Van der Veer was the Chief Executive Officer in the international oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell Plc (Shell) in the period 2004 to 2009 when he retired. Van der Veer thereafter continued as a non-executive director on the board of Shell until 2013. He started to work for Shell in 1971 and has experience within all sectors of the business and has significant competence within corporate governance. Education: Van der Veer has a degree in Mechanical Engineering (MSc) from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands and a degree in Economics (MSc) from Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Since 2005 he holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Family relations: No family relations to other members of the board, members of the corporate executive committee or the corporate assembly. Other matters: In 2016, van der Veer participated in six ordinary board meetings, one extraordinary board meetings and three meetings of the audit committee. Van der Veer is a Dutch citizen and resident in Netherlands.

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