Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has appointed former Dow Chemical Company chairman and CEO Andrew Liveris as an advisor as the sovereign fund oversees Saudi Aramco’s acquisition of its controlling stake in SABIC.
Liveris, who was also appointed to the Aramco board earlier this year after stepping down from Dow’s board on July 1, will act as a “private advisor” to PIF chairman and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the PIF said in a statement.
He will also provide advice the the PIF board of directors and CEO Yasir Al Rumayyan “in addition to ensuring the necessary integration between the companies owned by the Fund in order to achieve the objectives of Vision 2030”.
Saudi Aramco said in July it aimed to buy a controlling stake in SABIC, the world’s fourth largest petrochemicals firm, possibly taking the entire 70 per cent owned by the PIF.
That deal has reportedly signalled the end of the crown prince’s attempts to make Aramco public for now, amid concerns within the kingdom surrounding the process.
Liveris has worked with Aramco over the last two decades through the $20bn Sadara Chemical joint venture, the largest chemical complex ever built in a single phase.
