Nationality Swiss Children 3 Education Zurcher Fachhochschule Title Chairman of ABB Spouse Daniela Voser | Years active –present Role Businessman Occupation Businessman Name Peter Voser Board member of Roche Holding AG | |
Full Name Peter Robert Voser Born 29 August 1958 (age 66) ( 1958-08-29 ) Switzerland Alma mater | ||
Profile peter voser chief executive officer royal dutch shell london business school
Peter Robert Voser (born 29 August 1958) is a Swiss businessman. He served as the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell plc from July 2009 to December 2013. He started his career at Royal Dutch Shell in 1982, working in a number of finance and business roles in different countries. Between 2002 and 2005 he served as chief financial officer for ABB. In 2004, he was appointed Shell’s chief financial officer (CFO) and then CEO in July 2009. In April 2015, he was elected as chairman of ABB's board of directors.
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- Profile peter voser chief executive officer royal dutch shell london business school
- Peter voser elected new abb chairman at agm 2015
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Awards
- Critics
- References
Peter voser elected new abb chairman at agm 2015
Early life
Voser was born in Baden, Switzerland in 1958. From 1979 to 1982 he studied for a Business Administration degree from Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland.
Career
In 1982, at age 24, Voser joined Shell and held a variety of finance and business roles in Switzerland, the UK, Argentina and Chile, as well as chief financial officer of Oil Products.
From 2002 to 2004, Voser was CFO and an executive committee member of the Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) Group of Companies. Voser is active in a number of international and bilateral organisations, including the European Round Table of Industrialists and The Business Council.
In 2010, he became a director of Catalyst, a non-profit organisation working to build inclusive environments and expand opportunities for women at work.
In 2011, he joined the board of directors of leading Swiss healthcare research company Roche.
On 2 May 2013, it was announced that Voser would retire from the company in the first half of 2014.
On 29 July 2014, IBM selected him as one of the board of directors for the company.
On 1 January 2015, Voser was appointed to the board of directors of Temasek Holdings.
On 30 April 2015, Voser was elected as chairman of the board of directors of ABB.
Personal life
Voser is married to Daniela and has three children. Since September 2013 he has been serving in the position of the chairman of the St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies, replacing Josef Ackermann.
Awards
In July 2011, His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei awarded Voser the title of Dato Seri Laila Jasa in recognition of his services to Brunei.
Critics
Royal Dutch Shell paid former chief executive Peter Voser £22m in his last years 2012–2013 through share awards and other performance-related bonuses while the company failed to perform well. Voser was responsible for the controversial projects of the US oil shale lands, the Niger Delta and the Arctic oil exploration.