Dr. Rainer Seele is a Chairman-Supervisory Board at OMV Petrom SA, a Chairman-Management Board & CEO at OMV AG, a Chairman-Supervisory Board at OMV Gas & Power GmbH and a Chief Executive Officer at OMV Norge AS. He is on the Board of Directors at Borealis AG. Dr. Seele was previously employed as a Chairman-Supervisory Board by OMV Exploration & Production GmbH, a Chairman-Supervisory Board by OMV Refining & Marketing GmbH, a Chairman-Supervisory Board by OMV Solutions GmbH, a Member-Executive Board by South Stream Transport BV, a Chairman-Executive Board by Numov-Nah-Und Mittelost-Verein, a President by Russian-German Chamber of Commerce, a Member-Supervisory Board by Nord Stream AG, a Member-Administrative Board by Wintershall Oil AG, a Chairman-Supervisory Board by Erdgas Münster GmbH, a Chairman-Supervisory Board by VNG AG, a Member-Administrative Board by Wintershall Erdgas Handelshaus Zug AG, a Chairman-Executive Board by Wintershall Holding GmbH, a Member-Executive Board by Wintershall Erdgas Handelshaus GmbH & Co. KG, a Member-Supervisory Board by Gas-Trading SA, a Chairman-Executive Board by Wingas GmbH, a Chairman-Advisory Board by W&G Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co. KG, a Chairman-Executive Board by Wintershall AG, a Head-Strategic Planning by Wintershall Holding GmbH, a Head-Group Chemical Research by BASF AG, and a Member-Executive Board by Federation of Austrian Industries (IV). He received his graduate degree from the University of Gottingen and a doctorate degree from the University of Gottingen.