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Ben van Beurden joined Shell in 1983 as a gas processing engineer, after graduating as a chemical engineer from Delft University in The Netherlands. In 1987 he became assistant plant manager of C3 Solvents at Shell Nederland Chemie (Pernis) before moving in 1989 to the Port Sudan Refinery. In 1996 Ben became the General Manager Operations of Malaysia LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas). His next role, as Vice President of Mexico Gas and Power, involved helping to build a new LNG business for Shell in Mexico. Ben fulfilled an assignment as Private Assistant to the Chairman of Shell from 2002 to 2004, before his appointment as Vice President Manufacturing Excellence and Support at the start of 2005. Since 1 December 2006 Ben has been Executive Vice President Shell Chemicals. His interests include travel, entertaining, reading, skiing and scuba diving. | 