Born April 19, 1942. A Dutch national, appointed a Non-executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell in October 2004. He was a member of the Royal Dutch Supervisory Board from 2000 to July 4, 2005. Managing Director of Royal Dutch from 1992 to 2000 and President from 1998 to 2000. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lloyds TSB from 2001 to May 11, 2006 and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel N.V.from April 2005 to February 2009. He is a member of the Boards of Directors of BT Group plc and British Airways plc. |