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Background:
Shell Oil Company is an affiliate of the Shell Group, a global group of energy and petrochemical companies, employing approximately 109,000 people and operating in more than 140 countries and territories. Approximately 22,000 Shell employees are based in the U.S. Shell Oil Company, including its consolidated companies and its share in equity companies, is one of America’s leading oil and natural gas producers, natural gas marketers, gasoline marketers and petrochemical manufacturers. Shell, a leading oil and gas producer in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, is a recognized pioneer in oil and gas exploration and production technology.
Jeroen van der Veer Close Chief Executive of Royal Dutch Shell
Responsibilities: Corporate Affairs, Human Resources, Legal, Strategy and Business Development United States and Mexico
Jeroen van der Veer leads the Executive team and is accountable for business performance and implementing strategy. Since 2004, he has led Shell through major change – simplifying governance and organization, and clarifying direction and accountabilities.
He joined Shell in 1971 and worked in manufacturing and marketing in the Netherlands, Curaçao and the United Kingdom. In 1984, he returned to Shell Nederland as manager of Corporate Planning, and then of Pernis refinery in Rotterdam. After an assignment coordinating Shell businesses in Africa and Canada, he became a Managing Director of Shell Nederland in 1992. In this post, he led major reorganizations as well as a $2 billion upgrade of Pernis refinery. In 1995, he moved to the United States as President and Chief Executive of the Shell Chemical Company.
He was appointed a Group Managing Director in 1997. Chemicals remained one of his areas of responsibility and he oversaw the worldwide restructuring of the business.
Jeroen was born in Utrecht in the Netherlands in 1947. He has two degrees – one in mechanical engineering from Delft University and another in economics from Rotterdam University. In 2005 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Port Harcourt in Nigeria.
He is a Non-executive Director of Unilever, serving as a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. He was World President of the Society of Chemical Industry from 2002 to 2004.
Board of Directors
Royal Dutch Shell has a single tier Board of Directors chaired by a Non-executive Chairman, Jorma Ollila. The executive management is led by the Chief Executive, Jeroen van der Veer. The members of the Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc meet regularly to discuss reviews and reports on the business and plans of Royal Dutch Shell.
Jorma Ollila
Non-Executive Chairman
Born 15 August 1950 in Finland, appointed Non-executive Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell as from 1 June 2006. Previously he was Vice-President of International Operations of Nokia in 1985. In 1986 he was appointed Vice President Finance of Nokia and served between 1990 and 1992 as President of Nokia Mobile Phones. Between 1992 and 1999 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia and from 1999 to 1 June 2006 he has been Chief Executive Officer of Nokia. Prior to joining Nokia, he started his initial career in banking at Citibank in London and Helsinki. Currently he is Chairman of the Board of Nokia and a Non-executive Director of Ford Motor Company.
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard GCMG
Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Non-executive Director
Born February 22, 1942. A British national, appointed a Non-executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell in October 2004. He was a Non-executive Director of Shell Transport from 2002 to 2005. A member of the UK Diplomatic Service from 1966 to 2002 (and its Head from 1997 to 2002), he was successively UK Permanent Representative to the EU, British Ambassador to the USA, Foreign Office Permanent Under Secretary of State and Secretary-General of the European Convention. He is a Non-executive Director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited and Scottish American Investment Company plc and Chairman of Court/Council of Imperial College. Trustee of the National Gallery and of the Rhodes Trust.
Jeroen van der Veer
Chief Executive
Born October 27, 1947. A Dutch national, appointed Chief Executive of Royal Dutch Shell in October 2004. He was appointed President of Royal Dutch in 2000, having been a Managing Director of Royal Dutch since 1997 and was a Board member of Royal Dutch until the merger of the company on December 21, 2005. He was a Director of Shell Canada Limited from April 24, 2003 until April 29, 2005. He joined the Group in 1971 in refinery process design and held a number of senior management positions around the world. He is a Non-executive Director of Unilever (which includes Unilever N.V., Unilever plc and Unilever Holdings Ltd.).
Peter Voser
Chief Financial Officer
Born August 29, 1958. A Swiss national, appointed Chief Financial Officer of Royal Dutch Shell in October 2004. He was appointed a Managing Director of Shell Transport and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in October 2004. In 2002, joined the Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) Group of Companies, based in Switzerland as CFO and Member of the Group Executive Committee. Also responsible for ABB’s Group IT and the Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals business. Originally joined the Group in 1982 where he held a variety of finance and business roles in Switzerland, UK, Argentina and Chile, including CFO of Oil Products. He is a member of the supervisory board of Aegon N.V. (he will retire April 25, 2006) and a member of the supervisory board of UBS AG.
Malcolm Brinded CBE FREng
Executive Director, Exploration and Production
Born March 18, 1953. A British national, appointed an Executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell in October 2004. He was previously a Managing Director of Shell Transport since March 2004 and prior to that a Managing Director of Royal Dutch since 2002. Joined the Group in 1974 and has held various positions around the world including Country Chair for Shell in the UK, and Director of Planning, Environment and External Affairs at Shell International Ltd.
Linda Cook
Executive Director, Gas & Power
Born June 4, 1958. A US national, appointed an Executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell in October 2004. She was appointed a Managing Director of Royal Dutch in August 2004 and was a Board member of Royal Dutch until the merger of the company on December 21, 2005. She was President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Shell Canada Limited from August 2003 to July 2004. Joined Shell Oil Company in Houston in 1980, and worked for Shell Oil Company in Houston and California in a variety of technical and managerial positions. Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and a Non-executive director of The Boeing Company.
Rob Routs
Executive Director, Oil Products and Chemicals
Born September 10, 1946. A Dutch national, appointed Executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell in October 2004. He was a Managing Director of Royal Dutch from 2003 to July 4, 2005. Joined the Group in 1971. Held various positions in the Netherlands, Canada and the USA. Previously President and Chief Executive Officer of Shell Oil Products USA, President of Shell Oil Company and Country Chair for Shell in the USA and Chief Executive of Equilon. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Shell Canada Limited since April 29, 2005 and director of INSEAD.
Maarten van den Bergh
Non-executive Director
Born April 19, 1942. A Dutch national, appointed Non-executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell in October 2004. He was a member of the Royal Dutch supervisory board from 2000 to July 4, 2005. Managing Director of Royal Dutch from 1992 to 2000 and President from 1998 to 2000. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lloyds TSB from 2001 to May 11, 2006. He is a member of the Boards of Directors of BT Group plc and British Airways plc and a member of the supervisory board of Akzo Nobel N.V.
Nick Land
Non-executive Director
Born 6 February 1948 in the UK, appointed a Non-executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell as from 1 July 2006. He qualified as an accountant in 1970 and has been a partner of Ernst & Young LLP since 1978 until 30 June 2006. He was Chairman of Ernst & Young LLP and a member of the Global Executive Board of Ernst & Young Global LLP from 1995 until 30 June 2006. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Judge Business School and the Finance and Audit Committees of the National Gallery.
Mary R. (Nina) Henderson
Non-executive Director
Born July 6, 1950. A US national, appointed a Non-executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell in October 2004. She was a Non-executive Director of Shell Transport from 2001 to 2005. Previously President of a major division and Corporate Vice-President of Bestfoods, a major US foods company, responsible for worldwide core business development. Non-executive Director of Pactiv Corporation, AXA Financial Inc., Del Monte Foods Company and Visiting Nurse Service of New York.
Sir Peter Job KBE
Non-executive Director
Born July 13, 1941. A British national, appointed a Non-executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell in October 2004. He was a Non-executive Director of Shell Transport from 2001 to 2005. Previously he was Chief Executive of Reuters Group plc. He is a Non-executive Director of Schroders plc, TIBCO Software Inc., Instinet Group Inc., and a member of the supervisory board of Deutsche Bank AG.
Wim Kok
Non-executive Director
Born September 29, 1938. A Dutch national, appointed a Non-executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell in October 2004. He was a member of the Royal Dutch supervisory board from 2003 to July 4, 2005. Chaired the Confederation of Dutch trade unions (FNV) before becoming a member of the Lower House of Parliament and parliamentary leader of the Partij van de Arbeid (Labour Party). Appointed Minister of Finance in 1989 and Prime Minister in 1994, serving for two periods of government up to July 2002. Member of the supervisory boards of ING Groep N.V., KLM N.V. and TNT N.V.
Jonkheer Aarnout Loudon
Non-executive Director
Born December 10, 1936. A Dutch national, appointed a Non-executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell in October 2004. He was a member of the Royal Dutch supervisory board from 1997 and was a Board member of Royal Dutch until the merger of the company on December 21, 2005. He was a member of the Board of Management of Akzo from 1977 to 1994 (Akzo Nobel as from 1994) and its Chairman from 1982 to 1994. He is Chairman of the supervisory boards of ABN AMRO Holding N.V. and Akzo Nobel N.V. (he will retire per May 1, 2006), a member of the International Advisory Board of Allianz AG and and a member of the European Advisory Board of Lehman Brothers Europe Ltd.
Christine Morin-Postel
Non-executive Director
Born October 6, 1946. A French national, appointed a Non-executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell in October 2004. She was a member of the Royal Dutch supervisory board from July 2004 and was a Board member of Royal Dutch until the merger of the company on December 21, 2005. Formerly she was Chief Executive of Société Générale de Belgique and Executive Vice-President and member of the Executive Committee of Suez S.A. She is Non-executive director of Alcan Inc. and 3i Group plc.
Lawrence Ricciardi
Non-executive Director
Born August 14, 1940. A US national, appointed a Non-executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell in October 2004. He was appointed a member of the Royal Dutch supervisory board in 2001 and was a Board member of Royal Dutch until the merger of the company on December 21, 2005. Previously he was President of RJR Nabisco, Inc. and subsequently Senior Vice-President and General Counsel of IBM. He is Senior Advisor to the law firm Jones Day and to Lazard Frères & Co and member of the Board of Directors of The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.
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