Biographies

Simon Henry
Chief Financial Officer (with effect from May 1, 2009)

Born July 13, 1961. A British national, 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. He was appointed Head of Group Investor Relations in 2001 and Chief Financial Officer for Exploration and Production in 2004.

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 and 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

Nick Land
Non-executive Director

Born February 6, 1948. A British national, appointed a Non-executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell in July 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 Finance and Audit Committees of the National Gallery and Adviser to Denton Wilde Sapte LLP.

Member of the Audit Committee

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

Jeroen van der Veer
Chief Executive

Born October 27, 1947. A Dutch national, appointed Chief Executive of Royal Dutch Shell in 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 24, 2003 until April 29, 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 Unilever Holdings Ltd.).

Hans WijersNon-executive Director

Born January 11, 1951. A Dutch national, appointed a Non-executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell with effect from January 2009. He is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Management of Akzo Nobel N.V. He joined Akzo Nobel N.V. in 2002 as a Board member, and was appointed Chairman in May 2003. He obtained a PhD in Economics in 1982 while teaching at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Later he became managing partner of the various Dutch offices of 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 partner until his appointment as a Board member of Akzo Nobel N.V. He is a trustee of various charities and a member of the European Roundtable of Industrialists.

Member of the Corporate and Social Responsibility Committee