Walter Van De Vijver appointed as president and CEO, Reliance Exploration & Production
17 Dec 2009
Reliance Industries announced the appointment of Walter Van De Vijver as president and CEO, Reliance Exploration & Production DMCC, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries.
Van De Vijver will be responsible for overseeing the operations of the RIL's current portfolio of international assets and focus on developing the company's E&P portfolio in North America and other high potential countries globally.
He succeeds Atul Chandra, who will work with the chairman's office as senior adviser on international business opportunities.
Former group managing director of Shell and CEO of Shell's Global E&P business, Van De Vijver has been associated with RIL as an advisor over the last three years.
During the 25 years he spent with Shell, Van De Vijer has gained extensive technical and managerial experience in both the upstream and downstream oil industries in various countries including The Netherlands, UK, US, Qatar and Oman.
He holds a MSc. in Civil Engineering from the Delft University of Technology and was formerly the CEO and Co-Founder of Delta Hydrocarbons B.V.