Pleininger was appointed starting August 10, 2019 until the next general meeting of shareholders. He was previously on the supervisory board, from 2013 until March this year, when he resigned.
Pleininger studied mechanical and economic engineering and began his career at OMV in 1977.
From 2007 to 2013 he was Executive Board member responsible for Exploration & Production at OMV Petrom.
Most recently, he has been the Senior Vice President responsible for the core Upstream countries Romania, Austria, as well as the development of the Black Sea Region. Since September 1, 2015 he has been a member of the OMV Executive Board and is responsible for Upstream (Exploration & Production). As of July 1, 2017 Pleininger was appointed Deputy Chairman of the OMV Executive Board.