Executive Board

Alfred Stern, *1965

Date of initial appointment: April 1, 2021
End of the current period of tenure: August 31, 2024

Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer, Executive Board member for the Chemicals & Materials business segment

On September 1, 2021, Alfred Stern became Chairman of the Executive Board of OMV Aktiengesellschaft, having already served as Executive Board member for Chemicals & Materials since April 1, 2021. He took over management of the Company five months after his appointment as Executive Board member for the Chemicals & Materials business segment. Before that, he had served as CEO of Borealis since July 2018. He had been an Executive Board member for the preceding six years as well, with responsibility for the areas of Polyolefins and Innovation & Technology. His career at Borealis began in 2008 as Senior Vice President Innovation & Technology. Prior to joining Borealis, Alfred Stern was at DuPont de Nemours and held various management positions in R&D, Sales & Marketing, and Quality & Business Management in Switzerland, Germany, and the United States. Alfred Stern has a PhD in Materials Science and a Master’s in Polymer Engineering and Science, both from Montanuniversität in Leoben (Austria).

Member of the Board of the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic), Brussels

Johann Pleininger, *1962

Date of initial appointment: September 1, 2015

Johann Pleininger resigned from his positions as Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, and Executive Board member for the Exploration & Production business segment as of December 31, 2022.

Johann Pleininger started his professional career at OMV in 1977 and later studied mechanical and industrial engineering. During his time at OMV, he held various senior positions. From 2007 to 2013, he was an Executive Board member at OMV Petrom in Bucharest, responsible for Exploration & Production. Prior to his appointment as Executive Board member of OMV, he was the Senior Vice President responsible for the core Upstream countries Romania and Austria, as well as for the development of the Black Sea region.

Reinhard Florey, *1965

Date of initial appointment: July 1, 2016
End of the current period of tenure: June 30, 2024

Chief Financial Officer

Reinhard Florey graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering and economics from Graz University of Technology while also completing his music studies at the University of Fine Arts. He started his career in corporate and strategy consulting. From 2002 to 2012, he worked in various positions worldwide for ThyssenKrupp AG. Until June 2016, he was CFO and Deputy CEO of Outokumpu Oyj.

Member of the Supervisory Board of Wiener Börse AG

Elena Skvortsova, *1970

Date of initial appointment: June 15, 2020

Elena Skvortsova resigned from her position as Executive Board member for the Marketing & Trading business segment as of October 31, 2022.

Elena Skvortsova studied at Moscow State Linguistic University and the Thunderbird School of Global Management in the United States. In 1994, she began her professional career at Bayer AG as an international management trainee; her last position at Bayer was Associate Director of Bayer Corporation (Healthcare). Starting in 2001, Elena Skvortsova held various leadership positions at Baxter International in the United States, Central and Eastern Europe, and the United Kingdom. Her tenure there lasted 13 years. In 2015, she moved to Linde AG and was responsible for managing the Middle East and Eastern Europe region. From March 2019 to April 2020, following the merger of Linde and Praxair, she was head of Praxair Canada Inc., a 100% subsidiary of Linde plc.

Martijn van Koten, *1970

Date of initial appointment: July 1, 2021
End of the current period of tenure: June 30, 2024

Executive Board member for the Refining business segment

As of November 1, he also took over the Marketing & Trading business segment.

Martijn van Koten was born in the Netherlands, where he studied chemical engineering at Delft University of Technology. He began his professional career at Shell in 1994, taking on several management and technical positions in the refining and downstream business in the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands. Starting 2004, Martijn van Koten held manufacturing site general manager positions at Shell in Sweden and Singapore, before becoming Vice President Manufacturing East & Middle East in Singapore in 2009 and Vice President Supply & Distribution Americas in the United States in 2013. Martijn van Koten joined Borealis in 2013 as Executive Board Member Operations, HSE & PTS, in Austria. From 2018 to June 2021, he was Borealis’ Executive Board Member Base Chemicals & Operations in Austria.

Events after the balance sheet date

A new corporate structure came into force on January 1, 2023, designed to fully enable the delivery of the Strategy 2030. The new organization is built on five distinct areas. In addition to the CEO and CFO areas, three business segments have been established: Chemicals & Materials, Fuels & Feedstock, and Energy.

Alfred Stern was in charge of the Chemicals & Materials segment until January 31, 2023. On February 1, 2023, Daniela Vlad joined the Executive Board and took over responsibility for the Chemicals & Materials segment.

Since January 1, 2023, Martijn van Koten has been head of the newly created Fuels & Feedstock business segment, which will consolidate the Refining and Marketing & Trading business units.

Reinhard Florey headed the Energy segment on an interim basis from January 1, 2023, to February 28, 2023. On March 1, 2023, Berislav Gaso became Executive Board member with responsibility for the Energy business segment.

Working practices of the Executive Board

The approval requirements, responsibilities of individual Executive Board members, decision-making procedures, and the approach to conflicts of interest are governed by the Internal Rules of the Executive Board. The Executive Board holds meetings at least every two weeks to exchange information and issue decisions on all matters requiring plenary approval.