Mr. Zangenegappointed Reza Norouzzadeh
as the new managing director of the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) via a
decree on Sunday, October 29, 2017.
He also appointed the new NPC
chief as his deputy for petrochemical affairs and a board member of the NPC.
Norouzzadeh, a former member of the
Iranian parliament and managing director of the Social Security Investment Company,
replaced Marziyeh Shahdaei, the first woman chief of the company in Iran.
Attraction of foreign finances
for funding petrochemical projects, implementation of the Economic Resilience
instructions, realization of the second leap in the country's petrochemical sector,
promoting technologies in the industry, accessing foreign markets for exporting
petrochemical items, and boosting Iran's petrochemical exports are some of the main
areas Zangeneh expects Norouzzadeh to be focused on in his new post.