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Royal Dutch Shell-Ben Van Beurden
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Ben van Beurden
BORN : April 23, 1958
EDUCATION : Masters in Chemical Engineering
(Delft University of Technology)
RESIDENCE : Netherlands
NATIONALITY : Dutch
SALARY : €24.29 million (2014)
Career• After graduating, joined shell and held a number of operational and
commercial roles including Upstream and Downstream activities.
• In January 2005, Ben became Vice President of Manufacturing Excellence, based in Houston, USA.
• In December 2006, appointed Executive Vice President of Chemicals
based in London, UK.
• From January to September 2013, as a Downstream Director and had regional responsibility for Europe and Turkey.
• Member of the Executive Committee since January 2013. In july 2013 appointed as CEO of Royal Dutch Shell.
Achievements • Responsible for standards in operational excellence and high-
performance initiatives in refining and chemicals manufacturing, turns loss making petrochemical operations into a highly profitable.
• Improved financial performance, including restructuring in some areas of the company.
• Enhancing capital efficiency, with hard choices on new projects, reduced growth investment, and more asset sales.
• Continued strong delivery of new projects, and integration of recent acquisitions.
Challenges to face
• According to International Energy Agency global energy demand will continue to raise, Meeting that demand will be a massive challenge.
• Demand growth will be particularly strong in emerging economies like China and India.
• Responding to climate change, finding ways to use greener sources of energy to demand is most challenging.