German exploration and production company Wintershall has named Mario Mehren as its new president.
Mehren has been member of the board of directors since 2011 and was previously responsible for exploration and production in Russia, North Africa and South America.
He is expected to officially take up his new role on 1st of June and give his first annual press conference due to take place during the World Gas Conference in Paris on 2nd of June.
In his new role Mehren will succeed Rainer Seele who after 6 years as the company’s president and chief executive will leave Wintershall to become CEO of Austria’s OMV.
“Over the past years, Rainer Seele has contributed significantly to expanding and further strengthening the position of Wintershall as the largest internationally operating German oil and gas company. We wish him much success in his new position,” said Kurt Bock, chairman of the board of executive directors of BASF SE, Wintershall’s parent company.
Mehren is a business graduate and has been a member of the board of executive directors since October 2011.
