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LyondellBasell appoints Vanacker CEO

by Alexander H. Tullo
December 17, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 45

 

Peter Vanacker, who will become CEO of LyondellBasell in June.
Credit: LyondellBasell Industries
Peter Vanacker

LyondellBasell Industries has appointed Peter Vanacker, head of the Finnish refiner and chemical maker Neste, its next CEO. He will succeed Bob Patel, who has led LyondellBasell since 2015 and is leaving at the end of December to take the reins at W. R. Grace, a much smaller firm. Vanacker will start next June. Kenneth Lane, LyondellBasell’s head of olefins and polyolefins, will be interim CEO.

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