Peter Robert Voser (born 29 August 1958) is a Swiss businessman, who is currently the Chairman of the

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company

ABB ABB Ltd. is a Swedish- Swiss multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. The company was formed in 1988 when Sweden's Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (ASEA) and Switzerland's Brown, Boveri & Cie merged to crea ...

. He served as the

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of the

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corporation

Royal Dutch Shell Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. Shell is a public limited company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and secondary listings on Euronext Amsterdam and the New ...

from July 2009 to December 2013. He was also interim CEO of

from April 2019 to February 2020. He started his career at

in 1982, working in a number of finance and business roles in different countries. Between 2002 and 2005 he served as

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for the

company

and the

corporation

. In 2004, he was appointed

's chief financial officer (CFO) and then CEO in July 2009.

Early life

Voser was born in

Baden, Switzerland Baden (German for "baths"), sometimes unofficially, to distinguish it from other Badens, called Baden bei Zürich ("Baden near Zürich") or Baden im Aargau ("Baden in the Aargau"), is a town and a municipality in Switzerland. It is the main tow ...

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 The European Round Table of Industrialists, abbreviated ERT, is an advocacy group in the European Union consisting of some 50 European industrial leaders working to strengthen competitiveness in Europe. The group works at both national and Europea ...

and The Business Council. In 2010, he became a director of

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, a non-profit organisation working to build inclusive environments and expand opportunities for women at work. Voser was CFO of Shell until mid-2009, when he became the company's CEO and was succeeded as CFO by Simon Henry. On 2 May 2013, it was announced that Voser would retire from Shell in the first half of 2014. On 17 April 2019, Voser was named interim Chief Executive Officer of ABB. and also Board Director in IBM since 2015.

Other activities

Government agencies

Economic Development Board The Economic Development Board (EDB) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Government of Singapore that plans and executes strategies to sustain Singapore as a leading global hub for business and investment. Hi ...

(EDB) Singapore, Member of the International Advisory Council

Corporate boards

Temasek Holdings Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, or simply Temasek, is a Singaporean state holding company owned by the Government of Singapore. Incorporated on 25 June 1974, Temasek owns and manages a total of US$496.59 billion (S$671 billion) in assets u ...

, Singapore Member of the Board of Directors (since 2015) *

PSA International PSA International Pte Ltd is a port operator and supply chain company, with flagship operations in Singapore and Antwerp. One of the largest port operators in the world, PSA has terminals across 26 countries, including deepsea, rail and inland f ...

, Singapore, Chairman (since 2019) *

, Sweden, Chairman of the Board of Directors (since 2015) * IBM, USA, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2014)

Recognition

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. In April 2022 Peter Voser was conferred the Honorary Citizen Award by the Singapore Government.

Controversy

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

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lands, the

Niger Delta The Niger Delta is the delta of the Niger River sitting directly on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria. It is located within nine coastal southern Nigerian states, which include: all six states from the South South geopolitic ...

and the

Arctic oil exploration The exploration of the Arctic for petroleum is considered to be quite technically challenging. However, recent technological developments, the melting of Arctic permafrost, as well as relatively high oil prices, have allowed for exploration. As a ...

Personal life

Voser is married to Daniela and has three children.Peter Voser biography at Shell.com
Since September 2013 he has been serving in the position of the chairman of the St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies, replacing

Josef Ackermann Josef Meinrad Ackermann (born 7 February 1948) is a Swiss banker, former Chairman of the Bank of Cyprus, and former chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank. He has also been a member of the influential Washington-based financial advisory body, th ...

.International Students’ Committee
Changes in the Board of Trustees
retrieved 25 May 2012.

References

European Round Table of Industrialists – MembersCatalyst: Boards

External links

Meet Shell’s new CEO- Fortune magazine interview (8 Jul 2009)

Delivering energy through innovation – interview (10 Jan 2011)

Shell CEO keeps foot on accelerator – interview (14 Jun 2010)

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