Jeroen van der Veer
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 organisation, and clarifying direction and accountabilities.
Responsibilities
- Corporate Affairs
- Human Resources
- IT
- Legal
- Strategy and Business Development
- United States and Mexico
Background
Jeroen van der Veer 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 reorganisations 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.
Personal
Jeroen is married to Mariette and has three daughters. On his travels he enjoys visiting museums, reflecting his interest in human progress. He keeps fit by playing golf off a 16 handicap. And he has twice skated the 200 kilometres ‘Elfstedentocht’ – 11 cities marathon – in the Netherlands.
Related links
Two Energy Futures
Jeroen van der Veer on Shell's new Energy Scenarios to 2050, Scramble and Blueprints, 25 January 2008.
Business: the real poverty killer - Sustainable development in Africa
Speech given by Jeroen van der Veer, Chief Executive of Royal Dutch Shell plc at the Symposium on Sustainable Solutions for Africa, Delft University of Technology, 01 November 2007.
Wanted! Oil and Gas
Speech given by Jeroen van der Veer, Chief Executive of Royal Dutch Shell plc at the Stockton Lecture Series, London Business School, 18 October 2007.
