LONDON (UK) – Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday declared former BHP CEO Andrew Mackenzie as its next chairman as a successor to Charles Holliday who will step down on May 18 after being in office six years in the role.
Mackenzie, who left BHP Group last year after serving as CEO of the mining group from 2013 to 2019, joined Shell’s board in October 2020.
He had worked at Rio Tinto for three years after a 22-year career in BP, where he was in charge of senior roles in oil and gas exploration, research and development and chemicals.
Mackenzie will help CEO Ben van Beurden take forward Shell through its plans to explore new arenas from oil and gas towards power trading and low-carbon businesses, to sharply reduce greenhouse emissions by mid-century.