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May 27th, 2009:

Massive shake-up at Shell puts 24,000 jobs at risk

The Independent

Up to a third of senior management under threat

By Sarah Arnott

Thursday, 28 May 2009

Hot on the heels of the surprise resignation of top executive Linda Cook, Shell’s in-coming chief executive Peter Voser announced major restructuring plans yesterday that could cut thousands of rank-and-file jobs.

Some 24,000 staff at the Anglo-Dutch oil giant will be affected by the changes, with job losses expected to be in the thousands. Up to a third of senior management are believed to be under threat.

There are three major structural changes. The company’s three upstream businesses – exploration and production (EP), gas and power (GP) and oil sands – will be combined into two, new regional units: Upstream Americas and Upstream International. Mr Voser is also creating an entirely new “Projects & Technology” division which will manage everything from R&D to project delivery to contracting and procurement. Finally, some parts of Shell corporate are to be absorbed into specific business units, while the rest is streamlined under a single combined human resources (HR) corporate director role. read more

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Shell to cut up to 10,000 jobs in worldwide restructuring

May 28, 2009

More than 10,000 jobs at Royal Dutch Shell are under threat as Peter Voser, the oil giant’s new chief executive, announced a radical shake-up of the company.

In a series of moves designed to slash billions of dollars from Shell’s cost base and sharpen its focus in an era of low oil prices, the company said it was merging three divisions into two, creating a new one charged with project management and trimming the number of executive directors on its board from five to three.

“Organisationally, we are too complex, and our culture is still too consensus-oriented. Our costs are simply too high,” Mr Voser told staff in an e-mail before briefing 200 senior executives on the plans at a special meeting in Berlin. read more

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Funeral in Berlin for many of Shell’s top brass

May 28, 2009

Senior jobs are on the line at the oil company as the incoming chief executive unveils an efficiency drive

Up to 200 Shell executives from around the world flew to Berlin this week for an unusual two-day meeting.

The gathering, which began on Tuesday, offered a final chance to bid farewell to Jeroen van der Veer, the mild-mannered Dutchman who has steered Shell through some rocky times over the years. The chief executive is due to retire next month but the mood was hardly celebratory, for his replacement, Peter Voser, has wasted no time in making his mark.

The executives were also in Berlin to hear Mr Voser outline his plans yesterday for a radical overhaul at the world’s second-largest listed oil company. This will involve thousands of job losses, including many of their own. read more

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Thousands of Shell jobs on the line as Voser sweeps in with merger plans

Daily Mail

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 10:37 PM on 27th May 2009

Not so slick: Job cuts look imminent at Shell

Not so slick: Job cuts look imminent at Shell

Thousands of jobs are at risk at Royal Dutch Shell as incoming chief executive Peter Voser announces a sweeping reorganisation. 

The Swiss chief executive-elect is merging Shell’s Exploration & Production, Gas & Power and Oil Sands businesses into two super-divisions. 

On top of that, Shell is creating a Projects & Technology unit that will spearhead big new developments.  read more

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Questions over Voser’s plans for Shell

While Peter Voser’s plans for Royal Dutch Shell have received widespread praise for their focus on cost-cutting and operational performance, they still leave important questions unanswered.

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Shell’s shake up

Its reliance on Canada's costly and environmentally toxic oil sands remains a blight on its brand rather than an asset. The situation in Nigeria is as tragic and dysfunctional as ever.

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Shell shock as long-timer Cook is first to go in Voser cull

By SAM FLEMING
Last updated at 11:53 PM on 26th May 2009

Going: Linda Cook will leave Shell after nearly 30 years working for the firm

Going: Linda Cook will leave Shell after nearly 30 years working for the firm

A management shakeup is looming at oil giant Royal Dutch Shell as anointed chief executive Peter Voser prepares to take the helm. 

Shell yesterday announced the sudden departure of gas & power chief Linda Cook, who has been at the company for almost three decades. Cook will step down from the board next week and then leave her post at end of June. 

The surprise decision is thought to be a prelude to wide-ranging changes at the top, as Swiss-born Voser succeeds Jeroen van der Veer as chief executive. read more

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Linda Cook, Shell’s top woman executive, is first casualty of boardroom shake-up

May 27, 2009

Royal Dutch Shell Gas and Power Executive Director Linda Cook

Linda Cook, the head of Shell’s gas business, resigned abruptly yesterday, the first boardroom casualty at the hands of Peter Voser, the new chief executive of the oil company.

Mrs Cook, who fought Mr Voser for the top job, is leaving after a “mutual decision” with the new boss and is forgoing an £800,000 loyalty bonus because she is quitting before 2011. It is believed that Mr Voser, who is stepping up from chief financial officer, is in the process of choosing his new leadership team.

Mrs Cook’s departure comes as four large institutional investors were understood to have grown frustrated with her. They are thought to have found her grasp of the business outside her immediate gas operations to be “underwhelming”. read more

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Shell shake-up to cut costs

In an e-mail to staff, he said the company was organisationally too complex, and its culture “too consensus-oriented”. He said his objectives were to cut costs, speed up large projects and make Shell “a simpler place to work”.

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Reorganization costs Shell Nederland jobs (internal e-mail

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Goodbye

Shell is completely different to do. Not only without Linda Cook yesterday unexpectedly steps, but with substantially fewer people. How many jobs are lost, Shell would not say, but a spokesman in the United States told AP that the 2000 jobs at headquarters in The Hague under pressure.

According to the blog royaldutchshellplc.com are mainly supportive, administrative and IT staff. There are also rumors that 30% of Management lost his job as Shell denies. However, in a leaked e-mail that Peter Voser sent to staff this morning that “fewer people will take more strategic decisions. read more

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Shell spokesman says assertions of royaldutchshellplc.com “pure speculation”

Tuesday, royaldutchshellplc.com site, hosted by former employees against the direction of the oil company, had argued on the basis of internal sources as the new boss of Shell would cut a third of senior management positions. "Inevitably, there will be fewer jobs, but Shell did not set a goal in the subject, provided his side a spokesman for the group to AFP, calling the assertions of royaldutchshellplc.com of "pure speculation".

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Leaked email Royal Dutch Shell Exec Peter Voser sent at 10am today..

Printed below is a leaked self-explanatory email from Peter Voser. I don’t know why Shell executives do not include us in the circulation list to cut out the middleman. The 29 year contribution of Linda Cook seems to have been forgotten before she has officially departed.

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Shell confirms shake-up; vague on job cuts

A big restructure of Royal Dutch Shell by its incoming chief executive Peter Voser has been confirmed and it is set to affect 24,000 jobs, although the company will not say exactly how many of those jobs will be cut.

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Shell restructuring puts 24,000 jobs at risk

Up to 24,000 jobs are at risk in Shell after the Anglo-Dutch oil group unveiled plans for a major restructuring.

The oil giant this morning revealed a shake-up in which its exploration and production, gas and power and oil sands units are to be merged into two new divisions.

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Shell braced for massive job cuts in Berlin summit

London Evening Standard

27.05.09

Senior managers at Shell today started a two-day conference where they will be told of large potential staff cuts.

The summit in Berlin comes a day after the oil giant’s head of gas, Linda Cook, left Shell after being passed over for the chief executive’s role.

That job is being taken up by Peter Voser, the company’s finance director, on 1 July. Shell insiders’ website Royaldutchshellplc.com reported that Voser will tell his top 100 managers that Cook’s old division will be merged with exploration and production in a move aimed at dramatic staff cuts. It is believed this was Voser’s platform on which he made his pitch to the board for the chief executive’s job. read more

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Shell To Restructure, Merge Three Units

Dow Jones NewsPlus – Global

By JAMES HERRON 

Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 

LONDON — Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) said Wednesday it will launch a major company restructuring, merging its exploration and production, gas and power and oil sands units into two new divisions as new Chief Executive Peter Voser puts his stamp on the company.

Shell’s current global head of exploration and production, Malcolm Brinded, will head up the larger of the new divisions, called Upstream International. Marvin Odum, currently Shell’s Executive Vice President for Exploration and Production Americas, will become director of Upstream Americas. read more

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Royal Dutch Shell Announces New Senior Management Structure

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Royal Dutch Shell plc Wednesday announced a series of changes to senior management roles and responsibilities, aimed at sharper focus on operating performance and technology, effective July 1

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Shell to restructure under new CEO

Reuters

LONDON, May 27 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s (RDSa.L) incoming Chief Executive Peter Voser plans to restructure the oil major’s operations to improve project delivery and cut costs, the group said on Wednesday.

Shell said its core oil and gas production business would be divided between American and non-American units and a new division would be created to manage the construction of new projects.

Malcolm Brinded, currently head of the core exploration and production unit, will lose his responsibility for project delivery and for North and South American upstream operations but will take charge of most of Shell’s liquefied natural gas business. read more

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“Grondige reorganisatie Shell”

Om kosten te besparen zou de nieuwe ceo van Shell 30 procent van de senior managers een gouden handdruk willen geven, zo schrijft Shell-criticus John Donovan op zijn website. Die informatie zegt hij van binnen het bedrijf te hebben.

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Snur Shell på hodet

Ifølge royaldutchshellplc.com, som er et uavhengig nettsted for Shell-ansatte, vil mer enn 30 prosent av høyere ledere måtte gå.

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Shell rumored to plan restructuring, layoffs

By James Herron  Dow Jones Newswires POSTED: 05/27/2009 01:00:00 AM MDT

LONDON — Royal Dutch Shell will announce a major company restructuring, merging its exploration and production and gas and power units and laying off more than 30 percent of senior management, according to a post on the blog of Shell critic John Donovan Tuesday.

Shell’s incoming chief executive Peter Voser will announce the measures Thursday at a meeting of around 100 top company executives in Berlin, Donovan wrote on the blog royaldutchshellplc.com, citing multiple unnamed people working for Shell. read more

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Cost cutting to top agenda of incoming Shell chief

Financial Times

By Ed Crooks

Published: May 27 2009 03:00 | Last updated: May 27 2009 03:00

Peter Voser, who takes over as chief executive at Royal Dutch Shell on July 1, is not wasting any time in reshaping the company the way he wants it.

After having spent five years as chief financial officer , it would be surprising if he did not have some reasonably well-formed ideas about what he wants to do.

The departure of Linda Cook as head of gas and power presages a more fundamental shake-up at Shell.

Those changes can be expected to include a systematic attack on the company’s costs. read more

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