Peter Voser

Prior to his appointment as CEO with effect from July 1, 2009, he served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Executive Director of RDS since 2004 and from October 2004 up to July 2005 was CFO of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies.

From March 2002 until September 2004, Peter was CFO and a Member of the Group Executive Committee of the Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) Group of Companies, based in Switzerland. In addition to his role as CFO, he was also responsible in the Executive Committee for Group IT and the Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals business (upstream and downstream).

Peter graduated in business administration from the University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, in 1982.

From August 1982 to March 2002 Peter was employed by the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of companies in a variety of Finance and Business roles. During this time he worked in Switzerland (five years), UK (eight years), Argentina (five years) and Chile (two years).

After moving back to London from Chile in early 1997, Peter became the Group Chief Internal Auditor. In 1999 he was nominated as CFO in Shell Europe Oil Products before becoming CFO of the Global Oil Products Business (early 2001), and a member of the Oil Products Executive Committee.

In April 2005 Peter was appointed to the Board of Directors of UBS AG.

In November 2006 Peter was appointed a member of the Swiss Federal Auditor Oversight Authority.

Personal

Peter, a Swiss citizen, was born in 1958.  He is married to Daniela, and they have three children.

Visit our Media Centre to read Peter's speeches:

• 13 Oct 2009 - A long way to go for for electric mobility
• 07 Oct 2009 - Energy security and climate change - a tough balance
• 11 Sept 2009 - Changing fortunes: global energy