Shell Chemicals senior appointments

Thierry Capelle, Venture Manager, Saudi Arabia Petrochemical Company (SADAF)
Thierry Capelle has been appointed SADAF Venture Manager, succeeding Aman Amanpour who has joined Shell Exploration and Production as General Manager for Strategic Alliances and Business Relations for the Middle East. In his new role, Thierry will be the President of Shell Chemicals Arabia LLC and a member of the SADAF Board of Directors with responsibilities for SADAF governance and new business development in Saudi Arabia. Thierry will be based in Dubai.

During his career in the Shell Group, Thierry has undertaken a variety of roles including management, commercial, HR and technical roles for Shell chemicals companies in the UK, Singapore and France. He moves to his new role from the position of General Manager, Base Chemicals and Joint Venture Coordination Manager, Asia Pacific in which he has been working since 2002.

Dai Yu, General Manager, Base Chemicals APME, Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd
Dai Yu has been appointed to the position of General Manager, Base Chemicals APME succeeding Thierry Capelle. In his new role, which he takes up on 1 June 2007, Dai Yu who will be based in Singapore will also be responsible for the aromatics business in APME.

Dai Yu began his petrochemicals career at Sinopec in China in 1990 where he undertook many roles including shift operator, shift supervisor, operation engineer and production manager in an ethylene plant at Sinopec. In 1994 he became deputy project director of Yangzi-BASF Styrenics Co Ltd, where he built an EB/SM plant and PS plant and utilities on a grass-field. After the successful start up of the project in 1998, he became director of JV Project Department a Sinopec/BASF Integrated Petrochemical Site. In 2000 Dai Yu became General Manager Base Chemicals of BASF-YPC Co Ltd, and project sponsors of Base Chemicals Complex project and Syngas project. In 2003 he moved to CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Co Ltd (CSPCL) as Lower Olefins Plant Manager, and deputy to the Manufacturing Director of CSPCL. He remained with CSPCL until the successful startup and stabilisation of the site production in November 2006 before joining Shell in China in December 2006, as Senior Manager Chemicals Projects.

Dai Yu has a double Masters degrees in Mathematics and Chemical Engineering, and a PhD in Chemical System Engineering.

Thomas Chhoa, General Manager for Ethylene Oxide and Glycols (Global) Product Business Unit (PBU) in Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd
Thomas Chhoa has been appointed to the position of General Manager for Ethylene Oxide and Glycols PBU, based in Singapore, succeeding Bill Rothwell, now Vice President of Innovation and Chemicals Technology. Thomas will take up his new role from 25 June 2007.

Thomas brings with him a wealth of experience having worked for Shell for over 25 years. After graduating from university in the UK with a degree in Engineering, Thomas joined Shell Internationale Petroleum Maatschappij BV in The Netherlands in 1981. Since then, he has had a number of international assignments in Saudi Arabia, The Netherlands, Hong Kong, China, Australia and Singapore where he held various management, technical, operational and consultant positions. Thomas has also participated in projects around the world. Prior to this appointment, he was the Vice President Asia Pacific for Shell’s Clean Coal Energy business with Shell Gas & Power.

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Shell Singapore Media Relations:
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Notes to editors
Shell Chemicals collectively refers to the companies of the Shell Group engaged in the chemicals business. Shell chemicals companies manufacture and deliver petrochemical building blocks and polyolefins to industrial customers. These products are widely used in plastics, coatings and detergents.

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