Correspondents say the appointment will be welcomed by markets and investors as a sign that one of the commandingheightsof the economy will remain in the reformist camp.
Twenty years ago, as the state abandoned the commandingheightsof the economy in the name of privatisation and deregulation, it looked as if these public-private hybrids were doomed.
He received the Pulitzer Prize for his book The Prize: the Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power and is also the author ofCommandingHeights: the Battle for the World Economy.