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Shell’s Renewable Director Steps Up As New CEO
British energy giant Shell announced Thursday that CEO Ben van Beurden will step down at the end of 2022 and that his successor will be the company’s renewables director.
FT reported preparations for van Beurden’s departure began last May when Scottish businessman and former CEO of BHP Billiton Sir Andrew Mackenzie became Shell’s chair.
Two unnamed sources told Reuters that Shell’s board succession committee met several times this summer about Beurden’s departure and potential successors.