Braskem approved the election of Gesner Oliveira, Marcelo Lyrio and Pedro Marcilio as three new independent members to the company's board of directors at the Extraordinary General Meeting. Gesner Oliveira, economist, partner of GO Consultores and former president of Cade (Administrative Council for Economic Defense) and Sabesp; Marcelo Lyrio, former president of the ING bank and former partner of Signatura Lazard in Brazil; and Pedro Marcilio, attorney, former director of the CVM (Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil) and partner of BR Partners.They are independent executives, with renowned experience in the market. They will be replacing, respectively, Alvaro Fernandes da Cunha Filho, Antonio Britto Filho and Alfredo Lisboa Ribeiro Tellechea, who left the Board to follow personal projects. The new members will complete the remainder of the current term of office until the general meeting that will assess the accounts for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.