OMV Petrom S.A. announced the appointment of Martijn van Koten, as interim member of the Supervisory Board of OMV Petrom, effective as of August 1, 2021 and until the next General Meeting of Shareholders, following Wolfram Krenn's waiver of his mandate in the above-mentioned position with effect from the same date (last day in office being July 31, 2021). 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 resumed 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. In 2013, Martijn van Koten joined Borealis 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. Alfred Stern, as interim member and President of the Supervisory Board of OMV Petrom, effective as of September 1, 2021 and until the next General Meeting of Shareholders, following Rainer Seele's waiver of his mandate in the above-mentioned positions with effect from the same date (last day in office being August 31, 2021). Effective April 2021, Alfred Stern was appointed OMV Executive Board Member for Chemicals & Materials. Alfred Stern has been the CEO of Borealis since 2018 and since 2012 a member of the Borealis Executive Board for Polyolefins and Innovation & Technology. Following his appointment as interim Supervisory Board member of OMV Petrom, Alfred Stern was also appointed member and president of the Presidential and Nomination Committee of OMV Petrom, effective as of September 1, 2021 and until the next General Meeting of Shareholders.