OMV names new upstream head

OMV informed it has appointed Johann Pleininger as the Executive Board member responsible for Upstream as of September 1.

He will succeed Jaap Huijskes, who decided to resign before the end of his mandate and leaves on the best of terms, the company said in a statement.

Johann Pleininger joined OMV in 1977 and from 2007 to 2013 he was the Executive Board member responsible for E&P at OMV Petrom in Bucharest.

Most recently he has been the Senior Vice President responsible for the core Upstream countries Romania and Austria.

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