Since 2013 until now, Pleininger was OMV’s vice-president for CEE and the Back Sea.
Pleininger has been working with OMV since 1977 and was named Petrom’s head after the company’s privatization, in 2005. Two years later, he became head of the upstream division. During Pleininger’s mandate, it started the hydrocarbon exploration campaign in the Black Sea and it was announced the first high-depth gas discovery.
(English version by Manuela Panescu)