Andrew Brown

Responsibilities

• Exploration
• Production
• Commercial/ New business development
• Hydrocarbon maturation
• Liquefied natural gas (LNG)
• Venture management
• Stakeholder management
• Sustainable development

Regional responsibilities

• Middle East
• Russia
• Ukraine
• Central Asia
• Nigeria
• Brunei

On April 1, 2012 Andrew Brown became Upstream International Director.

Andrew joined Shell in 1984 after completing his degree in Engineering Science from Cambridge University. The following year he was posted to New Zealand, where he worked as a project engineer.

In 1988 he moved to the Netherlands to work at Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM), first as a process engineer and then as a construction manager.

Andrew joined Brunei Shell Petroleum in 1993, leading the mechanical engineering for Offshore West. In 1996 Andrew moved to Petroleum Development Oman, where he held roles in planning and oil field management.

In 2000 Andrew was appointed as Senior Advisor for the Middle East and Former Soviet Union, before becoming Private Assistant to the Executive Chairman of Shell a year later.

In 2002 he was chosen to head up the Pearl GTL project in Qatar. He became Executive Vice President for all of Shell’s activities in Qatar in 2009 and joined the Upstream International Leadership Team.

From 2002 to 2011 under Andrew’s leadership Shell invested $20 billion in Qatar, becoming the country’s largest foreign investor.

Andrew was awarded an OBE in 2012 for his services to British-Qatari business relations.

Personal

Andrew has a wife, Julie, and four children. He enjoys skiing, walking, sailing and golf.