OMV brings former BP manager to Petrom

Jeffrey Rinker, a former manager with British Petroleum, the largest petroleum company in Europe, is the new head of the refining and petrochemical products department of Petrom as of this month. This division of Petrom, a company owned by the Austrians at OMV, was previously headed by Florian Constantinescu. As a result of this move, Petrom”s current CEO Gheorghe Constantinescu remains the only Romanian in the executive team of the largest company in Romania. The executive team also comprises Werner Schinhan (deputy chief executive), Reinhard Pichler (financial manager), Werner Ladwein (head of exploration and production), and Tamas Mayer (head of marketing); all of whom were appointed after the Austrian OMV Group took over in 2004. “By hiring Mr. Rinker, Petrom will benefit from the expertise of a specialist in a field that will contribute to attaining high performance in the refining activity,” Petrom representatives say. ZF