Ben van Beurden Short biography
Bernardus Cornelis Adriana Margriet "Ben" van Beurden is a Dutch businessman who was the CEO of Shell plc from 2014 to 2022 and a chemical engineer. He joined Shell in 1983, after earning a master's degree in chemical engineering from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.
During his tenure as head of Shell, the company was ordered by a Netherlands court to reduce its carbon emissions by 45% by 2030. Despite the scientific consensus on climate change, Van Beurden described the ruling as "unreasonable" and said the company had no intentions to meet the court-ordered climate targets.
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