Gerhard
Roiss was born in 1952 in Austria. He studied economics in Vienna and Linz
universities before studying further economics at Stanford University. At the
beginning of his professional career he joined OMV in 1990. His responsibilities
were as head of Marketing while at the same time also being responsible for
Exploration and Production. It was a busy start since he was also appointed to
the board of PCD Polymere and Borelais.
Gerhard has been indispensible
to OMV holding multiple roles in many instances. He was appointed to the board
of OMV in 1997 and was made responsible for the Chemicals and Plastics division
of the company and in 2000 also took responsibility for the Exploration and
Production. On top of this Gerhard was also appointed chairman of Borealis in
2001. As testament to his importance he was promoted deputy CEO of the OMV
Group in 2002.
Still
serving in the above capacities, Gerhard was also appointed directed on the
board of Aabar Investments in 2008, chairman of Nova Chemicals in 2009 and vice
chairman of SPN Petroleum also in 2009.
He
finally became CEO of OMV in April 2011.
OMV
began as a state-owned company in Austria in 1956. It has since developed into
one of the most successful industrial corporations in Austria.
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