Yousef Abdullah Al-Benyan, CEO of Saudi Arabian chemical giant SABIC, has been elected chairman of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) with immediate effect.

The SABIC executive, who was previously vice chairman of the GPCA, takes over from Rashed Saud Al Shamsi, former petrochemicals director at ADNOC. Membership of the GPCA now includes 250 companies from the chemical sector and supporting industries.