By Nicole Lundeen

VIENNA--OMV AG's (OMV.VI) said Tuesday that its executive board member responsible for exploration and production will leave the Austrian oil and gas company before his contract ends.

Jaap Huijskes informed supervisory board head Rudolf Kemler that he will leave OMV, for personal reasons, in the first half of 2016, the company said.

Mr. Huijskes has been a member of OMV's executive board since April 2010. His most recent contract started in October 2013 and would have run until the end of September 2018.

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