Kayan Petrochemicals appoints new CEO

Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co.’s board of directors have appointed Sameeh Suliman Al Sahafi(bio, pdf) as the new CEO of the company, according to a disclosure to Tadawul yesterday. Al Sahafi has held leadership positions at companies owned by petrochemicals giant SABIC, where he was most recently president of Saudi Yanbu Petrochemical Company (Yanpet). He was also the president of Arabian Industrial Fibers (Ibn Rushd) and Yanbu National Petrochemical (Yansab). Saudi Kayan accepted of the resignation of former CEO Metab Zaid Al Shahrani in late November.