Jeroen Van Der Veer

Born October 27, 1947. A Dutch national, appointed a Non-executive Director of the Company with effect from July 2009. Previously, Chief Executive since October 2004. He was appointed President of Royal Dutch in 2000, having been a Managing Director since 1997, and was a Board member until December 2005. He was a Director of Shell Canada Limited from April 2003 until April 2005. He was Vice-Chairman and Senior Independent Director of Unilever (which includes Unilever N.V. and Unilever plc) until May 2011 and is currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. and Vice-Chairman of ING Group. He also has various roles in several foundations and charities.