

Date of birth: September 2, 1953