Board of Directors

Jorma Ollila

Chairman

Born August 15, 1950. A Finnish national, appointed Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell as from June 1, 2006. Previously he became Vice President of International Operations of Nokia in 1985. In 1986 he was appointed Vice President Finance of Nokia. Between 1990 and 1992 he served as President of Nokia Mobile Phones. Between 1992 and 1999 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia and from 1999 to June 1, 2006 he was Chief Executive Officer of Nokia. Prior to joining Nokia, he started his career in banking at Citibank in London and Helsinki. He is Chairman of the Board of Nokia.

Chairman of the Nomination and Succession Committee

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, he was UK Permanent Representative to the EU, British Ambassador to the USA and Foreign Office Permanent Under Secretary of State. He was Secretary-General of the European Convention (2002–2003), and in 2004 became an independent member of the House of Lords and sits on the EU Select Committee. He is a Non‑executive Director of Rio Tinto plc and the Scottish American Investment Company plc, a Scottish Power Advisory Board member, Chairman of Imperial College, and a Trustee of the National Gallery and of the Rhodes, Fulbright, and Carnegie Trusts.

Member of the Nomination and Succession Committee, the Audit Committee and the Corporate and Social Responsibility Committee.

Peter Voser

Chief Executive Officer

Born August 29, 1958. A Swiss national, appointed Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell with effect from July 2009. Prior to his appointment as CEO, he was Chief Financial Officer since October 2004 and up to July 2005 was Chief Financial Officer of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies. In 2002 he joined the Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) Group of Companies, based in Switzerland as Chief Financial Officer and Member of the ABB Group Executive Committee. He first joined Shell in 1982 and held a variety of finance and business roles in Switzerland, the UK, Argentina and Chile, including Chief Financial Officer of Oil Products. He was a member of the Supervisory Board of Aegon N.V. from 2004 until April, 2006. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of UBS AG and a member of the Swiss Federal Auditor Oversight Authority.

Simon Henry

Chief Financial Officer

Born July 13, 1961. A British national, appointed Chief Financial Officer of Royal Dutch Shell with effect from May 2009. He joined Shell in 1982 as an engineer at the Stanlow refinery in the UK. After qualifying as a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in 1989, he held various Finance posts, including Finance Manager of Marketing in Egypt, Controller for the Upstream business in Egypt, Oil Products finance adviser for Asia Pacific, Finance Director for the Mekong Cluster and, up to end 2000, General Manager Finance for the South East Asian Retail business. Following his appointment as Head of Group Investor Relations in 2001 he was appointed Chief Financial Officer for Exploration and Production in 2004.

Malcolm Brinded CBE

Executive Director, Upstream International

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 from March 2004 and prior to that a Managing Director of Royal Dutch from 2002. He joined Shell in 1974 and has held various positions around the world including in Brunei, the Netherlands and Oman. He was also Country Chair for Shell in the UK. He is a member of the Nigerian Presidential Honorary International Investor Council, the Council of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a Trustee of the Emirates Foundation, the Shell Foundation, and the International Business Leaders Forum.

Josef Ackermann

Non-executive Director

Born February 7, 1948. A Swiss national, appointed a Non-executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell in May 2008. He is Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee of Deutsche Bank AG. He was appointed to these positions in 2006 and 2002 respectively. He joined Deutsche Bank’s Management Board in 1996, with responsibility for the investment banking division. He started his professional career in 1977 at Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (SKA), where he held a variety of positions in Corporate Banking, Foreign Exchange/ Money Markets, Treasury and Investment Banking. In 1990, he was appointed to SKA’s Executive Board, on which he served as President between 1993 and 1996. He is currently also a member of the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG.

Member of the Remuneration Committee

Nick Land

Non-executive Director

Born February 6, 1948. A British national, appointed a Non-executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell as from July 1, 2006. He qualified as an accountant in 1970 and was a partner of Ernst & Young LLP from 1978 until June 30, 2006. He was Chairman of Ernst & Young LLP and a member of the Global Executive Board of Ernst & Young Global LLP from 1995 until June 30, 2006. He is a Non-executive Director of BBA Aviation plc, Ashmore Group plc, and Vodafone Group plc and Director of Alliance Boots GmbH, Chairman of the Practice Advisory Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, a member of the Advisory Board of the Judge Business School, and the Finance and Audit Committees of the National Gallery and Advisor to Denton Wilde Sapte LLP.

Member of the Audit Committee and the Corporate and Social Responsibility Committee

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 and TIBCO Software Inc. and a member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG.

Member of the Remuneration Committee

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. He 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.

Chairman of the Corporate and Social Responsibility Committee and
Member of the Nomination and Succession Committee

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, Executive Vice-President and member of the Executive Committee of Suez S.A. Chairman and CEO of Credisuez plc from 1996 to 1998 and a Non-executive director of Pilkington plc and Alcan Inc. She is Non-executive director of 3i Group plc, British American Tobacco PLC and EXOR S.p.A.

Chairman of the Audit Committee

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 a Non-executive Director of Citigroup Inc., Senior Advisor to the IBM Corporation as well as to Jones Day and to Lazard Frères & Co and Trustee of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Pierpoint Morgan Library.

Member of the Nomination and Succession Committee

Jeroen van der Veer

Non-executive Director

Born October 27, 1947. A Dutch national, appointed a Non-executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell with effect from July 2009. Formerly Chief Executive since 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, 2003 until April, 2005. He joined Shell 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 United Holdings Ltd.), and a member of the Supervisory Boards of Royal Philips Electronics and ING Group.

Member of the Corporate and Social Responsibility Committee 

Hans Wijers

Non-executive Director

Born January 11, 1951. A Dutch national, Hans Wijers is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Management of AkzoNobel. He joined AkzoNobel in 2002 as a Board member, and was appointed Chairman in May 2003. Mr Wijers studied Economics at the University of Groningen and obtained a PhD in Economics in 1982 while teaching at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Later he became senior consultant/partner with various Dutch consulting firms, including The Boston Consulting Group. He served as Dutch Minister for Economic Affairs from 1994 to 1998, after which he returned to The Boston Consulting Group as Senior Vice-President until his appointment as Board member of AkzoNobel. Mr Wijers is  Chairman of the “Oranje Fonds”, Vice-President of the Young Pianist Foundation and a member of the European Roundtable of Industrialists.

Chairman of the Remuneration Committee

Michiel Brandjes

Company Secretary

Michiel Brandjes Born December 14, 1954. A Dutch national, appointed as Company Secretary and General Counsel Corporate of Royal Dutch Shell in February 2005. Previously he was Company Secretary of Royal Dutch. Joined the Shell group in 1980 as a Legal Adviser.