Benutzer:Lisa Kolb/Thomas Gangl - Manager

Thomas Gangl(born 9 October, 1971 in Reichersberg, Austria) is CEO of Borealis AG since 1 April 2021^[1].

Life

Education

Thomas Gangl studied process engineering at the Vienna University of Technology, Austria (graduated in 1998) and mechanical engineering at the University of Salford in Manchester, Great Britain (1997).

Career

Thomas Gangl is CEO of Borealis AG since 1 April 2021. Prior to that, he was a member of the OMV Executive Board from 2019 to 2021 and responsible for Refining & Petrochemical Operations.

He started his career in 1998 as a process engineer at the Schwechat refinery in Austria. In 2011, he became General Manager of OMV Deutschland GmbH and Head of Refining in Burghausen, Germany. In 2014 he took over the management of the refinery in Schwechat and in 2016 he became Senior Vice President of the Business Unit Refining & Petrochemicals with responsibility for all three OMV refineries (Schwechat/ Austria, Burghausen/ Germany and Petrobrazi/ Romania).

With more than 20 years of experience at OMV, he has not only played a key role in shaping the refining and petrochemicals business, but was also responsible for establishing chemical recycling, laying the foundation for OMV's circular economy strategy.

Personal life

Thomas Gangl is married and father of a son.