LyondellBasell CEO Gallogly to Retire in 2015
01.10.2014 -
James Gallogly, CEO of LyondellBasell since May 2009, will retire in early 2015, the company has announced.
A committee of the supervisory board has been appointed to find a successor.
The contract of the 61-year-old executive, who steered LyondellBasell through its post-bankruptcy reorganization, was last renewed for four years in May of this year. However, "having achieved the goals that I set for myself professionally and for the company," Gallogly said, "I feel it is time to move on to the next chapter.
Collectively appointed to four-year terms in May, "the entire management board has demonstrated exceptional business leadership and I am confident the transition will be seamless," the retiring CEO added.