Alaa El-Din Abdel Fattah has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM), effective January 1, 2026. He succeeds Ibrahim Mekki.
El-Din Abdel Fattah began his career as a chemist at the Alexandria Petroleum Company in 1993. He rose through the ranks to become Assistant General Manager for Operations at the Egyptian Linear Alkyl Benzene Company (ELAB) in 2010.
He later served as General Manager for Paraffin and Alkyl Production in 2017 and was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of ELAB in 2024.
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi congratulated Abdel Fattah on his appointment and emphasized the importance of continuing ECHEM’s comprehensive modernization plans aimed at maximizing the value of Egypt’s petrochemical sector, boosting local production, substituting imports, and expanding exports.
The minister also commended Mekki for his contributions to updating the national plan for the petrochemical industry, implementing green initiatives, and expanding production at key complexes such as MOPCO, ELAB, and Egyptian Petrochemicals.
Badawi noted that the coming period will focus on building upon these achievements and completing ongoing ambitious projects.
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