Chevron gets seat in Reliance board

Indias Reliance Petroleum Ltd. (RPL) has elected Jeet Bindra, president of Chevron Global Refining, to its board of directors effective July 21, following Chevrons acquisition of a 5% stake in RPL. Bindra has served as the president of Chevron’s Global Refining since January 1, 2004. A native of India, Bindra earned his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur in 1969; a year later, his master’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Washington in Seattle; and in 1979 his master’s degree in business administration with honors from Saint Mary’s College of Moraga, California. (July 21, 2006)