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London, January 23, 2025 − Huibert Vigeveno, Downstream, Renewables and Vitality Options Director, and a member of the Govt Committee since 1 January 2020, will step down after 30 years of distinguished service, efficient 31 March 2025, to pursue different alternatives.
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Wael Sawan, Chief Govt Officer, mentioned: “I’m grateful to Huibert for his excellent contributions to Shell, driving our buyer worth proposition throughout a variety of companies and geographies, efficiently main the BG integration, and most significantly, for main the transformation in Downstream, Renewables and Vitality Options, via a disciplined deal with efficiency, portfolio and folks. In the present day’s efficiency is testomony to his management, and he leaves Downstream, Renewables and Vitality Options strongly positioned for the long run. I want him nicely in his future endeavours.”
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Andrew Smith can be appointed Director, Buying and selling and Provide, and Machteld de Haan can be appointed Director, Downstream, Renewables and Vitality Options, with each becoming a member of the Govt Committee from 1 April 2025. According to the Firm’s ongoing transformation, we’ll proceed to evolve our construction to allow our technique to ship extra worth with much less emissions.
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- Andrew Smith was appointed Govt Vice President, Buying and selling and Provide in 2017. Previous to his present function, Andrew was Vice President, Downstream in Australia and subsequently grew to become the Govt Vice President, Upstream and Nation Chair, main the growth of Shell’s Liquid Pure Fuel and Onshore Fuel companies in Australia. He joined Shell in 1986 as a refinery engineer and has labored throughout all of Shell’s built-in worth chains together with main Shell’s petrochemical manufacturing enterprise in Singapore. Andrew holds a Bachelor’s diploma in Chemical Engineering from the College of Melbourne. Andrew is an Australian citizen.
- Machteld de Haan was appointed Govt Vice President, Chemical substances and Merchandise in 2023. Previous to being appointed to steer Chemical substances and Merchandise, Machteld was Senior Vice President, Lubricants Americas, which included being the CEO of Pennzoil Quaker State Firm, and subsequently grew to become Govt Vice President, International Lubricants. She joined Shell in 1998 and has had a number of geographically numerous roles throughout the Downstream portfolio together with Mobility, Technique, Fleet Options, Lubricants and most just lately Chemical substances and Merchandise. Machteld holds a Grasp’s diploma in Enterprise Economics from Erasmus College, Rotterdam. Machteld is a Dutch citizen.
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- The modifications introduced at present don’t have an effect on Shell’s monetary reporting segments, which stay Built-in Fuel, Upstream, Advertising and marketing, Chemical substances and Merchandise, Renewables and Vitality Options, and Company.
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