OREANDA-NEWS. Mario Mehren, currently a member of the Board of Executive Directors of Wintershall responsible for Exploration & Production Russia, North Africa and South America, has been named President of BASF's Oil & Gas division effective July 1, 2015, and in this function will be head of BASF's subsidiary Wintershall. He succeeds Dr. Rainer Seele, who has been named CEO of OMV Aktiengesellschaft, Vienna, Austria, effective July 1, 2015. Seele has been head of Wintershall since 2009.

"Over the past years, Rainer Seele has contributed significantly to expanding and further strengthening the position of Wintershall as the largest internationally operating German oil and gas company. We wish him much success in his new position," said Dr. Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE.