Prague, 28 March 2008 – Wojciech Heydel (44), the new Chairman of the Unipetrol Supervisory Board, was authorised by PKN Orlen’s Supervisory Board to act as the Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors on 28 February 2008. At the same time he is Vice-Chairman of PKN Orlen’s Board of Directors, responsible for sales. He has served in this position since November 2004, overseeing wholesale operations, retail sales, marketing, public relations, planning, strategy and development. His competencies within PKN Orlen also include areas such as logistics, alternative energy resources, human resources and audit.

Before joining PKN Orlen, Wojciech Heydel worked in various positions in British Petroleum (BP). In 1990, he established BP’s Polish subsidiary. In 2003 and 2004, he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of BP in Poland. From 2001 to 2003, he was responsible for fuel supplies to Eastern Europe at BP. He spent 2000 and 2001 working for BP directly in London and between 1995 and 1997 served on the Board of Directors of BP in Poland.

Wojciech Heydel graduated from Silesian University of Technology. He then continued to study at University of Michigan, US.

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 2007 UNIPETROL posted revenues amounting to CZK 89 billion and a net profit of CZK 1.2 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​