Addressing a ceremony to
welcome the newly-appointed managing director of the National Petrochemical
Company (NPC) Reza Norouzzadeh on Saturday, Zangeneh said he chose former NPC
chief Marziyeh Shahdaei as his first deputy given her valuable experiences in
the sector.
"This is the first time
that such a high-profile post has been offered to a woman in Iran," he
added.
The official said there are
many woman that are involved in decision making processed in Iran's oil industry.
Mr. Zangeneh appointed Reza
Norouzzadeh as the new managing director of the National Petrochemical Company
(NPC) via a decree on Sunday, October 29, 2017.
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.