Thomas Gangl has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Borealis. He will take over the role from Alfred Stern, effective 1 April 2021. Alfred Stern will join the OMV Executive Board and hold responsibility for the Chemicals & Materials division.
Thomas Gangl is currently a member of the OMV Executive Board and responsible for Refining & Petrochemical Operations.
The Supervisory Board of OMV recently approved a reorganisation of the OMV Group involving splitting and expanding the current area of Refining & Petrochemical Operations into two areas: Refining and Chemicals & Materials. With this change, all responsibilities for the petrochemicals and chemicals sector are bundled in one division, supporting OMV’s forward integration in the chemicals sector.