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Lebanese-Canadian business executive

Wael Sawan
Sawan in 2010
Born	1974 (age 49–50) Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality	Lebanese and Canadian
Education	McGill University Harvard Business School
Title	CEO, Shell plc
Term	January 2023-
Predecessor	Ben van Beurden
Spouse	Nicole Sawan
Children	3 sons

Wael Sawan (Arabic: وائل صوان ; born 1974) is a Lebanese-Canadian business executive, and the CEO of Shell plc since January 2023.

Early life

Sawan was born in Beirut in 1974. He grew up in Dubai, and earned a master's degree in chemical engineering from McGill University in Canada. He took a career break and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.

He has dual Lebanese and Canadian nationality.

Career

Sawan joined Shell in 1997 as an engineer with Petroleum Development Oman. In the mid-2000s he was country chair in Qatar, overseeing the planning and early stages of the Pearl Gas-to-Liquids (GtL) project. He rose to become head of Shell's integrated gas and renewables division, and succeeded Ben van Beurden as CEO on 1 January 2023. In the summer of 2023 he announced that Shell will be dropping plans to cut oil production each year for the rest of the decade.

Sawan received a pay packet of £7.9 million ($10 million) for 2023, having become chief executive at the start of last year on an annual salary of £1.4 million.

Personal life

Sawan is married to Nicole, and they have three sons.

References

^ "Who is Shell's new chief executive Wael Sawan?". The National. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
^ Shakespeare, Ananda (16 June 2014). "Wael Sawan". MEED. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
^ Sweney, Mark (15 September 2022). "Shell appoints Wael Sawan to replace outgoing chief Ben van Beurden". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
"'Pure climate vandalism': Shell backtracks on plans to cut oil". euronews. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
"Shell CEO Wael Sawan's total pay was $10 million in 2023". Reuters.com. 14 March 2024.

Business positions
Preceded byBen van Beurden	Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell 2023–present	Succeeded bynot applicable

Chief Executives of Shell

Pre-1946

Managing Director/ General MD of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company (1890-1946)	1890-1901 titled MD 1890–1892: Johannes Arnoldus de Gelder 1893–1900: Jean Baptiste August Kessler 1901–1902: Henri Wilhelm August Deterding 1902-1940 titled General MD 1902–1936: Henri Wilhelm August Deterding 1937–1940: Frits de Kok
Chairman of The Shell Transport and Trading Company (1897–1946)	1897–1921: Marcus Samuel 1921–1946: Walter Samuel

1946 to 2005

Chairman of the Committee of
Managing Directors of
the Royal Dutch / Shell Group

1946–1948 Guus Kessler
1949–1951 Barthold Theodoor Willem van Hasselt
1952–1965 John Hugo Loudon
1965–1970 Jan Brouwer
1970–1972 David Haven Barran
1972–1977 Gerrit Wagner
1977–1979 Carmichael Charles Peter Pocock
1979–1982 Dirk de Bruyne
1982–1985 Peter Brian Baxendell
1985–1992 Lodewijk Christiaan van Wachem
1992–1993 Peter Fenwick Holmes
1993–1998 Cor Herkströter
1998–2001 Mark Moody-Stuart
2001–2004 Philip Watts
2004–2005 Jeroen van der Veer

2005–present

Chief executive officer of: – Royal Dutch Shell plc (2005–2021) – Shell plc (as from 2022)	2005–2009 Jeroen van der Veer 2009–2013 Peter Voser 2014–2022 Ben van Beurden 2023–present Wael Sawan

Shell plc

Divisions and
subsidiaries

Current	Shell Australia QGC Shell Energy Australia Shell Canada Shell Chemicals Shell Gas & Power Shell Nigeria Shell USA
Former	Mexican Eagle MonteShell Shell Pakistan Showa Shell Sekiyu Woodside Petroleum

Joint ventures

Current	Aera Energy Albian Sands Brunei Shell Petroleum Brunei LNG North West Shelf Venture Oman LNG Pearl GTL Sakhalin Energy
Former	Anglo-Egyptian Oilfields Asiatic Petroleum Company Cellana Motiva Shell-Mex & BP

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