Reliance Hires Indian Oil Ex-Chairman To Lead Oil-To-Chemical Business

Reliance Industries Ltd has appointed Sanjiv Singh, former chairman of refiner and fuel retailer Indian Oil Corporation, as group president and member of its oil-to-chemicals (O2C) business leadership team, according to an internal announcement.

Mr Singh, who retired from IOC on June 30, will lead and drive the group's manufacturing services which are considered the backbone of RIL's oil-to-chemicals business, RIL Executive Director Hital R Meswani said in the announcement.

Operator of the world's biggest refining complex, Reliance is in the process of carving out its O2C business into a separate unit called Reliance O2C Ltd.

Reliance is in talks to sell a 20 per cent stake in that business to Saudi Aramco.

Reliance did not respond to a Reuters email seeking comment.