MOSCOW (MRC) -- Unipetrol (Prague), a leading petrochemicals producer in the Czech Republic, has appointed Andrzej Modrzejewski as new chairman, as per com[any's press release.
He replaced Marek Switajewski. Unipetrol has also appointed Krzysztof Zdziarski as member of the board. Switajewski joined Unipetrol, a subsidiary of PKN Orlen (Plock, Poland), in 2010 and in the following year became chairman of the board and CEO of Ceska rafinerska. He held the role of CEO since April 2013. Modrzejewski, 65, has served among others as an Investment Director and Chief Executive Officer at National Investment Fund E.Kwiatkowski (1995-1999) and subsequently from 1999 to 2002 as a Chairman and CEO of PKN ORLEN. Prior to joining Unipetrol he worked in private advisory and investment business. Andrzej Mikolaj Modrzejewski finished University of Mikolaj Kopernik in Torun – Master of Physics, University of Warsaw and International Business School in Warsaw – Master of Business Administration (MBA) and University of Wisconsin in La Crosse, USA - major in corporate and investment finance.
Krzysztof Zdziarski (54) joined the Board of Directors of Unipetrol having previously served as an Executive Director of Refinery Production in PKN ORLEN. Krzysztof Zdziarski has extensive experience in establishing and development of medium and large companies. From 1999 to 2006 he served as Chief Executive Officer of UPS POLSKA and later as Chairman of the Board of Directors of PEKAES SA Group (2006 – 2010). From 2010 to 2015 he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of ORLEN Poludnie. Krzysztof Zdziarski graduated from the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Economic Sciences – Theory of Economics and Management.
As MRC informed earlier, Unipetrol AS has started construction on a grassroots polyethylene (PE) production unit at its Chempark Zaluzi petrochemical complex in Litvinov, Czech Republic. The company officially broke ground on construction activities for the 270,000-tonnes/year PE3 unit during a ceremony held on June 7, Unipetrol said. The unit remains on schedule to be commissioned shortly after construction reaches mechanical completion in mid-2018.
Unipetrol , a.s. is a group of companies operating in the petrochemical industry in the Czech Republic. In 2005 Unipetrol became a part of the PKN ORLEN Group, the largest oil processor in Central Europe. The UNIPETROL Group is oriented mostly towards oil processing, fuel distribution and petrochemical production. In all of these business areas the Unipetrol Group is among the key players both in the Czech Republic and on the Central European market. The Group ranks among the leading firms in the Czech Republic in terms of its revenues, and employs almost 4,000 people.
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