Prague, 3 March 2008 – Radomír Věk, 53, will be primarily in charge of the production unit’s operations, economic management and securing investment activities. The executive director of the Chemopetrol production unit also oversees operations at, for example, Závod chemických výrob (Chemical Productions Plant) and Závod energetika (Power Supply Plant).

Radomír Věk graduated from the Faculty of Fuel and Water Technology of the Institute of Chemical Technology (VŠCHT) in Prague. After completing his studies, he worked until 1995 in various posts in Kaučuk (for example, as director of the accounting and IT department). In 1996 and 1997 he was Unipetrol’s Deputy Chief Financial Officer and in 1997 became Chief Executive Officer of Kaučuk. In 2001 he left the company to assume the post of Chief Executive Officer of Spolana. In 2002 and 2003 he again worked in Unipetrol, where he was entrusted with overseeing the refinery’s transition to a reprocessing regime. From 2003 to January 2008 he again held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Kaučuk (today Synthos).

Radomír Věk has taken part in a number of study stays abroad. He is married with two children. His hobbies include downhill skiing and playing the guitar. 

UNIPETROL, a.s. is a group of companies operating in the petrochemical industry in the Czech Republic. In 2005 UNIPETROL became a part of the PKN ORLEN group, the biggest oil processor in the Central Europe. The UNIPETROL Group is oriented mostly on oil processing, fuels distribution and petrochemical production. In all these business areas the UNIPETROL Group is among the key players both in the Czech Republic and on the Central European market. The Group belongs to the leading firms in the Czech Republic from the sales point of view and employs approximately 4000 people.

Contact: 
Michaela Lagronová 
Spokesperson 
Unipetrol, a.s. 

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