New senior VP joins LyondellBasell

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. announced that Sergey Vasnetsov has been named senior vice president, strategic planning and transactions. Vasnetsov joins the company from Barclays Capital where he was managing director and head of the Global Chemical Research Group. He has been recognized as one of the leading chemical analysts by Institutional Investor Magazine in each of 2000-2009 annual investor surveys. He brings a broad and deep knowledge of the global chemical industry. LyondellBasell is a public company incorporated under Dutch law, with administrative offices in Houston, Texas, and Rotterdam, Netherlands. The company, which is one of the world’s largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, manufactures products at 59 sites in 18 countries. (August 11, 2010)