LONDON: Former operations manager of Malaysia LNG Ben van Beurden has been named by Royal Dutch Shell as its new chief executive, picking a man with little board-level experience but broad company exposure and first-hand knowledge of the gas technology it has bet its future on.
Van Beurden joined Shell in 1983 and has held engineering, plant management and operations and commercial roles in the Netherlands, Africa, Malaysia, UK and the United States. He has held the role of operations manager of Malaysia LNG and is a former vice president, gas & power, in Mexico.
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