Jeroen van der Veer

Who is Jeroen van der Veer?

Jeroen van der Veer is the former CEO of the petroleum corporation Royal Dutch Shell until 30 June 2009.

Van der Veer graduated in 1971 from the Delft University of Technology with an engineer's degree in mechanical engineering and went on to earn an MSc degree in economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam. In 2005 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Port Harcourt in Nigeria.

Van der Veer joined Shell in 1971 and worked in manufacturing and marketing in the Netherlands, Curaçao and the United Kingdom. In March 2007 it was announced that Mr. van der Veer's contract as CEO would be extended to June 2009 some twenty months beyond his normal retirement date of October 2007. He was the first executive director of Shell to stay in office beyond the age of 60. He retired as Chief Executive of Royal Dutch Shell June 2009, and remains on the Board of Directors. He also is a non-executive director of Unilever and chairman of Platform Bèta Techniek.

Jeroen van der Veer is married to Mariette and has three daughters.