Prague, 21 November 2007 – Chris Tait (35) worked at Česká rafinérská, a subsidiary of the Unipetrol holding from 1996 to October 2007. Between 2005 and 2007, Chris Tait was the Head of the Internal Audit and Risk Management Department at the company. Between 2000 and 2005 he also worked as the assistant to the CEO and the company’s secretary.

Chris Tait studied at the University of Calgary between 1999 and 2002 and obtained his MBA degree there. He also graduated from courses at the University of DePaul Chicago and the United States Business School in Prague. Between 1993 and 1996, Chris Tait studied at and graduated from the University of East Anglia in the UK. He has also taken many secondments abroad. Chris Tait is fluent in Czech and advanced in German. He comes from the UK.

UNIPETROL, a.s. is a group of companies operating in the petrochemical industry in the Czech Republic. In 2005 UNIPETROL became part of the PKN ORLEN Group, the largest downstream oil company in Central Europe. UNIPETROL primarily focuses on crude oil processing, fuels distribution and petrochemical production. In all these areas UNIPETROL group is one of leading players in both the Czech and Central European markets. In 2006 UNIPETROL posted revenues amounting to CZK 95 billion and a net profit of CZK 1.6 billion. The UNIPETROL group employs approximately 4,000 people.

Contact: 
Michaela Lagronová 
Spokesperson 
Unipetrol, a.s. 

GSM: +420 602 304 708 
E-mail: michaela.lagronova@unipetrol.cz​