ORL appoints chief executive officer

April 7, 2011
Oil Refineries Ltd., Israel's largest integrated refining and petrochemical group, appointed Pinhas Buchris as chief executive officer, effective May 1.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Apr. 7
-- Oil Refineries Ltd., Israel's largest integrated refining and petrochemical group, appointed Pinhas Buchris as chief executive officer, effective May 1.

Buchris previously served as general manager of the Israel Ministry of Defense from 2007-10. Before that he was a managing partner in Apax Fund, a private equity investment group.